Reprice your trips now! Super-low fares for travel through early June
Mar 16, 2020, 7:41 pm
#62
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
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I'm flying unless they aren't!
The Government needs to step back and consider the long-term economic effects of this current overreaction before they make things even worse. My county is currently curfewed after midnight, yet far more people have died in car accidents in the last few weeks than have of the Coronavirus.
The Government needs to step back and consider the long-term economic effects of this current overreaction before they make things even worse. My county is currently curfewed after midnight, yet far more people have died in car accidents in the last few weeks than have of the Coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020, 8:15 pm
#63
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But worth booking if you have a desire to fly. I have 6 trips book in April-June. Probably will not take them all or any.
Mar 16, 2020, 8:54 pm
#64
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 61
I have 6 trips as well for that timeframe. All are leisure. As long as WN is flying, so am I. The real question is what will happen with status come Dec. 31, 2020?
Mar 16, 2020, 10:08 pm
#65
Join Date: Mar 2007
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For the following few weeks, maybe. I want to go, but it'll depend on the health situation. Booking now ensures a low price, and the beauty of Southwest is that I can cancel without penalty if necessary.
Looking out toward May, June & beyond... it's much more likely by then but it's hard to call anything 100% right now.
Mar 16, 2020, 10:41 pm
#66
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Los Angeles, Chicago
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I have 7 one way flights between now and early May. I've repriced them a couple of times as prices have dropped. But based on the direction of recent public health guidance on COVID-19, I suspect it's in vain and that domestic flying will be severely curtailed by sometime in April, if not sooner.
Mar 16, 2020, 11:22 pm
#67
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Wow frontpage sale says nothing over $199 (wga)
for the historians in the group: when was the last time Southwest had a cap of $199 for a full fare ticket?. I vaguely remember it being 199 then $219 then.... $699?
for the historians in the group: when was the last time Southwest had a cap of $199 for a full fare ticket?. I vaguely remember it being 199 then $219 then.... $699?
Mar 17, 2020, 12:02 am
#68
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
I'm flying unless they aren't!
The Government needs to step back and consider the long-term economic effects of this current overreaction before they make things even worse. My county is currently curfewed after midnight, yet far more people have died in car accidents in the last few weeks than have of the Coronavirus.
The Government needs to step back and consider the long-term economic effects of this current overreaction before they make things even worse. My county is currently curfewed after midnight, yet far more people have died in car accidents in the last few weeks than have of the Coronavirus.
This situation is unique, and most comparisons are essentially baseless. In my opinion, "overreaction" is a word that won't have much meaning anymore come mid-April.
Here's a great, balanced resource: Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020, 5:21 am
#69
Join Date: Oct 2001
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I recall a heavily touted cap of $299 one way circa 2002-2003
Mar 17, 2020, 5:22 am
#70
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Mar 17, 2020, 6:52 am
#71
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Also: White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll
Sweeping new federal recommendations announced on Monday for Americans to sharply limit their activities appeared to draw on a dire scientific report warning that, without action by the government and individuals to slow the spread of coronavirus and suppress new cases, 2.2 million people in the United States could die.
Mar 17, 2020, 6:56 am
#72
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Mar 17, 2020, 8:04 am
#74
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Consider the fact that you may be an asymptomatic carrier of the virus. Your expanded travels make you a greater risk for becoming one. And as a carrier, your expanded travels will increase the risk of spreading the disease to others, including those in the vulnerable populations where the mortality rate may be as high as 1%.
And this disease is far more contagious than SARS ever was.
Do you really want to be responsible for such an outcome?