Southwest Advance Booking

**wendybird** · 04-10-2012, 04:46 PM

Does Southwest now open up bookings for 6 months in advance?? I am looking to book in April of 2012. Currently the dates are open for booking through Oct. 31 2011. Does this mean the next time they open up a block April 2012 will be open?? If so, does anyone know how often they open up dates further out? Just would like to know when I should start watching....Thanks!!

**TinkerbellT421** · 04-10-2012, 04:53 PM

I'm confused. Do you mean they are currently available through October 2012 and you are looking to book for April 2013??

**Fangorn** · 04-10-2012, 09:00 PM

Southwest does not have a fixed schedule for opening their schedule. Nor do they strictly adhere to opening the schedule "X" months out when they do open a new time period. Having said that, the last year or so they have tended to open anywhere from 6-8 months out.

You can always find out when the next set of dates will open (and how far out they're going) by:
1) go to the Southwest.com home page.
2) in the top, right-hand corner, click on the "Travel Tools" drop down button.
3) at the very bottom of that drop down list, click on the "View all Travel Tools" button.
4) At the top of the "Travel Tools" page is the information about the next opening date.

That information currently shows:

We are currently accepting air reservations through November 2, 2012. On May 21, 2012, we will open our schedule for sale through January 4, 2013. This date is subject to change! Please check back frequently.

Steve