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Old Aug 15, 2014, 7:28 am
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That extension will open bookings to April 6, 2015.
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 5:49 am
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Originally Posted by rove312
That extension will open bookings to April 6, 2015.
The extension to April 6 is now live.

www.southwest.com/html/travel-tools/ says: "On October 6, 2014, we will open our schedule for sale through June 5, 2015."
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 5:55 am
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Originally Posted by nsx
The extension to April 6 is now live.

www.southwest.com/html/travel-tools/ says: "On October 6, 2014, we will open our schedule for sale through June 5, 2015."
You are up early.
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 6:11 am
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Was hoping to book some travel to Punta Cana in March but the fares are higher than I expected. Will wait it out a but will probably end up flying a different carrier. Got used to the cheap non stop flights
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 7:31 am
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I have some bookings to do when I get home
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 10:06 am
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Why are flights so expensive in March? Seems like every Thr/Fri and Sun/Mon flight is $325+ for WGA. Insane.
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 10:17 am
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Originally Posted by ave1024
Why are flights so expensive in March? Seems like every Thr/Fri and Sun/Mon flight is $325+ for WGA. Insane.
Spring break.
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 12:13 pm
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Originally Posted by nsx
The extension to April 6 is now live.

www.southwest.com/html/travel-tools/ says: "On October 6, 2014, we will open our schedule for sale through June 5, 2015."
Note, it now reads:

"On October 27, 2014, we will open our schedule for sale through June 5, 2015."
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by schmoove
Was hoping to book some travel to Punta Cana in March but the fares are higher than I expected. Will wait it out a but will probably end up flying a different carrier. Got used to the cheap non stop flights
Yes, they are very high for what I was looking for too. I was flexible for destinations too. AA/US is actually cheaper. Here's an example: A bunch of PHL-MCO flights were $800 r/t, because "WGA" fares were "sold out" at 7:10AM this morning. BWI was $400-$500. No thanks.

I fear WN will just pull out of PHL at this rate.
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 7:48 pm
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The company typically holds back WGA rates on schedule releases for peak travel periods. If the loads don't materialize you'll see WGA fares pop up.
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 10:05 pm
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Originally Posted by ave1024
Why are flights so expensive in March? Seems like every Thr/Fri and Sun/Mon flight is $325+ for WGA. Insane.
Agree. I am looking at a short haul that used to run $150 OW and lowest WGA is now $269. That's >$100 than a competing nonstop on the same route. I am willing to pay a small premium to fly WN but not $100x4x2 (roundtrip for 4). Even worse the fare is identical every day of the week - that will definitely change as this is not a holiday week.

WN will be losing this sale soon if it doesn't get realistic about advance pricing.
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Old Aug 26, 2014, 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by ave1024
Why are flights so expensive in March? Seems like every Thr/Fri and Sun/Mon flight is $325+ for WGA. Insane.
I booked BUF-FLL-BUF Feb 28 to Mar 8 th. It was $470. Oh well,that was more than when i went this year.
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Old Aug 26, 2014, 7:55 pm
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I was booked PVD to MCO in March right when WN was loading the flights. The prices were outrageous. I ended up looking at the flights on JetBlue. Much cheaper, so I cancelled my WN flights and booked Jetblue. i did not expect to see such high prices right when the flights can out.

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Old Aug 26, 2014, 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Mary Louise
I was booked PVD to MCO in March right when WN was loading the flights. The prices were outrageous. I ended up looking at the flights on JetBlue. Much cheaper, so I cancelled my WN flights and booked Jetblue. i did not expect to see such high prices right when the flights can out.

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March = Spring Break = people sending/taking their offspring to all sorts of warm exotic locales = packed flights = sky-high pricing = whatever the market will bear.
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Old Aug 26, 2014, 11:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Mary Louise
i did not expect to see such high prices right when the flights can out.
For as long as I can recall, Southwest has held its prices high for peak travel times until the last few weeks before travel. Then and only then will they relent and lower prices if needed to sell all their seats.

Maybe other airlines are dumb, or maybe they have more accurate projections far in advance of how many seats they will sell.
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