When will Southwest relent on insane summer fares? (Answer: June 3, 2016)
Jan 23, 2017, 10:16 pm
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$170 from OAK/SFO to PHX OW is somewhat painful as well. But if ypu are willing to stop in LAX/LAS/SNA $59 fares can be found. I am not willing to stop.
Jan 23, 2017, 10:20 pm
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Jan 26, 2017, 7:15 pm
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Yup, noticed that myself. So much for the useless weekly $49-59-69 sales that rarely seem to go more than a couple of months forward.
VX is showing $74 for SFO<=>LAX long-advance fares and it is tempting as I can rebook if the price drops if I use the VX-branded card. Much less incentive on those $123 WN fares. But maybe that's the WN plan as I bet the kettles don't bother to re-ticket when fare drops - they've been well conditioned by the other carriers.
VX is showing $74 for SFO<=>LAX long-advance fares and it is tempting as I can rebook if the price drops if I use the VX-branded card. Much less incentive on those $123 WN fares. But maybe that's the WN plan as I bet the kettles don't bother to re-ticket when fare drops - they've been well conditioned by the other carriers.
Jan 26, 2017, 8:57 pm
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Jan 27, 2017, 9:21 am
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Thanks so much. You are right. SFO is $74 but OAK is still $113/$123.
It's not often Southwest tries to maintain such a large price difference between SFO and OAK.
Edited to add: A-listers have free standby for flights 2 hours earlier and later. I can buy a ticket to SFO and fly to OAK instead. Which is exactly what I will do when the price difference is $49.
It's not often Southwest tries to maintain such a large price difference between SFO and OAK.
Edited to add: A-listers have free standby for flights 2 hours earlier and later. I can buy a ticket to SFO and fly to OAK instead. Which is exactly what I will do when the price difference is $49.
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Jan 27, 2017, 9:58 am
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Thanks so much. You are right. SFO is $74 but OAK is still $113/$123.
It's not often Southwest tries to maintain such a large price difference between SFO and OAK.
Edited to add: A-listers have free standby for flights 2 hours earlier and later. I can buy a ticket to SFO and fly to OAK instead. Which is exactly what I will do when the price difference is $49.
It's not often Southwest tries to maintain such a large price difference between SFO and OAK.
Edited to add: A-listers have free standby for flights 2 hours earlier and later. I can buy a ticket to SFO and fly to OAK instead. Which is exactly what I will do when the price difference is $49.
Not sure you can do that. I thought the free standby was only for flights to the same destination.
Jan 27, 2017, 10:44 am
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Jan 27, 2017, 3:19 pm
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It's a safe bet that a late afternoon flight to SFO will be delayed more than 15 minutes, and I know from experience that they will let you fly to OAK if that happens.
Mar 20, 2017, 9:25 pm
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I was able to replace my SFO flight with an OAK flight at the same price several weeks ago. Southwest has kept summer prices in a rational range recently, until today. Right now they are back to $113 from mid-July through the rest of Summer. Maybe the prices will be back down tomorrow, but I can't see how obviously unreasonable pricing, even for a short time, benefits Southwest.
Mar 21, 2017, 6:17 am
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Clearly you are looking at a narrow range of flights. Flights that I care about have been priced at their max for some time now (ie: PHL - LAS).
Mar 22, 2017, 9:54 am
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I'm looking at oneway eastbound flights (many destinations) from SFO/SJC/OAK/SMF in the May 19-23 timeframe. Crazy prices, with select arrivals after midnight slightly better.
Do you expect those prices to come down? Or is there peak demand for some reason?
Do you expect those prices to come down? Or is there peak demand for some reason?
Mar 22, 2017, 11:49 am
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I think you are going to have to be more specific. What destinations? What prices?