Promo for 50% Flight
Aug 1, 23, 10:34 am
#1
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
Programs: DL-MM, AA, SW w/companion,HiltonDiamond, Hyatt PLat, IHF Plat, Miles and Points Seeker
Posts: 10,962
Promo for 50% Flight
Maybe I am a bit slow, this seems a bit complicated.
1. Register then buy a round trip (or two one-way flights) by 8/3
2. Travel by 9/30.
3. Get a 50% off promo code valid 10/17-11/23 for travel 1/8-3/6/24. Blackout dates apply.
More details here:
1. Register then buy a round trip (or two one-way flights) by 8/3
2. Travel by 9/30.
3. Get a 50% off promo code valid 10/17-11/23 for travel 1/8-3/6/24. Blackout dates apply.
More details here:
Aug 1, 23, 12:51 pm
#5
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hilton Diamond
Posts: 83
So register and purchase by august 3rd to fly round trip before September 30th, to then receive a promo code to book book another flight October 17-Nov 23rd to travel between January 8 and march 6th 2024: this has to be the dumbest, most confusing promotion Ive ever seen anywhere.
Aug 1, 23, 5:33 pm
#10
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: HH Diamond, HGVC, WN RR, National Exec, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,032
I looked to see if there was a super cheap R/T to spend a couple hours at the PP Lounge at BWI to qualify. There isn't so I'm not even going to give this another thought. I already have CP for next year anyway, so that is like 50% off already.
Aug 1, 23, 7:35 pm
#12
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,505
I registered in case I have to buy a last-minute ticket, which has not happened to me since 2000 2020.
Last edited by nsx; Aug 2, 23 at 5:20 am
Aug 2, 23, 12:02 am
#13
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: LAX/SMF/PDX/HNL
Programs: Hilton-lifetime diamond, Southwest A+, companion pass
Posts: 1,697
I am getting the general impression that Southwest is shifting to a high fare but lots of discounts operation.
Think of them as the Michaels craft store of airlines. You can always find a coupon, promotion, or Costco discount to lower that otherwise high fare. You just have to spend some of your valuable time to do so.
Think of them as the Michaels craft store of airlines. You can always find a coupon, promotion, or Costco discount to lower that otherwise high fare. You just have to spend some of your valuable time to do so.
Aug 2, 23, 3:20 am
#14
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: IAH | HOU | AUS
Programs: Delta Sky Miles | Marriott Bonvoy | Radisson Int'l Rewards
Posts: 74
If I recall, the time of year that this includes is when they did the Companion pass last year. Is this their follow up to that? I was under the impression that the companion pass deal was an annual thing.
Aug 2, 23, 5:26 am
#15
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Baltimore, MD USA
Programs: Southwest Rapid Rewards. Tha... that's about it.
Posts: 4,305
I am getting the general impression that Southwest is shifting to a high fare but lots of discounts operation.
Think of them as the Michaels craft store of airlines. You can always find a coupon, promotion, or Costco discount to lower that otherwise high fare. You just have to spend some of your valuable time to do so.
Think of them as the Michaels craft store of airlines. You can always find a coupon, promotion, or Costco discount to lower that otherwise high fare. You just have to spend some of your valuable time to do so.
A lot of businesses use this "complicate things until no one understands and they'll pay full price" mentality. I've always found it to be legalized con artistry. Reminds me of a scene from a John Wayne movie, Sons of Katie Elder, where Dean Martin holds a lottery to sell off a glass eye, makes money, then spends a small fraction of it to get the eye back from the winner and ends up with both the eye and the money from everyone in the saloon. Then he takes off his eyepatch to reveal that he has both eyes and never needed the glass one to begin with, and almost everyone laughs, except one guy who realizes they've all been conned.
