Promo code!! 15% off fall travel booked by 4/21/08
Apr 18, 2008, 9:22 am
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Promo code!! 15% off fall travel booked by 4/21/08
This came through at the same time as the schedule opening headline:
DING! is making headlines...save 15 percent with this special offer. Click here for specific details and to purchase by 11:59 PM CDT, Monday, April 21, 2008.
DING! is making headlines...save 15 percent with this special offer. Click here for specific details and to purchase by 11:59 PM CDT, Monday, April 21, 2008.
Apr 18, 2008, 9:24 am
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Clicking through the link gives this:
Edited to add: The promo code appears to also be valid outside of DING!
Now Accepting Reservations
Through October 30, 2008!
Save 15% off your next
Southwest Airlines roundtrip
purchase for Fall travel!
Use Promotion Code: DING15
Through October 30, 2008!
Save 15% off your next
Southwest Airlines roundtrip
purchase for Fall travel!
Use Promotion Code: DING15
- Purchase must be made between April 18, 2008 and April 21, 2008 for travel August 23, 2008 through October 30, 2008.
- Blackout dates apply August 29, 2008 through September 1, 2008. If any portion of travel falls on a blackout date the discount will not apply.
- 15% discount valid for use at southwest.com off the total amount of roundtrip purchase before taxes and fees.
- The discount is only valid with the provided Promotion Code and is not combinable with other Promotion Codes.
- This promotion does not include Business Select, Business, or Senior Fares.
- Discount does not include taxes and fees.
- Roundtrip purchase required.
- Minimum seven day advance purchase required.
- Changes made to the itinerary after purchase may eliminate qualifications for this promotion.
- Youth, Child, Infant, and Military Fares are not available for purchase at southwest.com.
- Reservations made through southwestvacations.com or swabiz.com are not eligible for this promotion.
Last edited by curbcrusher; Apr 18, 2008 at 9:39 am
Apr 18, 2008, 9:45 am
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This definitely looks like an unlimited use promo code. Can someone please confirm this ASAP?
Apr 18, 2008, 10:31 am
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Apr 18, 2008, 10:37 am
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"Changes made to the itinerary after purchase may eliminate qualifications for this promotion."
The bullet point immediately after roundtrip required, "Minimum seven day advance purchase required", is a worthless restriction since the sale is valid for flights starting in August, but the DING15 code ends in April.
Apr 18, 2008, 10:42 am
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In theory. In practice, we've never seen segments be repriced after you fly only one half.
Apr 18, 2008, 10:50 am
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I guess if you really have to be someplace during this time period the promo is useful, but I've got to say the fares I've looked at look high. With the price of oil, this may be the new reality, but my guess is that if you wait for a "sale" -- and certainly a Ding -- you'd be able to travel for less. WN seems to not have loaded any "sale" fares for that time period.
Of course, with WN's refundability, it's easy to hedge your bets.
Of course, with WN's refundability, it's easy to hedge your bets.
Apr 18, 2008, 10:56 am
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On the one hand...
Looking at these sale fares of $121 ai SFO/OAK-LAX RT, and ~$300 ai MHT/PVD-LAX RT, it looks like 15% off of a pretty hefty real fare increase, year over year (at least MHT-LAX, about doubling). **That's the news item.** nsx has repeatedly predicted a hefty fall fare increase a propos of fuel prices, and he's right again...
So, on the one hand, all things considered, I'll wait, hoping that Ding, aka yield management, will trump fuel increases in driving the real prices. (It is during one of the nadirs of the year.) On the other hand, with Southwest's generous cancel policy, why not lock in an intra-California trip or two?
Two more things:
Another news item: Looks like Southwest is dipping its toe back into a roundtrip advantage, which we haven't seen for a while.
Finally, there's a trick in this. I'm going to let it ride, as it may come to you, and telling such things on this board is the equivalent of calling it in.
[Edit: I was writing as iahphx was.]
So, on the one hand, all things considered, I'll wait, hoping that Ding, aka yield management, will trump fuel increases in driving the real prices. (It is during one of the nadirs of the year.) On the other hand, with Southwest's generous cancel policy, why not lock in an intra-California trip or two?
Two more things:
Another news item: Looks like Southwest is dipping its toe back into a roundtrip advantage, which we haven't seen for a while.
Finally, there's a trick in this. I'm going to let it ride, as it may come to you, and telling such things on this board is the equivalent of calling it in.
[Edit: I was writing as iahphx was.]
Apr 18, 2008, 12:02 pm
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Fall fares will likely get cheaper as they announce sales for the dates when they get closer. Of course, if you know you need or want to go somewhere, you can just book the ticket pretty much risk free anyway since you can always rebook if and when lower fares do become available.
Apr 18, 2008, 12:45 pm
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Apr 18, 2008, 1:18 pm
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"SAVE10" is another code valid this weekend for the same travel window. I'm not bothering with a new thread for it since it is not as good as "DING15".
http://www.southwest.com/hotfares/sa...FS000000080418
http://www.southwest.com/hotfares/sa...FS000000080418
Apr 18, 2008, 5:01 pm
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comparing what i paid for flights I'm taking from May to August, these 15% off fares, even with the higher "rack rate" are a few bucks lower. However, i'll check back at the next sale to see if they decide to lower the price, but somehow, I doubt it with higher priced oil - i imagine even the legacy's will boost prices giving WN the window to do the same.
The only item I don't like is the roundtrip requirement - I'm never sure when meetings will start/end until closer to the date, so I have to book differnt tickets for arrival the day before and also early the day of my meetings. Same with the return, either at the very end of the day or first flight the next day. Hope they don't decide to start repricing fares afterwards for canceling portions of the trip.
The only item I don't like is the roundtrip requirement - I'm never sure when meetings will start/end until closer to the date, so I have to book differnt tickets for arrival the day before and also early the day of my meetings. Same with the return, either at the very end of the day or first flight the next day. Hope they don't decide to start repricing fares afterwards for canceling portions of the trip.