Official schedule extension prediction thread
Feb 19, 2015, 9:44 am
#751
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Bill Owen's blog post: http://www.blogsouthwest.com/august-...e-changes-now/ . He mentions "the summary below" to see all changes, but I don't see that. MCI has tweeted of a second MCI-DCA non-stop starting Aug. 9.
Feb 19, 2015, 10:27 am
#752
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Feb 19, 2015, 11:13 am
#754
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Weird.
Feb 19, 2015, 11:58 am
#755
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See from the blog post I linked:
SJD-DEN appears to be one that's becoming Saturday only.
The end of a number of seasonal, summer-oriented markets—26 of them, in fact, and four more markets will go from daily in the summer to Saturday-only in August-October.
Feb 19, 2015, 12:31 pm
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Feb 19, 2015, 12:35 pm
#757
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The blog post states:
Am I reading something in to this, or will there be changes in the schedule before the next extension? WN did make changes, after the last release. Will this "work in progress" become their MO?
The next schedule extension—the November/December one, which is the most complex of the entire year!—is planned to be released on May 14. In the meantime, be on the lookout for schedule changes, and I will try to walk everyone through them as they are released.
Feb 19, 2015, 5:07 pm
#758
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Here is that summary they mentioned. Overall nothing too exciting. The new markets listed below
http://www.blogsouthwest.com/wp-cont...is-summary.pdf
- Boston-Columbus 2x daily
- Columbus-Oakland 1x daily
- Ft. Lauderdale-Washington/Reagan National 1x daily
- Orange County-Portland, OR 2x daily
http://www.blogsouthwest.com/wp-cont...is-summary.pdf
Feb 19, 2015, 10:43 pm
#759
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The next schedule extension on May 14, 2015 for November 2015 schedule.
Feb 20, 2015, 9:05 pm
#760
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any chance of Nov and Dec schedules opening before May 14th?
I have trips planned for thanksgiving and christmas and cannot afford to be even an hour late in reserving tix. need to jump on it as soon as the schedules open up....
I'm guessing that's the recommendation here as well?
I have trips planned for thanksgiving and christmas and cannot afford to be even an hour late in reserving tix. need to jump on it as soon as the schedules open up....
I'm guessing that's the recommendation here as well?
Feb 20, 2015, 9:46 pm
#761
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You can keep checking the Travel Tools page https://www.southwest.com/html/trave...ndex.html?int= and see if the extension date changes. It's at least questionable whether you'll see the best fares for peak dates at schedule opening.
Feb 21, 2015, 1:40 pm
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Southwest almost never offers its best prices at first. The best price is usually 8 to 12 weeks before travel.
One exception I have seen is the day before Thanksgiving. If you see low fares that day they will sell out the first day, but certainly not the first hour.
Feb 22, 2015, 7:41 pm
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Right! It will be so extremely busy again. They were always so busiest holidays travel. he have to get a ticket before the flight is sold out. he had to get a ticket for more than 5 or 6 months in advance.
Feb 23, 2015, 4:06 pm
#764
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Here are my pending flights .........
My MSP/TPA that I booked on 11/10/2014 for 23,051 points is currently 34,187 points.
My MSP/BDL that I booked on 12/17/14 for 24,222 is currently 31,972 points.
All flights are using WGA fares
I'm new to SW but since the points are refundable IF the prices goes down why would you even consider waiting to book ?
Apr 8, 2015, 7:54 am
#765
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Crap, I was hoping they would open up the late October (10/31/15) and November schedule before the April 17th point devaluation. I guess I'll have an extra month to try and earn some extra points to make up the difference.