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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2017, 05:42:49 PM »
Southwest is going to start servicing Hawaii so I may get to join y'all here in this thread at some point  :P

No announcement on the dates though. With any luck they'll have special promotional rates during the summer since it's a new route haha. Please please please.

This also means you guys must come visit me since it's cheaper.  [member=1060]DRWHO42[/member] IM LOOKIN AT YOU.  We must SCUBA.
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2017, 05:51:49 PM »
for folks wondering if it's worth it to get a SW CC

I just booked RT tix from Portland ME to LAX for $100-- that includes the security fee, early boarding & buying 2000 extra points for $60

yes, my spring trip to Wonder Con, Silicon Valley CC & SD Comic Fest is ON

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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2017, 06:01:27 AM »
Southwest just opened up its June and July travel dates this morning. You can now book through August 6. The earlier you book, the better your Early Bird position will be.

And I concur with Alyssa on the Southwest CC deal. We did 2 of them in June (personal card and business card) and were able to earn a companion pass. The points we got have paid for close to $2,500 of airfare, and we've gotten about $600 in free companion airfare using the companion pass.

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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2017, 06:34:58 AM »
Just looking at the flights, and they don't seem to be scheduling the same times for the flight out there. I either have to leave super early in the morning or late in the afternoon (not an option!). May have to think about heading out on Tuesday (the late night flight is only $89!). As always, the flight out on Monday morning is at the crack of dawn! I am used to it, plus with the time difference, it means that we don't get back home during rush hour (or late at night!)

Thanks for the heads up!
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2017, 06:38:48 AM »
Yeah, I was booking a flight in June, and I had planned on taking a non-stop that leaves in the morning. But Southwest changed their schedule and now the non-stop on that route leaves in the afternoon. It messes me up a bit, but still saves so much time and money that I am taking it.

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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2017, 07:45:14 AM »
Are you folks picking up your SW tix now, or, waiting a bit, and just looking at pricing?
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2017, 07:50:14 AM »
I see they added the dates but everything is showing as sold out. I have never looked for flights this early, is this normal? No way they sold out every single flight in a couple of hours.

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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #22 on: November 02, 2017, 07:55:16 AM »
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Are you folks picking up your SW tix now, or, waiting a bit, and just looking at pricing?

I usually book the day they open up. I figure i can always get refunded points if the price drops-

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I see they added the dates but everything is showing as sold out. I have never looked for flights this early, is this normal? No way they sold out every single flight in a couple of hours.
that sounds odd- if you have the time i'd give SW CS a call- I'm guessing if ALL the flights are sold out for multiple days then yes- there's a snafu on their part
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #23 on: November 02, 2017, 07:57:54 AM »
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I see they added the dates but everything is showing as sold out. I have never looked for flights this early, is this normal? No way they sold out every single flight in a couple of hours.
Mine came up that way too, but then I changed the Departure Date to the day before, and then back to what I wanted, and prices appeared.
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #24 on: November 02, 2017, 09:18:19 AM »
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Mine came up that way too, but then I changed the Departure Date to the day before, and then back to what I wanted, and prices appeared.

Tried that didn't work for me
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #25 on: November 02, 2017, 09:36:08 AM »
Weird...now the latest date you can pick is June 5th...I just looked at like a couple hours ago and the dates for SDCC 18 worked...

EDIT: Tried a manual entry and got the below...
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2017, 09:37:40 AM »
Something strange is afoot. Probably just getting it sorted.

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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #27 on: November 02, 2017, 10:34:46 AM »
Very odd. I was able to book June and early August flights this morning.

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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #28 on: November 02, 2017, 11:06:10 AM »
Odd indeed. I was able to book flights this morning, but yes, you're right. No availability for July right now. They might just be sorting some things out.

Here's a direct pull from a tweet they just sent out "We are aware of an issue involving booking flights beyond June 6, 2017. We're working on it and hope to have it fixed as soon as we can. ^SL"
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Re: Traveling Southwest to SDCC 2018
« Reply #29 on: November 02, 2017, 11:26:29 AM »
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Odd indeed. I was able to book flights this morning, but yes, you're right. No availability for July right now. They might just be sorting some things out.

Here's a direct pull from a tweet they just sent out "We are aware of an issue involving booking flights beyond June 6, 2017. We're working on it and hope to have it fixed as soon as we can. ^SL"
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Ahhh...thank you.  I will try later.
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