zachary

I wished they'd relent on Florida fares to/from STL. Still around $189+ one way.

palmetto86

Thanks for the heads up on the price drops yesterday! I just re-fared 5 different trips this summer to various places (DCA-SAN, DCA-MDW, BWI-BOS, etc) and got back about 20k points from the savings I found. If you've booked travel this summer, it's definitely worth taking a look at right now for savings.

alggag

No change on the tickets I've already booked for the summer but I was able to get most of them at acceptable prices already.

I still need two tickets to LAX to connect to a TPAC flight that I booked at dirt cheap fare. If WN doesn't relent soon I will have to go with UA as two tickets on them plus bag fees is still cheaper than one on WN.

3Cforme

If by Florida you mean STL-MCO, it is odd they don't feel a little bit compelled to fight Frontier's $137 r/t fares - even with little availability.

rsteinmetz70112

Considering baggage fees that's not far out of line.

nsx

I moved one of these 3 trips half a day into the $69 sale zone. I just booked another one using 7500 Avios from a near-orphan account. That leaves only one trip where I will have to pay 7292 points ($123) if I can't replace it with 7500 Avios in the next couple weeks. All my other trips are $69 or less except for July 5, when I'll just stay home if Southwest holds its $123 fare too long.

I feel good about burning Avios even though they are my best remaining option (second place is Delta) for last-minute travel without extra fees for lateness. Any FF program feature that's head and shoulders above the rest is ripe for cutting. The Companion Pass is a rare survivor of that class. In fact it seems that every time I am happy about the value I received on a redemption, that particular option is devalued or eliminated within about a year!

ursine1

No relief for me; MDW-LAS or MDW-MSY.

NextTrip

Just changed two one-way tickets from BUR to/from OAK in July and got 7,090 points refunded. That's almost half the points I paid when originally booked. Woohoo!

Thanks for the heads-up!

darthbimmer

No wonder you're such a harsh critic. Based on my past few years of travel SJC/SAN it's:

$ 99: Wow, that's awesome!
$125: Pretty good
$166: Enh.
$252: Hmm, do I really need to go?

Dieuwer

Bought SAN-SJC for $76.

jiffer21225

I am losing hope that bwi to cle will come down for august. It's still pricey. I will probably have to suck it up and pay the price

nsx

Wow: $124 for all of August and $49 for half the Fall. It's as if Southwest were trying to win the High Fare and Low Fare crowns at the same time!

alggag

I just checked and I was able to reprice some tickets again as they are now a few buck cheaper than they were during the big sale. It might be worth it to check your flights again.

nsx

The load on my commute hour flight, the peak hour of the week I believe, is 92 out of 143. Security lines today are very long, typical for summer. Summer travelers are out in force but they didn't buy overpriced OAK-LAX tickets.

I would be curious to see the load on this flight next week. That date never dipped below $123. (Today's flight was offered at least once at $69 or so.) But I'm not $123 worth of curious, so I'll never know. I'll be flying the competition (AA) for my next two flights. This will be my first defection from Southwest in many years, but Southwest earned it. I will go out of my way to avoid paying them double the normal price.

It's gratifying to be able to deny revenue to a business or a government jurisdiction that's trying to gouge you. I boycotted San Francisco for several years to deny them sales tax revenue after they charged me $30 for not curbing my wheels. They got too greedy on that scam.

Any business that alienates its customers risks teaching them about competitive offerings. The damage can be lasting. Just as you might re-route around a traffic jam and discover that you prefer the new route and start using it regularly.

I'm delighted that Southwest restored sanity to their summer fares intra-California, but they were 8 days too late to keep me from defecting and becoming familiar with travel on AA using Avios. I have a feeling that Avios/AA will become my backup option to Southwest for the entire Fall season.

lougord99

I just booked LAS ( for business - I hate the place ) in late July for $119 each way. Last time I looked it was around $200 each way. I was going to purchase today regardless of WN's fares and planned on purchasing it on AA. Luckily for them, they relented on that route also.