Mileage Run Deals - WN-initiated 50% off LAS fare sale (i.e. SAT-LAS: $76.28+ RT)

WN has a two-day fare sale where round-trip travel to LAS is 50% off (http://www.southwest.com/landing/vegas_50off.html?ref=fo1_hp_081230). It looks like some of the other airlines (DL, NW, UA) have either matched or heavily discounted their own fares.

For example, SAT-LAS is $76.28+ round-trip for a total of $124.00 all-in on NW. Sample itinerary:


$76.28 $124.00 Total Price » E-cert fare Promo Fare »

Fri, Jan 30
Northwest Airlines 1917
Equipment: Embraer 175
Booking class: K/Coach
Ticket Designator: PE500
Fare basis code: K7R8C
Depart: 6:00 PM San Antonio, TX (SAT)
Arrive: 8:55 PM Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)

Northwest Airlines 205
Equipment: 757
Booking class: K/Coach
Ticket Designator: PE500
Fare basis code: K7R8C
Depart: 9:40 PM Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Arrive: 11:06 PM Las Vegas, NV (LAS)


Sun, Feb 1
Northwest Airlines 200
Equipment: 757
Booking class: K/Coach
Ticket Designator: PE500
Fare basis code: K7R8C
Depart: 7:00 AM Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Arrive: 12:07 PM Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)

Northwest Airlines 1916
Equipment: Embraer 175
Booking class: K/Coach
Ticket Designator: PE500
Fare basis code: K7R8C
Depart: 2:15 PM Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Arrive: 5:18 PM San Antonio, TX (SAT)

Here are the WN promotion details:

For 2 Days Only, All Bets Are Off!

No bluffing. No poker face. All flights to Vegas are 50% off! With fares this low, you'll have plenty of cash left to hit the casinos. Fly roundtrip on a Wanna Get Away fare from any Southwest Airlines city to Las Vegas between January 13 and March 11, 2009. Sale fares available for purchase December 30 and 31, 2008 only.

Don't gamble with a deal this sweet. Book your half-price Vegas getaway today! Book on this page (http://www.southwest.com/landing/vegas_50off.html?ref=fo1_hp_081230) or enter promotion code LASVEGAS on southwest.com.

Purchase December 30 through December 31, 2008, midnight pacific standard time. Travel January 13 through March 11, 2009. Travel valid all days of the week. Roundtrip travel is required on a Wanna Get Away fare to/from Las Vegas McCarren International Airport. Offer applies to Southwest Airlines-operated, published, scheduled service. 50% discount available only on southwest.com off the total amount of any roundtrip Wanna Get Away purchase before taxes and fees. This promotion does not include Business Select, Anytime, or Senior Fares. Seats are limited and won't be available on some flights that operate during very busy travel times and holiday periods. Fares do not include federal excise tax of $3.50 for each flight segment. A flight segment is defined as a takeoff and a landing. Fares do not include airport-assessed passenger facility charges (PFC) of up to $18 and government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $10. The discount is only valid with the provided Promotion Code and is not combinable with other Promotion Codes or fares available exclusively through the web tool "DING!". If combining with other fares, the most restrictive fare's rules apply. Fares are nonrefundable but (except for tickets purchased through our Group Tickets program) may be applied toward future travel on Southwest Airlines. Fares are subject to change until ticketed. Any change in itinerary may result in an increase in fare. Changes made to the itinerary after purchase may eliminate qualifications for this promotion. Standby travel requires an upgrade to the full unrestricted fare.

* Note: while the WN 50% off sale only applies for travel through March 11, it appears that NW and DL's sale extends all the way through June 26, 2009.

UA's sale seems to end somewhere in march.. hmm

AUS-LAS on united.com
$136 all-in Feb 9-11, many other date pairs

MKE-LAS$108 ai; just bought a ticket on NWA.COM for early Feb.

MKE-LAS$108 ai; just bought a ticket on NWA.COM for early Feb.
Hmmm, I'm not finding it -- nothing cheaper than $147 ai. Maybe they dropped it.

AA's thrown some Southwest cities into the mix as well. RT from RDU starts at $128 all-in, no weekends at that price, though - mostly Monday departures, and late PM to boot.

Hmmm, I'm not finding it -- nothing cheaper than $147 ai. Maybe they dropped it.

You're right; my itinerary is now $156.

yes, the $136 UA fare ex-AUS I had above
is now $246.

Maybe an hour ago I snagged MSY-LAS for $142 "all in" for March 2-March 10 on nwa.com. Happy hunting, all! I didn't yet investigate post-March dates as I know we already have hotel comps aplenty for March but I'll check now to see if nwa.com offers the deal into later months. I saw quite limited availability in March itself to be honest.

OK, I"m back -- nothing near that price for April or May that I found.

I've booked 6 r/t's MIA-LAS on AA over January for $140 (n/s)-$160 a/i (via LAX)..

I've booked 6 r/t's MIA-LAS on AA over January for $140 (n/s)-$160 a/i (via LAX)..

Sounds like easy 40K to me :)