For anyone who is within driving range of Birmingham, AL and is planning to go to Louisville over labor day weekend. Flights on Southwest are $29 each way right now. Wednesday through Sunday. I just booked roundtrip for less the $80 total after taxes and fees. And remember Bags are free on Southwest.

Flights from Chicago are $59 each way.


One side Bar, my Birmingham flights are Thursday departure and Sunday afternoon return, the Monday flights back are in the $100+ range, not the $29.

Here are the other Southwest Specials involving Louisville.
From Louisville
To Albany for as low as $157 one-way
To Baltimore for as low as $139 one-way
To Birmingham for as low as $29 one-way
To Chicago for as low as $59 one-way
To Houston for as low as $164 one-way
To Jackson for as low as $179 one-way
To Long Island for as low as $153 one-way
To Manchester for as low as $129 one-way
To Oakland for as low as $179 one-way
To Orlando for as low as $148 one-way
To Tampa Bay for as low as $129 one-way
To West Palm Beach for as low as $166 one-way

i have never flown sw before and am looking for a flight for my husb to get to louisville from newark nj..there is absolutely nothing under 350 one way!! i know they just started flying out of our area but can you tell me is there a special search or anything else you enter to find the low rates? i checked continental first ( what we usually use) and its the same price leaving thurs or fri.. one way or round trip... last yr i used my points for him so it didnt cost much on continental( it was actually cheaper round trip vs one way which is insane)...am i doing something wrong?

i cant purchase his ticket till they set a time/day for the a pros to race (husb can only take off one day of that weekend) so i am still looking..any help is appreciated..

thanks

There is nothing direct out of Newark, i tried.
Im flying out of philly on Wednesday and coming back early Monday morning. Both direct flights.. an hour and 50 min both ways.
Round trip total i think was $269 with tax.

can anyone explain to me why round trip is $440 and one way is $650?

makes no sense to me at all...

same thing happened to us last yr...you wold think it would be cheaper, no?

he cannot fly out of philly has be out of newark, unfortunately

What day do you need him to fly to Louisville. I just looked on www.southwest.com for Newark to Louisville and it was $169 each way, for a total of $366 after taxes and fees roundtrip. That was leaving Friday and returning on Monday.

There is a specials button on Southwest.com, up in the upper left of the header. But if your airport does not have a special to where you are going it will not show up as a special.

Most of the time the specials are actually listed in the online regular booking. They just put it into the system as that lower price, no code required.

Here is a screen shot. This was the latest flight out on Friday, but also the shortest flight overall at 3:40, everything else was 5+ hours because of layovers.
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Hope you find what you need and get him there.

yes thats what i was looking for exactly..where did you see that? i looked over the entire swest website and didnt see anything direct without switching planes a bunch of times and it was pricey..

thanks i will look again

if i knew exactly what day the a pros were racing that would help tremendously as to what day i have to fly him out... i have heard sunday is the latest "possible" date but no one will commit in writing to the exact schedule.

When I open up www.southwest.com I just used the book a flight selection boxes on the front page. Picked one way and selected the airports and day of travel. The next screen gives you all of the flights, I check the "wanna get away" rates for that flight that you see in the picture I posted. And the next screen is the one you saw above in my post.

ok will do.. thanks so much!!