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Update 9/28/23: Extended for one extra day, through 9/29/23 (ht Howulikeit)
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The Offer
- Southwest is offering 50% off with promo code WOW50.
- Must book by 9/28/23
- Valid on travel 10/24/23-3/6/24.
- Cont. U.S. travel blacked out 11/17-11/22, 11/25-11/27, 12/21-12/23, 12/26-12/30, 1/1-1/2, 1/6-1/7, 2/16, and 2/19.
- SNA (Orange County) blacked out 10/24-12/31, 1/1-1/2, 1/6-1/7, 2/16 and 2/19.
- Travel to intl, HI, PR blacked out 11/17-11/19, 12/15-1/8, 1/11-1/13 and 2/15-2/18.
- Travel from intl, HI, PR blacked out 11/24-11/27, 12/15-1/8, 1/15-1/16, and 2/23-2/27.
Our Verdict
A lot of blackout dates, but still a great deal.
I am seeing the same discounted price before (when the prices are in black prints) and after (when in green prints) the discount code, am I not using it correctly?
Interesting – on the 27th(supposedly last day) I booked a few ‘maybe’ flights (points) and they were CHEAP. Next day sale is ‘extended’,and most flight are pretty much the cost without a ‘sale’…even tho they’re still running the ‘sale’. So they’re still calling it a sale but basically now it’s just a few random flights that are undesirable for the most part left.
I’m not sure what routes you’re looking at but I just booked several flights between Seattle & Bay Area for $42, and it’s 30 minutes before the promotion is ending. And I see lots of other “desirable” routes still with great sale prices
Can’t figure this out. It says -3,6XX points for rebooking the same flight with the promo (I’m doing the change flight method). Then a pop-up appears and says “Things move pretty fast in this biz, & fares have already changed” and it changes -3,6XX to 0 points. So will I still get a -3,6XX credit? And will my $20 paid for early check-in transfer? Not sure I want to take the chance having to pay another $20 for only 3,600-ish points.
No
There is no benefit to adding Early Check-in until a day or two before the check-in time. Three is frequently a benefit to checking flight costs and re-booking at a lower rate, so it is best to wait to add early boarding, until you are sure the prices aren’t going to drop.
It has been extended one more day to 9/29/23
thanks! Saved 26000 SW points by rebooking into West Palm Beach instead of Ft Lauderdale. A little further from our cruise port in Miami but worth the ~350-400 dollars in value from those points saved by switching flights. 50% off didn’t work on flights to FLL or MIA unfortunately.
Used the same destinations for a cruise, 58 bucks a leg !
Thanks! I just rebooked a $1000 reservation to $600 and have $400 flight credit now. I just did a change flight and rebooked the same flight.
time to start planning to get yourself a companion pass for 2024 & 2025. Between RR points and eCredits (and CP) my wife and I will have to take about $3500 worth of SW flights … should be able to manage it by 2030
Looks like it could be a good deal for some, but for me I’d have to travel an extra 2 hours to a larger airport and travel half the country in the wrong direction to get on a different plane to come back…turning my normal 1.5 hour flight into an 8+ hour event. Too bad they don’t start cheap shuttle services between smaller distance routes.
Usually take a trip in early December and it was looking too expensive this year. Was able to find some availability to make it doable. Thanks for posting!
Thanks DoC, new year week trip dream come true.
Saved $240 on the return leg (3 PAX). To get 50% off on the outbound leg would have required a 35min connection after a 0630 departure, so I just went direct.
Lots of deals but lots of non blackout dates also have zero discount.