Southwest Airlines $25, $50, $75 and $100 fares in 72-hour sale

If you missed the Southwest Airlines sale earlier this month, don’t fret. Now there’s an airfare sale with even lower fares. Southwest’s 4th Quarter Sale is football-themed and offers fares as low as $25 one way for flights up to 374 miles.

There is an escalating price structure that gives $50 seats for flights between 375 and 549 miles; $75 fares for flights between 550-900 miles and $100 one-way fares for flights of 1,000 miles or more. But make your plans quickly because this sale will only last 72 hours. Note that some pricing differs if you are flying out of Los Angeles (LAX) vs. Burbank (BUR).

Caveat: You may experience delays in accessing this deal.  Southwest’s website was loading slowly at one point this morning. A note there said: “The popularity of our 72-hour fare sale is generating a lot of interest in southwest.com. The web experience might be slower than usual. Thanks for your patience.”

Sample destinations:
Fares are each way, pre tax; not all sale destinations included

$25 — Burbank (BUR) to: Oakland (OAK), Sacramento (SAC), Reno/Tahoe (RNO), San Jose (SJC) or Los Angeles (LAX) to: Las Vegas (LAS), San Francisco (SFO), Phoenix (PHX), San Jose (SJC), Oakland (OAK), Sacramento (SAC)

$50 — Burbank (BUR) or Los Angeles (LAX) to: Tucson (TUS); Los Angeles (LAX) to: Reno/Tahoe (RNO) or Denver (DEN)

$75 — Burbank (BUR) to: Albuquerque (ABQ), Portland (PDX), Salt Lake City, Seattle (SEA) Spokane (GEG); Los Angeles (LAX) to: Amarillo (AMA), El Paso (ELP), Boise (BOI), Albuquerque (ABQ), Portland (PDX), Salt Lake City, Seattle (SEA), Spokane (GEG)

$100 — Burbank (BUR) to: Birmingham (BHM), Austin (AUS), Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP), Little Rock (LIT), Oklahoma City (OKC), San Antonio (SAT); Los Angeles (LAX) to: Baltimore (BWI), Chicago (MDW), Houston (HOU), Kansas City (MCI), Milwaukee (MKE) , New Orleans (MSY), Omaha (OMA), Nashville (BNA)

When: Book by Oct. 29, 2009, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time for travel Dec. 2-Dec. 16, 2009 and Jan. 5-Feb. 10, 2010.

Note: This sale is good for travel any day but Sunday.

Contact: Southwest Airlines, (800) 435-9792

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Southwest Airlines jets at Baltimore Washington International Airport in Baltimore; Credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak]

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