I was looking up a flight. There was a column “Wanna Get Away” for a $150 dollar flight. Is this flight actually $150 dollars or is there some point thingy you have to do? And why so cheap? How is it different?
Response:
Southwest runs specials like this as a part of their regular marketing routine. I have never known it to require one to sign up for their mileage program (but signing up is free and now in cahoots with Airtran, so hey, why not?). When you click and read through the terms and conditions of these specials you will find they normally state something to the effect of “Must be purchased by no later than __/__/__ for travel to be completed by __/__/___ and lists the to and from cities that price applies to. For example, Purchase May 3 through May 9, 2013 for travel May 14 – June 26 and Aug. 26 – Nov. 1, 2013. So if you are able to plan in advance a little, your dates work with their dates, and the cities it applies to work for you, the tickets can be had for that price.
Below is the link specifically to their “Wanna Get Away” fares with the terms and conditions.
Maybe better yet and what you are looking for in a more robust set of answers than their site provides is a discussion on the very topic found on Fodors. The link is posted below.
http://www.southwest.com/html/air/fare-information.html
http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/what-is-southwests-wanna-get-away-fare-all-about.cfm
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