Southwest came through!

[Lorraine444]

I was almost out of hope.
Then it appeared like - A DING!

I scored my return flight today for $115.00.
I almost gave up last night and took the $180.00 online price. Good thing I didn't!

[DisnIse]

Awesome!
Our DINGS haven't been nearly as Ding-worthy as in the past. I'm glad you got a good one!

Just for trivia, though, if you ever do over-pay, Southwest will issue a credit to you for use on a future flight. All you have to do is call there with your confirmation number and they'll credit the difference to you.

Kinda nice, huh?

[AlyceMarie03]

I Love Southwest! They always come thru for me and I have never been dissapointed. Good for you!

[Lorraine444]

Yes, I'm aware. Thanks....
My friend had over $500.00 credit, and I applied that online with the purchase of her ding fares.
I typically only fly once a year for vacation.

[fanofdisney]

How awesome!!! I am still holding out for our trip. We got a DING the other day but it was only for travel until Sept 30. When is your trip? I am just curious when I might be able to expect one for our trip.

[KAT1811]

What are the dates of your vacation. If you don't mind me asking. I keep checking our flights, waiting for them to come down a bit. As of right now it is going to cost us $2155.00 for the 5 of us. I am hoping that the fares will come down a bit (maybe even a DING fare). One leg of our flight is $240, crazy. We've never paid anything close to that with SW.

[Lorraine444]

I've been watching ding for months now.
Here's the scoop for my vacation;

8/5 Hartford > Tampa for 2 on a ding = $203.00
I booked this one 6/16.
We are spending 8/5-8/10 at a friends 2nd house in Sarasota (she works with me).

On 8/10 we drive over to Orlando - she has a Time Share 2miles from Disney. We're going to purchase 4 days +1free of passes - non hopping.

Since I couldn't find a flight from Orlando > Hartford & it's getting to close to wait anymore.
We then decided to drive back to Tampa (2 hours) on Sunday night to spend 1 last night @ her house.
I purchased a ding fare today for Tampa > Hartford for 115.50 per person.
Sooo a long story short my vacation dates are 8/5>8/18... so excited!
Hope I answered your questions.

[#1disneyfan]

Glad you got a great fare!

I watched SW and Ding fares for quite a while before I booked our trip. I altered our flight times and days a bit to accommodate better fares. I ended up getting $79 1st leg and $89 for the return. These were not Ding fares, btw, they were the Getaway fares. Ding was slightly higher.

KAT1811 - I would watch those Ding fares and even other airlines. We had a trip to Ft Myers in June and I got a better deal with Continental than SW.

For the rest of you waiting for the right fare, I have found that patience definitely pays off. We booked our August flights about 3 weeks ago.

Good luck and happy traveling to you all.

[KAT1811]

I'm glad to hear that I have plenty of time before I have to make a final decision on flights. I will definately go SW just because they are the only ones with direct flights from Providence and with 3 children (11, 3 1/2, & 1 1/2), and being 5 months pregnant at the time of vacation DH and I want to simplify things as much as possible. I'll hold out for awhile. I am not looking for a crazy cheap fare just something reasonable.

[Lorraine444]

Check a few times daily....
When are you going KAT?

[Lorraine444]

Sorry, I see it, November.
They are starting to Ding Sept. & Oct.
Keep an eye out!

[KAT1811]

I have been checking the flights around Columbus Day figuring the flights may be similar to the Friday before Veterans Day. Right now the flights in October would be $1600.00 about $500. cheaper than the November flights right now. That is why I am thinking that if I keep an eye on them they'll come down a bit. With 5 flights if they come down a little bit it ends up being a huge savings. Thanks for the help.

[BelleCiavo]

Wow, I had no idea my $59 flights in September were so rare, I would have thought Aug and Oct would have similar fares.

[Taja]

Congratulations!

[Kerr0173]

How do you get DING rates? I thought I had downloaded Ding, but I never have anything pop up. Should I go back and re-register? Do you enter a city of preference for airfare?

Thanks, Kerrie

[Lorraine444]

At southwest's site go to download ding.
Select your airports and you should get something saying registration complete.
You will see a airplane wing on the bottom right side.