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[Micharlotte]

My return flight is a good price at $94, but the way there is $130! I’ve never paid that much. I’m thinking of booking the return flight and watching the way there.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Just booked September! $92 each way if we were to pay cash.

 

[tinkerbella16]

Woohoo! all booked for September! $99 going and $79 coming home from PHL to MCO non-stop at great times!! So excited!!!

 

[scrappinginontario]

Woot Woot!! Got em!!! $94 each way direct from Buffalo to/from Orlando! Great times also.

VERY happy!!!

 

[irt9206]

My flight into MCO is on a Max8. Great.

 

[PSUGuy]

Just got RT for 2, PHL/MCO for 26,000 pts and $122 for EB and taxes. We're happy.

Bill From PA

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

FYI - Southwest extended their schedule this morning for flights through October 30th, 2020.

Here is my usual Historical Southwest Release Dates (for planning purposes) comment:

• NEXT RELEASE: 4/23/20 - travel through January 4th, 2021*
• 3/12/20 - travel through October 30th, 2020
• 12/11/19 - travel through August 10th, 2020
• 10/30/19 - travel through June 6th, 2020
• 9/26/19 - travel through April 13th, 2020
• 8/15/19 - travel through March 6th, 2020
• 5/30/19 - travel through January 5th, 2020
• 3/15/19 - travel through November 2nd, 2019
• 1/31/19 - travel through October 1st, 2019
• 11/15/18 - travel through August 5th, 2019
• 9/27/18 - travel through June 8th, 2019
• 8/30/18 - travel through April 7th, 2019
• 6/28/18 - travel through March 6th, 2019
• 5/31/18 - travel through January 6th, 2019
• 3/8/18 - travel through November 3rd, 2018
• 2/15/18 - travel through October 1st, 2018
• 11/2/17 - travel through August 6th, 2018
• 8/28/17 - travel through June 1st, 2018
• 7/27/17 - travel through April 6th, 2018
• 6/22/17 - travel through March 7th, 2018
• 5/18/17 - travel through January 7th, 2018

*Subject to Change - check back frequently here: https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/

This chart could be useful to approximate when your travel time may become available for upcoming releases, however they don't always follow the exact same pattern (as you can see above) They appear to be tightening the inventory a bit this year vs. prior year's releases.

RELEASE TIMES:

• the release on 3/12/20 went live at 9:40am.
• The release on 12/11/19 went live at 9:10am.
• The release on 10/30/19 went live at 7:15am.
• The release on 9/26/19 went live at 7:30am.
• The release on 8/15/19 went live at 10:41am.
• The release on 5/30/19 went live at 9:20am.

If you want to search back for this post in the future - just search my name and "release". But be advised that I will not go back and update this post if they alter the next release date in the future.

 

[georgina]

My return flight is a good price at $94, but the way there is $130! I’ve never paid that much. I’m thinking of booking the return flight and watching the way there.

Yeah, my flight to MCO on a Sat in Oct was $144, so I didn't book yet. Home was $119, so I used credits that will expire and paid $16 cash for that. (And if that flight drops and I get a credit I can use it on the outbound flight hopefully). Dh's flights to Grand Cayman and back were quite low, so that's good anyway, less than 30,000 pts round trip.

 

[han22735]

My flight into MCO is on a Max8. Great.

Same. Hopefully it just gets changed to a different aircraft and not canceled. For me its the first non-stop flight out for the day so chances are good the aircraft will change not the flight.

 

[shoreward]

This is actually their standard response on twitter every single release day.

I know that I've posted essentially that same message in the past, for prior schedule extensions. In fact, that message is fairly accurate, according to my personal experience. Though I personally believe that the updates won't take till this evening to complete uploading, some routes do seem to take a several hours to appear in the schedule, following the initial upload.

 

[TexasChick123]

My flights aren’t great and aren’t terrible. It’s 22K points/person RT from HOU-MCO in October. Hopefully, they come down some. It would’ve been $332 if we paid cash.

 

[Lansgm]

My flights were a little more than I wanted, but knowing that I can change them if/when they drop, I just did it!

 

[shoreward]

My flight into MCO is on a Max8. Great.

I heard that some experts believe that there is no way that the MAX 8 will be going back into the fleet, before the end of 2020. As they say, "stay tuned."

Many are saying that they were able to book preferred times and very competitive fares in this schedule extension. That is in part due to adding the MAX 8 planes back into the fleet, making more seats available.

 

[Heidi K]

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Thank-you! That was very helpful.

 

[Lansgm]

My flight into MCO is on a Max8. Great.

How do you know you're on a Max8? Where do I find this information?

 

[irt9206]

Same. Hopefully it just gets changed to a different aircraft and not canceled. For me its the first non-stop flight out for the day so chances are good the aircraft will change not the flight.

I was thinking the same thing. First flight out. Non stop. And should be sold out.

 

[irt9206]

How do you know you're on a Max8? Where do I find this information?

Its on your reservation details below the flight number.

 

[GraceMonica]

End of october is so expensive. $158/pp one way for the first nonstop flight out. I'm wondering if they're expecting people to reschedule for the fall.

 

[elle101me]

My flight into MCO is on a Max8. Great.

Does your flight say Max8? My flight back says 737-800, but that's not the Max8. I think.

 

[LoveMMC]

I got August for about 145 each way (buffalo to Orlando) and for times I like. Happy days. Glad that’s done!