Wanna Get Away Sold out 5 months out?
Jun 5, 2018, 7:12 pm
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
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For FLL purposes, that weekend you are looking to return is usually one of the biggest, if not the absolute biggest, in numbers of cruise passengers sailing in and our of Port Everglades and Port of Miami for the year, with the weekend before being only slightly less (because this is when all the ships return to south Florida for the winter from Europe and Alaska). I know on cruise boards, just like here, there are people specifically watching for Southwest to open booking and I can guarantee for that specific time period lots of people booked as soon as bookings open.
Jun 5, 2018, 7:47 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: PIT, BWI, or IPT
Programs: Dividend Miles, WorldPerks
Posts: 1,302
I purchased WGA fares at 7AM that were no longer available by 7PM for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. I guess I am lying?
Jun 6, 2018, 4:12 am
#18
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Posts: 3,360
It's the same thing that wrp96 mentioned regarding cruise passengers. And, it's what pgh234 described with her or his holiday flights.
Jun 6, 2018, 6:34 am
#19
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 921
Which is funny how much they talk about it, because I'm sure the lurkers on that site just take in all that information and pounce just as fast...if not faster...than the talkers do.
Jun 6, 2018, 10:08 am
#20
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Location: Danville, CA, USA;
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It's not absurd. I frequent a Disney World website that has message boards like FlyerTalk. Some people there wait breathlessly for Southwest to extend their schedules. When they open flights, those people pounce...particularly for flights around holidays.
It's the same thing that wrp96 mentioned regarding cruise passengers. And, it's what pgh234 described with her or his holiday flights.
It's the same thing that wrp96 mentioned regarding cruise passengers. And, it's what pgh234 described with her or his holiday flights.
We will see how well that works. In the past I have been successful in waiting for the inevitable discount (if not on the highest peak date, then one nearby) as other carriers do not utilize the same revenue management system.
Jun 6, 2018, 2:11 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Long Island
Programs: Southwest Airlines, Marriot
Posts: 235
PBI is the most expensive route from ISP--->PBI
Experienced Southwest flyers purchase tickets for "holidays" the minute they go on sale.
12/22-12/31 ISP-PBI is close to $1000 r/t currently
Experienced Southwest flyers purchase tickets for "holidays" the minute they go on sale.
12/22-12/31 ISP-PBI is close to $1000 r/t currently
Jun 10, 2018, 8:38 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,638
As soon as the extended schedule opened for booking, I booked two RTs from a medium-size midwest city to RSW, and managed to get the lowest fare buckets. Two days later, the return flight on an 800 no longer had any WGA seats available, and the outbound fare had tripled.
The travel dates were during the second week of November.
Yes, I was one of those who was awake before dawn, refreshing the WN booking page, till it continued. It reminded me of waiting to check in at T-24, with the exception of not quite knowing the time that the extended booking window would open.
The schedule opened about an hour later, than usual.
The travel dates were during the second week of November.
Yes, I was one of those who was awake before dawn, refreshing the WN booking page, till it continued. It reminded me of waiting to check in at T-24, with the exception of not quite knowing the time that the extended booking window would open.
The schedule opened about an hour later, than usual.