Southwest: Fly Nonstop Between Philadelphia And Fort Lauderdale For $59 Or 2,923 Points Each Way, LGA-Chicago From 1,946 Points Each Way

And that’s where the companion pass kicks in. Nyc fll for less than 1000 points per person

love southwest but wish southwest had direct/nonstop flights from nyc or phl to southern California

@Anonymous: you can fly out of ISP, it is far, but the small airport compensates for some of the time. I have flown direct from there

Thanks the HT!
I already had booked PHL to FLL for 4.4K points each way. I was the quick check and noticed the return date for me went down to 2.9K points. I “changed” the reservation to get back over 1,500 points per person! This is for 6 people so was a big savings. The total round trip per person is now only 7.6K points roundtrip from PHL to FLL! If I’d switch my departing date one day up I’d be able to 2.9K flights but we’re on a tight schedule. Southwest is MUCH better than Avios especially for families! Just don’t forget to set your alarm to 24 hours before departure to get A boarding. If you flying with a kid under 5 then you can board in between A and B so you’d be able to get seats together.

Thanks for all the great advice Dan!

@Anonymous: Yea,and I wish Southwest had direct. NYC – TLV 😉

@Dan’s the Man:
Nice!

@Ikey:
Southwest 747 in TLV 😉
https://www.instagram.com/p/0D6PcSQbvW/?taken-by=dansdeals

@Anonymous: I agree. They do have non-stops from BWI to the west coast if you don’t mind driving down there. Amtrak is also an option as it goes pretty quickly and stops at the BWI train station airport. Also you could book flights from ISP where you’d take a short flight to BWI where you can switch to a flight to the west coast.
I’m happy that beginning in April Swouthwest will start flying from EWR to Orlando. I hope they add FLL from EWR eventually but PHL or ISP aren’t too bad for me. I’d rather drive 90 minutes the airport (especially if they cheap off-airport parking options like both ISP & PHL d0) than leave from EWR or LGA and have a stopover.
Remember if you have an infant on Southwest to bring a copy of the birth certificate if the baby didn’t have his bris yet they’ll still ask for it to confirm age.

@my08701: They don’t fly non-stop from ISP to southern California. From ISP they just fly to BWI and Florida.

@Ikey:

ummm dont you think much more doable to add a nonstop from Newark to west coast than fly across Atlantic?

Can you get back the $5+ fees when you cancel?

@Dave:
Yes.

@Dan’s the Man:

What do you mean about setting your alarm 24 hours before departure for A boarding? Thats how they work, that whoever checks in online first gets first boarding?

@Dan: Nice, I’ve been witing to use my companion pass…just got it recently!

@Deal Guy: They don’t have seat assignments. They have open seating. They do have assigned boarding order. There are 3 boarding groups A, B, & C. Each group has numbers (i.e. A1-A60, B1-B60, C1- until the end of the flight). “Business” tickets and those with frequent flyer status get automatically assigned a boarding position at 36 hours before the departure time. All others get a boarding position when they check in which can be done starting 24 hours before departure time. You can pay $12.50 to be automatically given a position time. As I mentioned those with children under 5 can board during family boarding in between boarding positions A and B.

Thank you Dan, I saved 7 x 1500 points by changing my return flight to the same flight at less mileage

@Dan’s the Man:
Thanks for the explanation.

Some of these rates are even cheaper now. LGA-Chicago is from 1750 and PHL-Florida is from 1946 in my searches.