Day 24/365 Southwest is having a sale through Thursday, October 24, 2019. Read on to find out how to take advantage of this sale. Book Early While the fares will stay the same throughout this sale, your specific flight could sell out its Wanna Get Away seats. You can see all of the routes and restrictions on the sale page. If you need more convincing to fly with Southwest, check out my Fly Southwest article. Using the Low Fare Calendar Since sale prices can affect different routes and dates, the best way to check flights is to use Southwest’s Low Fare Calendar. That way you can check a whole month’s worth of fares at once, be it in cash or points. Once you click over to the date, it might…
Day 5/365 Southwest is having a sale through Thursday, October 4, 2019. Read on to find out how to take advantage of this sale. Book Early While the fares will stay the same throughout this sale, your specific flight could sell out its Wanna Get Away seats. You can see all of the routes and restrictions on the sale page. If you need more convincing to fly with Southwest, check out my Fly Southwest article. Using the Low Fare Calendar Since sale prices can affect different routes and dates, the best way to check flights is to use Southwest’s Low Fare Calendar. That way you can check a whole month’s worth of fares at once, be it in cash or points. Once you click over to the date, it might…
342/365 Southwest is having a sale through Thursday, September 12, 2019. Read on to find out how to take advantage of this sale. Book Early While the fares will stay the same throughout this sale, your specific flight could sell out its Wanna Get Away seats. You can see all of the routes and restrictions on the sale page. If you need more convincing to fly with Southwest, check out my Fly Southwest article. Using the Low Fare Calendar Since sale prices can affect different routes and dates, the best way to check flights is to use Southwest's Low Fare Calendar. That way you can check a whole month's worth of fares at once, be it in cash or points. I just used this feature recently to check flights for…
307/365 Southwest is having a sale today through tomorrow, August 1, 2019. Read on to find out how to take advantage of this sale. Lower Your Price Even if you’ve already booked your flight, you can lower your price even further. I always book one way legs so that I can rebook the one way and not worry if the other leg has dropped in price or not. I’ve had several trips where one leg keeps dropping in price, whereas the other leg stays the same or worse, goes up in price. If I had to rebook because one leg dropped, it may not be to my advantage to try to rebook the round trip due to the other leg not dropping. That’s why I never book round trips, only…
285/365 Southwest is having a sale today through Thursday, July 18, 2019. Read on to find out how to take advantage of this sale. Lower Your Price Even if you’ve already booked your flight, you can lower your price even further. I always book one way legs so that I can rebook the one way and not worry if the other leg has dropped in price or not. I've had several trips where one leg keeps dropping in price, whereas the other leg stays the same or worse, goes up in price. If I had to rebook because one leg dropped, it may not be to my advantage to try to rebook the round trip due to the other leg not dropping. That's why I never book round trips, only…
250/365 Southwest is having a sale this week, today through Thursday, June 6, 2019. This is great timing with the schedule extending earlier this week. Read on to find out how to take advantage of this sale. Lower Your Price Even if you’ve already booked your flight, you can lower your price even further. No joke, I have a leg of a trip that I’ve rebooked now three times, each one for less and less points. I always book one way legs so that I can rebook the one way and not worry if the other leg has dropped or not. In this case, I booked my outgoing flight at the lowest possible price apparently, because it’s never dropped, but the incoming flight has now dropped three times. I assume…
189/365 This week, Southwest announced a sale with a clever hook: celebrate an obscure holiday by booking a flight! Schedule Open Through November 2 Southwest quietly opened their schedule through November 2, maybe in anticipation of this sale. This means that you can book your travel for the rest of the spring, summer, and part of fall. It pays to book early, because even though you can easily change your bookings as prices drop due to sales, they are often their lowest right when the schedule comes out. Check Your Bookings If you already have flights booked on Southwest, you can easily rebook if the price or points drop. You will either get the points deposited back into your account, or get a credit you can use on a future…
86/365 Southwest runs sales almost all of the time, so you know you will be getting a good deal no matter when you book. This is because whenever a flight you have booked goes on sale, you can check your information and rebook if the price has dropped. Checking My Flights I have two trips coming up with flights booked on Southwest. I just checked both, and out of 4 segments, only one dropped in this sale. Even though it wasn't much, that's 581 points I can use towards another flight in the future. Booking flights in one way segments is the best way to take advantage of this deal. If you booked as a round trip, you would have to rebook both segments, and may not come out ahead.…
Day 3/365 It seems that the two office supply retailers have gotten themselves into a battle for your Visa gift card dollar. Both Staples and OfficeMax/Office Depot have sales this week on gift cards, which is a rarity. Hopefully, you will see which is the better deal for you. The Staples Offer The offer at Staples is their standard deal: No purchase fee on a $200 Visa gift card. Pretty straightforward. Instead of paying the $6.95 purchase fee, it's waived at the register. While this is not a money-maker, you can rack up the rewards when you use a credit card that earns at office supply stores. The OfficeMax Offer If the Staples deal is standard for them, this is the enhanced version of the deal for OfficeMax/Office Depot: Spend…
364/365 Southwest has extended their schedule all the way through April 13, 2020, so you can start booking your spring break travel now. Keep reading to learn why and how to save even more money on your flights. Best Time To Book Whenever I have travel coming up, I book as soon as possible to lock in the lowest fare. I’ve found through booking many flights that even though I check and check again during every sale, my flight has not ever gone lower than it was when the flight schedule came out, at least for many routes. There are some routes that will go on sale, but for the most part, you’re going to find the lowest possible fare by booking as early as you can. Flexibility To Lower…
