Southwest (From $39) & Virgin America (From $49) Sales

Southwest Fares From $39

Direct link to sale via DDG

  • Fares start at $39 one way. Things to know:
    • Book by March 2, 2017
    • Domestic travel valid March 14, 2017 through June 14, 2017. Travel to/from San Juan, Puerto Rico valid April 18, 2017 through May 18, 2017.
    • International travel valid April 18, 2017 through May 19, 2017.

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Alaska Fares From $44

Direct link to sale

  • Fares starting at $44 one way. Things to know:
    • Purchase by February 27th, 2017
    • Travel from March 14th – May 23rd

Virgin America Fares From $44

  • Fares starting at $44 one way. Things to know:
    • Purchase by February 27th, 2017
    • Travel from March 14th – May 23rd

Our Verdict

Virgin America/Alaska have been launching their own sales whenever Southwest holds one, meaning lower fares for everybody (yay competition). I like to post the Southwest sales as the award tickets are tied to the cash value of each ticket. If you book anything, let us know in the comments.

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calwatch
calwatch (@guest_358016)
February 21, 2017 22:12

WN “sales” are just announced repricings which may or may not be temporary. For instance, LAX-LAS midweek has been $29-$39 for some time, to compete with Spirit which regularly has $19-$39 fares on the corridor. On the other hand, Alaska and Virgin’s “sales” are more likely to be sales which will go up after the period is over. Use the low fare calendar to see if it’s a real sale. If it is, the price would go up immediately after the sale period.

tassojunior
tassojunior (@guest_358107)
February 22, 2017 00:25

I depend on skipedlagged.com not only to find hidden-city bargains but also to see fare history. (use it 1-way only).

Absolutely amazing gem. Where I always look up fares.

Dan
Dan (@guest_357842)
February 21, 2017 18:58

Weird. An Alaska fare Im looking at is $64 cash or 12.5k mi. Whats up with that??

Dan
Dan (@guest_358008)
February 21, 2017 22:00

Alaska miles should be worth way more than that. That’s a 0.512cpp redemption

Was looking at LAX-LAS

tassojunior
tassojunior (@guest_358103)
February 22, 2017 00:17

Alaska awards are chart-based, not a constant $ amount like Southwest and JetBlue.

You’d be paying the same 12.K whether it was a short hop or trans-continential.

Dan
Dan (@guest_358105)
February 22, 2017 00:21

Ah, I see. Thanks for that (Im not much of a traveler as you can tell)

Alex
Alex (@guest_357827)
February 21, 2017 18:31

Can someone explain the reasoning behind these sales? Or the logic? I’m confused.

I fly Southwest almost every month and have a companion pass with them. I regularly check the cost for flights I’ve already booked, hoping to get some points returned to me in the process.

Southwest “sales” are so subjective that these sales never make much sense to me. Often times, I’ll see a “sale” from Lax starting from $49, but I can regularly find lax-las for $39.

The same thing happens in reverse, sometimes there is no sale posted at all, but I’m able to find incredible deals from LAX-ORD for example at ridiculously low rates.

So ultimately, my questions has and always will be, if the sales are just marketing fluff- why post them on here? At the end of the day, I have been unable to find a correlation between lower fares and “sales”

Alex
Alex (@guest_357852)
February 21, 2017 19:15

I don’t see a correlation or even understand the “sale” to be honest. From my experience, there’s no true sale. In fact, most of the lower rates I find happen to be during “regular” pricing.

Chris
Chris (@guest_357857)
February 21, 2017 19:19

Completely agree Alex..

DSP
DSP (@guest_357977)
February 21, 2017 21:04

Just because you don’t see lower fares on your primary routes doesn’t mean other aren’t finding lower fares. I’ve saved 2k and 5k on re-booked flights from past posts of SW sales.

Now I don’t check the fair every single day so I can’t say with 100% certainty that the fare was *never* below the sale price but these posts have saved me RRs in the past.

Alex
Alex (@guest_358144)
February 22, 2017 01:57

I think I can say with reasonably certainty if you were to check everyday like I do you would find lower fares on a regular basis.