Southwest Airlines Community

Hopefully you have PreCheck. Unless something changed recently, PreCheck is not available on international itineraries on Southwest.  It's a different system  ... View more

Airline seats are based on demand and competition, not cost.  Maybe planes to Jamaica are filling up nicely and airlines are confident they'll sell their seats, so they're not offering a deal?   Pricing in a free market (more or less) economy. ... View more

Pretty much no chance at all.  I could see Southwest flying to Hawaii, maybe.  Japan?  Almost certainly never. ... View more

Southwest has a shorter booking window than just about any other airline; it's part of how they do business.  They always post the prospective date for new booking windows.  Usually they start selling seats through about New Years in mid-May.  I think the booking window for January-February usually opens August-ish?  Somebody else probably remembers... ... View more

 Use the Route Map tool, then check the box "Nonstop Only".  The route map is completely useless without that box checked (it will just show arcs to every airport in the network, regardless of whether it will sell you a ticket).  Then any time you mouse over an airport node, it'll show you every destination.   Your real problem is... you're in Reno.  International flights with a connection are rough on Southwest, especially whern going east, as there are no overnight flights.  Southwest also has relatively few flights to most international destinations.  Since it won't generate you an overnight layover (a live agent might be able to?), it just won't allow the routing.  As you say, the "solution" is to book two different itineraries.   I occasionally will have an itinerary I know is good (1+ hour connection) that the system won't book through for me.  Not sure why- maybe it wants longer connection times for international departutres? ... View more