sheli Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I'm not sure this is the right place to post this but here goes anyway: I need to buy tickets on Southwest for April school break. Right now tickets are only on sale only through the end of March. Does anyone know when the next set of tickets are being released for sale? Any insider info would really help. THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 no idea, but i'd say to just sign up for updates from the web site if they're available. you may even score a better deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbrly Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Wish I could help, but I can't. There's no telling with SWA. Maybe around the 1st of the year? Don't bother calling and asking either, been there done that.. The response I got was "we don't know either". This was last year that I was looking for a flight for Christmas, and they were only selling through Dec 12 FOREVER. I think they finally updated early November, after I had already booked with American Airlines. Good luck. (can't tell from reading this post, but I really do like SWA...LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquisjoanne Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Log on their website and registered for the Ding program. Once you are registered it will email you everytime they have good deals going on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheli Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 Thank You civicracinggirl and marquisjoanne...I signed up for e-mail updated and ding program. Hopefully I can find out early into the availability date so I can book before they're sold out. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptspecialist Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 You can go to southwest airlines webpage and sign up for there latest promotions for flights. They send you updates about every week or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot26505 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm signed up for their email notifications. Some weeks I get just one email, and other weeks I may get three or four. And sometimes their flights are REALLY on sale! Also, each week they have a "Featured Destination" which is basically on sale from any origination point. It's usually a bigger city, recently they featured San Diego and Phoenix. UPDATE 12/20: Just got another email. This week's featured destination is San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheli Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 And I missed the sale I needed by 1 hour. DAMMIT!!!!! i HATE THIS!!! i PROMISED MY KIDS A TRIP TO FLORIDA IN APRIL AND NOW WE'RE NOT GOING BECAUSE i CAN'T AFFORD THE HIGHER FARE.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheli Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 You guys were awesome with your ideas for how to get the updates. Thank you tons!!! I just wasn't here to get the update.... I am so sad but the ding and the e-mail alerts both did work!!! Thank you again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adewrell Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sheli, you should check some of the other travel sites and see if you can get a fare close to the sale price that you just missed. In addition to the ones that everybody uses (orbitz, travelocity, hotwire, etc.) try these... cheap-airfare.com; sidestep.com; thelowestpricelist.com. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 did you try checking with jetblue? they're usually not as expensive as some of the other airlines. my bf and i flew to florida with them in august and we loved it with the tvs and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakmom Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I also usually check www.cheaptickets.com . I've found cheap flights on there a few times. I often use Delta to Florida because there are direct flights from here and the price can beat Southwest a lot of the time. I really liked Delta Song with the tv's in the seats. It really helped to entertain the kids. I'm not sure if they went out of business, but they don't fly out of our local airports any more. I did check regular Delta for a flight around Thanksgiving and found great prices. Don't limit yourself to one particular airline unless you have a personal issue why you would want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc0rwg Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hi. This is my first post, but I'm a looooong time lurker here. SWA publishes fares for the three months following the current month. Here within about two weeks April fares will be published, unless something has changed. It's been a couple years since I flew SWA, but once did so regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia39 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 southwest is always changing their fares, keep watching their site. i was looking for christmas, and a month out they wanted 188, and then 3 weeks out they dropped it about 30 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrat Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Why southwest. Most airlines charge about the same price and give better service. Anyway its not the price you should worry to much about this far in advance, its the number of seats. If it comes to a month away and they still have 40 open seats, then the price will come down. I would check the available seats, and keep watching prices until they start filling up. You might also put a bid in on priceline if you still have not bought your ticket by mid March and the plane still has several seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaInNC Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Don't wait too long to buy the tickets or you will be out of luck .. everyone and their brother wants to head to Florida from Feb to April .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phins_jazy Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 you can always try www.travelocity.com too. I just booked flights through them to fly from Tx to Nd for new years. They were the cheapest I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimBauer Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I definitely agree that waiting for airfares till closer to Spring Break time is NOT very smart. Everyone takes vacation during Easter break and almost everyone goes to Florida. The prices will definitely get worse. I also think JetBlue has some great deals if they fly out of your city. (they don't fly out of my city, Chicago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrat Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Or Spirit (the had $20 round trip fairs to florida for january from DFW). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheli Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Not much flies out of Portland Maine, so Southwest is only 2.5 hrs away and IF I had been on in time the cheapest fare would have been $59 or $79 each way. Since I need 8 tix this was the only way we could afford to go. $2550 for all of us is just too far out of my range. Nothing else cheap flies from here so it looks like we are going in July when it will be hotter than Hell and bad for my dads heart problems....BUT Thank You all again for the advice and I will be looking again closer to April and I will keep checking southwest.com. I never give up, I was just crushed that yesterday missing the announcement by 2 hours made such a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot26505 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 *** NEWSFLASH *** I just checked the Southwest site and they are now accepting reservations through June 9, 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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