FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - When will Southwest relent on insane summer fares? (Answer: June 3, 2016)
Old May 7, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Boraxo
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Just received a Yapta fare alert: $68 for SFO-LAX after June 15. Does not look like WN is matching. But the current one-way at $123 is not even competitive with the legacy carriers which are all pricing at $112 one-way (and many of us don't need the free luggage).

It's very frustrating because you know that off-peak TU/WE/SA will eventually be discounted, but the airlines seem to be playing a game of chicken with the leisure travelers and betting they will pay more now for certainty rather than roll the dice.
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