Southwest fare sale!!!

[pinto]

Okay, through 29 October, great fares on Southwest (can't fly Sunday, though).

Round trips from Denver to Salt Lake, for example, are $50. I kid you not. I just bought four tickets for a grand total (including fees) of $284.

Good for "value" ski season, basically.

"Purchase by October 29, 2009 for travel Dec. 2 - Dec. 16, 2009 and Jan. 5 - Feb. 10, 2010. Travel valid every day except Sundays."

Party on.

 

[itri]

Hmm...must check out fares to Phoenix for my marathon in January! They were already cheap (as in <$150), but cheaper is even better!

 

[Severine]

Very cool promotion! No baggage fees for up to 2 checked bags either!

 

[ski diva]

Great time to get tix for Diva Week at Tahoe, ladies!

 

[Severine]

Great time to get tix for Diva Week at Tahoe, ladies!

Unfortunately, it won't be because the promotion is for flights for a time period in Dec and early Jan to early Feb. :(

Still, a great time to get out if you've been putting off a trip because of expense!

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Heads up re Southwest in that they have altered their pre-boarding pass policy somewhat: for an extra $10 (I think..check website), you can guarantee your boarding order. This used to be achieved by checking in online a certain number of hours prior to the flight departure time. Now, for that extra $, you can guarantee it. This tends to get a bit confusing, as Southwest specifies that not everyone can be guaranteed an "A" boarding pass, even if ticket-holder pre-pays.

Especially if flying with someone else (or more than just one other), this seems like it would be worth the extra $ to guarantee 2+ seats together (it can be a tad chaotic in that regard on this carrier), but I'm not sure how this added-fee deal is working out (it's fairly new).

 

[RachelV]

I saw these fares last night, they're unreal. I have to see if any of my friends can commit to a long weekend in Utah or something during those dates, otherwise I'm just booking some myself.

 

[vanhoskier]

I saw these fares last night, they're unreal. I have to see if any of my friends can commit to a long weekend in Utah or something during those dates, otherwise I'm just booking some myself.

I'm going to head out to CO for sure....!

 

[Severine]

I think SnowHot should come back East during early-mid January so I can ski with her this season.

 

[ski diva]

Just booked a trip to Schweitzer at the end of January, $200. RT from Boston to Spokane! Non-stop!!! Wooo-hooooo!!!!!

 

[KatyPerrey]

I'm going to head out to CO for sure....!

 

[vanhoskier]

I JUST BOOKED A TICKET!!!!! $171 nonstop from Philly to Denver....how can you beat that???

 

[itri]

I'm booked for Phoenix for $120! Ok, it's actually on Frontier, but it's thanks to the Southwest fare sale.

 

[Swamp Dog]

wow....this is so contagious I feel that I should be going somewhere!!


any CO peeps need a guest? <kidding.....> <sorta.....>

 

[num]

Thanks for the heads up. These deals are great! It's times like these that living in the middle of the country does not pay off, though.

 

[num]

any CO peeps need a guest? <kidding.....> <sorta.....>

Or two?






:D

 

[Christy]

Oh geez. We traveled SO much this year and really didn't need to plan another trip, even a short one. But this sale is great and so we're flying to SLC for a weekend of skiing. Our first time skiing Utah.

So, thanks for the alert.

 

[vickie]

just booked to Denver in December ... working on northeast in January now!

the beauty of Southwest is that they check first bag for free ... and ski bag plus boot bag counts as one. We take regular clothes in carry-on and pay no baggage fees.

 

[graveygirl]

Remember, Southwest is the Only airline that will carry your skis for FREE! Okay, a bit of a plug, since this is my employer.

 

[Christy]

Wow, I didn't know that Alaska charged for that--they didn't charge us in March--but you're right, they now do. $15.