tinkerbell615
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- Aug 28, 2005
Thank you for your response. It is quite a bit of difference today. I appreciate the suggestion of doing each one way. That is what we are going to do! thanks again!!
If you plan to fly during a peak time such as Easter time, Christmas, TG, spring break, President's Day, etc. then book asap. Also Sunday returns are more in demand and will rarely drop in price. If you're flexible and can fly mid week, you'll usually pay less. Once you search for specific dates it will display "low fare finder" or something like that. It shows the lowest fare for each day in a monthly calendar. Very handy if you can be flexible with dates.I have been watching a flight for DH and myself in October. Honestly, I have only flown one time and my DH has never flown before. We always drive with the family to WDW. I checked today and the flight is $60.00 more than it was two days ago. Is is like to go down again? I don't know how all of this works and now I wish I would have booked a couple of days ago. We are really trying to keep the trip economical, as I am sure is everyone else. We are hoping to spend our 30th anniversary with the Mouse.
That's adorable. It's good to see customer service still exists these days.Love them. I always figure paying for EBCI as part of the total cost, and it is still usually cheaper than flying Delta or United out of my home airport.
My last flight on them (this past May) we had a large number of wheelchair guests that needed help boarding. They started to board them early to make sure we still had an on time departure. Then, near the end of the flight they announced they had a 90th birthday girl on board. They had us all close our windows and turn on our call lights, and then sing Happy Birthday. Our call lights were to look like birthday candles. It was very cute.
Southwest is my favorite airline to fly. Just booked a flight to Orlando a few weeks back on Southwest and saved 10% by buying Target gift cards from Gift Card Zen and then buying Southwest Gift Cards from Target... A little extra work, but my round trip airfare from PDX was about $350. Cheaper than any of the alternatives, especially when you can check 2 bags for free!
If you do fly Southwest, make sure you check in online as soon as you can (24 hours before the flight) so that you can pick better seating!
Just to make sure I'm getting this correctly, you buy the Target gift cards at a discount, and then use them to get the 5% off on the Southwest cards thru Target?
This also works for Disney Gift cards too!Yes, we buy Target gift cards at 10% off (sometimes they are more or less depending on the website you use). I like to wait until Gift Card Zen has a sale on them to buy them, so it costs around $45 for a $50 gift card. Then buy the Southwest giftcards from Target, and if you have a little less than $50 on a gift card, you can also use the Target Red Card to save another 5% on that (but you have to pay at least part of it with the debit card to get that discount). Hope that's a little more clarification!
You don't need to pay for part of the Disney or Southwest GC with the Target REDCard (credit or debit) in order to get the 5% off online. You get the discount even if you pay for the entire amount with a Target GC.Yes, we buy Target gift cards at 10% off (sometimes they are more or less depending on the website you use). I like to wait until Gift Card Zen has a sale on them to buy them, so it costs around $45 for a $50 gift card. Then buy the Southwest giftcards from Target, and if you have a little less than $50 on a gift card, you can also use the Target Red Card to save another 5% on that (but you have to pay at least part of it with the debit card to get that discount). Hope that's a little more clarification!
You don't need to pay for part of the Disney or Southwest GC with the Target REDCard (credit or debit) in order to get the 5% off online. You get the discount even if you pay for the entire amount with a Target GC.
If you're making your purchase in a store, you will only ge.t 5% off of the amount paid for with the REDCard
I fly SW whenever we can. They tend to have the fewest flight delays, but anything can happen at any time of year.....
I prefer Southwest to United