Southwest Airlines Cheap Flights - Hub and Spoke or Point to Point?

Southwest Airlines cheap flights operate on a point to point system rather than the more conventional hub and spoke system that many other carriers prefer. With more than three thousand flights a day, Southwest Airlines flights can often be bought cheaply because it is a low cost carrier.

The point to point system may benefit the traveler, as rather than having a central airport from which many of its flights originate, the Southwest Airlines model flies its airplanes between airports, with each of its airports having relative parity with the next. To cut down on costs and enable cheaper flights, Southwest Airlines frequently uses the secondary airports of its origin and destination cities. This may be a benefit or a disadvantage, depending on where the traveler wants to go in the destination city. Secondary airports usually have lower tariffs and charges for the airline, and the reduction in costs is often passed on in part to the consumer in the form of Southwest Airlines cheap flights.

Flying the High Life with Southwest Airlines Cheap Flights

However, Southwest Airlines also waives the rule about serving only secondary city airports – it also serves some of the major airports in the big cities. Listed below are some of the major airports that may be served if you book a Southwest Airline cheap flight.

1. Philadelphia International
2. Denver International Airport
3. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
4. Orlando International Airport
5. Detroit Metropolitan Airport
6. Lambert St. Louis International Airport
7. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
8. Seattle-Tacoma International
9. Pittsburgh International
10. San Francisco International Airport
11. Washington Dulles International Airport (limited flights, also serving Baltimore-Washington International Airport)

The Los Angeles area is served by Southwest Airlines cheap flights via four airports including the major Los Angeles International (LAX). The one airport not served by Southwest Airlines in the Los Angeles area is Long Beach so if you are headed there you will need to check out the fares of other low-cost carriers that fly to the area.

Benefits of Booking Southwest Airlines cheap flights

So why should you check out Southwest Airlines cheap flights rather than those of other carriers? First, the point to point system employed by Southwest airlines means that it is likely to have flights going between your intended origin and destination cities. If you are relying on cheap flights from other carriers, you’ll probably be in luck if you happen to be living in a hub city otherwise, you might struggle to find a cheap flight to your intended destination.

Another reason to check out Southwest Airlines cheap flights is the fact that it avoids “farming out” its fares. It is not likely that you’ll find a Southwest Airline cheap flight on fare search sites like Orbitz or Expedia. It is better that you go to Southwest Airline’s home on the web to find bargain flights there. The current home page of Southwest Airlines can be found at http://www.southwest.com. Southwest Airlines has had an online presence for more than a decade. Its flights are sold direct from its web site, and Southwest Airlines has a great record for online sales. As such, you are likely to find good deals on Southwest Airlines cheap flights exclusive to its web site. So why not check it out today?

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18 Responses to “Southwest Airlines Cheap Flights – Hub and Spoke or Point to Point?”

Wordpress Says:

2 or 3 months before.

WPMixer Says:

Thank you for this helpful tips,

Traveling has never been this exciting,

Stay blessed,
Dawn Mendonca

ritzyritzyritzy Says:

Philippine Airlines or Qantas flies from Manila – Sydney non stop

mypaintings1212 Says:

Go to bookingbuddy.com

chris Says:

You may fly with these Airlines……
Aegean Airlines
LTU Intl Airways
SWISS
Lufthansa
United Airlines

Good Luck !

Black Sheep 1 Says:

You can use one of the internet travel search engines to do some initial research. I normally use either http://www.travelocity.com or http://www.orbitz.com. You can specify dates, a range of dates (+/- 3 days), or just specify you have no dates and want the best deals.

After that, it may be worth a try at checking the very airlines that are identified with the deals. Sometimes, the best deals are not posted in general websites and you can only get access to them on the specific Airline website either as a special or webfare.

Good Luck

Free Blog Says:

…best way to save on international (Europe) fares is to mail yourself to the country of your choice.

WPMixer Says:

i won’t fly until the fares are reasonable again and i’m not charged for carry on or checked luggage, allowed to bring my bottled water or juice aboard and not have to buy a cup of filthy airline tap water or argue with the agitated disturbed in the head flight attendants why i’m asking for refill the 8oz styrofoam cup because i just had one and i have to choke on my home-made meal because i’m not allowed to be thirsty and ask for refills. FUCK THAT!!! and when will checkpoint humiliation end?!

jlee_1227 Says:

I've always had the best luck with travel agents. Please contact one.

isrra_potter Says:

The cheapest Airlines that fly between Australia and NZ are:: (in no order)

http://www.flypacificblue.com (they have happy hour prices at lunch time)

http://www.jetstar.com

http://www.emirates.com

http://www.qantas.com.au

http://www.airnz.com

Are you a student? Then try cheaper fares at http://www.studentflights.com.au

For a "one site search" to compare between them all go http://www.webjet.com.au – they charge a $20 booking fee, but once you know what airline and flight # is the cheapest, go back and just book through their airlines site. (it just saves time)

Air NZ also has another website called Grab-A-Seat. Sometime you can get a real bargain, $1 fares to $49. It's mainly travel within NZ, but some times they do real cheap deals to Australia. Best to check the site daily to see what special they have up there (changes all the time) see http://www.grabaseat.co.nz

Free Blog Says:

wow… thanks for the worthless information.

Free Blog Says:

Start to really looking at rates about 6 weeks out. If they don’t drop in price over the next two weeks (nearing the 4 week window), they’re likely at the lowest price already. If it’s still too much, you might want to try an auction-type site like Priceline.

Anonymous Says:

airhead

Blogger Says:

Let me guess… she works for(owns) a travel agency.

munnacanada Says:

instead of booking on-line
see indian news papers for good deals

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