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Official Virgin America and jetBlue fare sale thread

Official Virgin America and jetBlue fare sale thread

Old Sep 14, 2011, 5:12 pm
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I have seen a lot of WN $95 fares that apparently are a match of JetBlue's Bevo's B-Day Sale.

Separately noticed some low fares on non-B6 routes, such as mid-Atlantic and Northeast to Florida. One route that was $125 about six weeks ago, even higher more recently ($138?) is now down to $89.
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Old Sep 15, 2011, 2:04 pm
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More cheap fares courtesy of WN matching/semi-matching the B6 five days of daily deals promo.


We're up to day four and the specials end at 6pm Eastern, or when sold out. LGB-LAS is $19 on B6; WN is no lower than $32 for LAX-LAS this time. WN does have some $47 BOS-MDW fares to match B6 BOS-ORD. WN is also matching AUS-FLL @ $69.
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Old Sep 15, 2011, 9:49 pm
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Tonight's Ding sale has something new. At least I've never seen it before: Ding fares limited to certain days of the week.

"San Francisco to Los Angeles for $49 One-Way!
- Fare is valid for travel Monday-Thursday and Saturday, October 1 through October 31, 2011 only"

This looks like an attempt to match competitors' restrictions.
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Old Sep 16, 2011, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by nsx
Tonight's Ding sale has something new. At least I've never seen it before: Ding fares limited to certain days of the week.
I've seen them for quite some time. I've also seen Dings that were advertised for the entire month and sold out on certain days, or only good one way. Perhaps they have been matching all along.
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Old Sep 16, 2011, 9:11 am
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Day of week restrictions used to be very common on DING! Going back a few years you can even find a post where someone asks why DING! fares are never valid on Saturdays (eventually that changed).

DING! has been so bereft of deals in recent years that the day of week restrictions fell by the wayside, making it easy to forget they used to be the norm.
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Old Sep 16, 2011, 9:14 am
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Back on topic, today's B6 domestic specials that WN might match:
  • $49 FLL-RDU
  • $69 LGB-SEA
  • $79 FLL-HPN
  • $99 BOS-PHX
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Old Sep 20, 2011, 9:13 am
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One-day B6 sale today:

http://www2.jetblue.com/deals/just-between-us/

$29 socal to LAS, $39 socal to norcal. No match from WN yet.
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Old Sep 20, 2011, 12:21 pm
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Got an email from travelzoo.com today saying Virgin America has started a 96-hour sale:

http://virginamerica.com/vx/booking/exit-happier?
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Old Nov 8, 2011, 2:10 pm
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Virgin $39 sale for 4 days

This just showed up in my email. Look for a match or partial match later today.

SAN FRANCISCO--NOVEMBER 08, 2011-- For the next 96 hours,
Virgin America is reducing nationwide fares from San
Francisco to as low as $39 each way -- the lowest we've seen
from the airline for winter travel.

These fares are available Mondays-Thursdays and Saturdays,
Nov. 24 - Feb. 15.

One-way nonstop fares include:

- Los Angeles ... $39
- Las Vegas ... $39
- San Diego ... $39
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Old Nov 8, 2011, 7:29 pm
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I should read this thread first before booking Virgin America flight earlier this afternoon. I wonder if I can still cancel the tix and then book SWA since the price is matched.
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Old Nov 8, 2011, 7:59 pm
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Originally Posted by zzyzx
I should read this thread first before booking Virgin America flight earlier this afternoon. I wonder if I can still cancel the tix and then book SWA since the price is matched.
I believe that all airlines are now required to give you 24 hours to cancel without penalty, refunding your purchase price. But I could be wrong.
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Old Nov 8, 2011, 8:36 pm
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Thanks for the info.

VX has $39 SFO<->LAS fare right now, that brings down SWA fare for the same route and SJC,OAK,<->LAS fare to $49

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Old Nov 28, 2011, 4:00 pm
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Fare starts at $39 ow, book by Nov 30.

Ex, $39 SFO<->LAS fare right now, that brings down SWA fare for the same route and SJC,OAK,<->LAS fare to $49

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Old Nov 28, 2011, 5:10 pm
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Originally Posted by zzyzx
Fare starts at $39 ow, book by Nov 30.

Ex, $39 SFO<->LAS fare right now, that brings down SWA fare for the same route and SJC,OAK,<->LAS fare to $49
This is for Virgin America with MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY departures. Full list here

http://virginamerica.com/vx/exit-happier
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Old Dec 13, 2011, 6:09 pm
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VX has a sale going on, expect WN to match

http://virginamerica.com/vx/exit-happier?ced=dis_00095
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