Originally Posted by
Duckouttahere
When Southwest was celebrating their 25th anniversary they offered fares for $25 each way. I called Alaska and they matched it. I ended up buying (3) roundtrips for $56 so I could go up to Oregon and watch the Ducks. It's amazing what fares used to be as well as what airport taxes were applicable back then. The taxes could have been more but $56 keeps sticking in my head...
$56 is exactly right! That was back in the times when you could only purchase Southwest tickets by phone or at the airport. It was all over the news with footage of people waiting hours at the airport to purchase their tickets. I called my travel agent, yes, when you could do that without additional charges, and purchased tickets on UA for $56, back before I knew better!
Thank god it was just a short trip on those crappy Shuttle planes! I didn't mind when the guy in front of my reclined and pushed my newspaper in my face when I was only paying $28 for the flight!