any tools to track price drops for southwest flights?
Dec 12, 2014, 2:27 pm
#16
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You can look at this project if you are familiar with javascript. It doesn't work as is, but can probably be modified to work with the latest website.
https://github.com/fyhuang/flight_price
https://github.com/fyhuang/flight_price
Dec 14, 2014, 6:33 pm
#17
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Anyone that subscribes to the airline tariff database can get wn published fares. I think that's where fare compare gets theirs. I don't think they do individual GDS queries for millions of users flights looking for repricings.
Dec 14, 2014, 6:36 pm
#18
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WN wouldn't do well if it were easy to know about repricing. Unlike the legacies, they could easily open up a bucket of sales fares that just get snatched up by existing pax repricing their tickets.
Theoretically, if the new fare were in the right booking class they'd have to reprice the whole plane.
Theoretically, if the new fare were in the right booking class they'd have to reprice the whole plane.
Dec 14, 2014, 8:58 pm
#19
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The problem with that is it doesn't tell you if a fare is available. It could be sold out.
Dec 15, 2014, 2:24 pm
#21
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Pop-up that appeared for fare tracking of WN itinerary:
We're sorry, this flight cannot be tracked.
Southwest prohibits travel sites such as Xxxxx from sharing the prices of their flights. You can monitor their prices by visiting southwest.com. If the price drops below what you paid, you may be able to obtain a refund by calling Southwest customer service at 1-800-435-9792.
Southwest prohibits travel sites such as Xxxxx from sharing the prices of their flights. You can monitor their prices by visiting southwest.com. If the price drops below what you paid, you may be able to obtain a refund by calling Southwest customer service at 1-800-435-9792.
Apr 11, 2015, 10:08 am
#22
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Any update on this?
I've booked a WN flight for October for a wedding, and I am pretty sure the price will drop sometime between now and then. Would be great to know when this happens somehow.
I've booked a WN flight for October for a wedding, and I am pretty sure the price will drop sometime between now and then. Would be great to know when this happens somehow.
Apr 11, 2015, 2:41 pm
#23
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Also, smarter travel dot com is useful for having general awareness of the low fares in your market.
Feb 11, 2016, 4:34 pm
#24
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Southwest prefers to distribute its prices through direct sales channels and rarely authorizes an outside entity to interface with its Web site for automated price checking - including Yapta. However, you can monitor their prices by visiting southwest.com. If the price drops below what you paid, you may be able to obtain a refund by calling Southwest customer service at 1-800-435-9792.
Send me an email or private message. I will share a service I use.
Send me an email or private message. I will share a service I use.
Last edited by Price0; Apr 4, 2016 at 12:58 pm