Southwest was perfect today!
Mar 20, 2017, 4:03 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: united, Hilton, Amtrak
Posts: 1,194
Southwest was perfect today!
I'm not that frequent a flyer, but I had enough points for a wanna get away points ticket from mco-made. Booked it 3 or 4 weeks ago. Today I wanted to leave earlier. Was able use the app to change to earlier flight and got 3000 points back because new flight was cheaper!! I would not have had enough for a more expensive flight. No money changed hands. Then flight was not crowded in that I got an aisle seat with empty middle with a c-13 boarding position. Then the plane arrived early and the gate was ready!
Mar 21, 2017, 9:47 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Peoria
Programs: Southwest, Best Western Gold, La Quinta, Dollar
Posts: 819
As crazy and busy as MCO can be at times, fly in or out of there off-peak and its real quiet and a bargain price. I just flew home from there on a Saturday afternoon in a half-empty plane, which as of the previous day still had WGA seats available for $120. Wait until Sunday and the flight would have been 100% full and the tickets all sold for $220 WGA and sold out a month earlier...
Mar 23, 2017, 11:16 am
#5
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: VX Gold/WN Companion
Posts: 682
...and you are here why?. Their boarding process is one of the best parts of WN. You have plenty of other carrier options if you wanna pay a fee for something other than a window seat.
Mar 23, 2017, 11:58 am
#6
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,512
Mar 24, 2017, 1:42 pm
#8
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: CMH, West Coast
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, oneworld emerald
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Mar 26, 2017, 7:31 am
#9
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: TX
Programs: WN A List Preferred and CP, AA, IHG Spire, Hertz #1 Gold 5*, Hilton Diamond, Enterprise Platinum
Posts: 1,269
Mar 31, 2017, 12:58 pm
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
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Mar 31, 2017, 8:57 pm
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I almost always see AT/BS across the board once inside a week, even when I'm looking at a Tuesday-Thursday trip where at least the Tuesday should have quite a few empty seats. As such, I end up flying a greater mix of AA than WN, even though I'd rather have WN if the fares were simply close.
So count yourself lucky on finding that good fare...
Apr 4, 2017, 3:35 pm
#14
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: PDX
Programs: SPG, Hilton, Hyatt, WN, UAL, AA
Posts: 11
SJC-LAS is frequently available last minute WGA. Makes for some interesting hidden city opportunities. Would be interested in seeing a list of other city pairs as well.
Apr 5, 2017, 9:08 am
#15
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Peoria
Programs: Southwest, Best Western Gold, La Quinta, Dollar
Posts: 819
Checking again on Friday night, WGA for Saturday (the next day) was still only $120 for most of the flights. Obviously a real non-peak travel day!