$39/79/119 birthday fare sale starting June 22
Jun 21, 2010, 8:58 pm
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$39/79/119 birthday fare sale starting June 22
I just received an email from Bestfares.com announcing a Southwest 39th birthday fare sale for late summer and fall travel that begins tomorrow. Valid travel dates are September 8 through November 17, 2010, excluding Fridays and Sundays. The fares are mileage-based, similar to last year's $25/50/75/100 winter sale.
The sale is expected to expire 11:59 pm PDT on Thursday, June 24.
- Up to 450 miles - $39
- 451-1000 miles - $79
- 1001+ miles - $119
Last edited by curbcrusher; Jun 22, 2010 at 7:57 am Reason: embargo over
Jun 21, 2010, 9:14 pm
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Very interesting for those of us who can fly out late Thu or early Sat and fly back sometime on Monday. And for those of you contemplating travel of 1001-1450 miles, remember that $39+$79 = $118.
This is when I love the fact that WN awards are easily split into one-ways, so that I can do a Thursday flight out as revenue, and a Sunday flight back as an award.
This is when I love the fact that WN awards are easily split into one-ways, so that I can do a Thursday flight out as revenue, and a Sunday flight back as an award.
Jun 21, 2010, 9:26 pm
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Jun 21, 2010, 9:48 pm
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I have done it a few times in the last 18 months, never got worse than my second choice. After your post, I just looked at four different Sunday evening flights I might book as awards....
1. LAS-MDW, September 19 - 3 flights out of 4 open
2. AUS-HOU-MDW, October 10 - connection open, direct not
3. SAN-MDW, November 7 - 5pm nonstop open
4. OAK-MDW, November 7 - two one-stops around 4pm, one open, one not
I'm not sure what's mean about that?
1. LAS-MDW, September 19 - 3 flights out of 4 open
2. AUS-HOU-MDW, October 10 - connection open, direct not
3. SAN-MDW, November 7 - 5pm nonstop open
4. OAK-MDW, November 7 - two one-stops around 4pm, one open, one not
I'm not sure what's mean about that?
Jun 21, 2010, 11:30 pm
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The landing page is live, but the fares are not yet loaded.
http://www.southwest.com/birthdaysale/
http://www.southwest.com/birthdaysale/
For 72 Hours Only, We're Gonna Party Like It's Our Birthday!
No need to bring a present to this birthday bash; we’re giving you one instead! For the next three days, you can score some of our most amazingly awesome deals of the year for travel September 8 – November 17, 2010. Our gift to you!
Don’t miss out on this limited-time-only party favor. Book by June 24, and let the celebration live on through your next vacation!
No need to bring a present to this birthday bash; we’re giving you one instead! For the next three days, you can score some of our most amazingly awesome deals of the year for travel September 8 – November 17, 2010. Our gift to you!
Don’t miss out on this limited-time-only party favor. Book by June 24, and let the celebration live on through your next vacation!
Jun 22, 2010, 4:26 am
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It is up widely now. The fares only seem to be available when the lowest previous fare was available. So the availability on Thursday nights, for example, is a little spotty.
Jun 22, 2010, 10:45 am
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Fare searches were going to the "feature unavailable" page at one point.
I also had a repeat of a problem I saw just after 2am, this time on a different computer, older O/S and older browser: trying to run a second search (changed date or change city pair) would result in the lovely "undefined error."
I also had a repeat of a problem I saw just after 2am, this time on a different computer, older O/S and older browser: trying to run a second search (changed date or change city pair) would result in the lovely "undefined error."