$49 Southwest Airline Flights From Dulles, Reagan National On Sale Now

WASHINGTON, DC — Southwest Airlines has launched its twice-a-year travel deal, where super cheap flights — less than $100 for some of the airline’s shortest routes — are available out of Dulles and Reagan National Airports. The 72-hour sale offers primarily non-stop, one-way flights as low as $49, and the one-way prices increase to $79, $99 or $129 for longer flights. Thursday the sale wraps up.

There are some exclusions, of course. Fridays and Sundays, two of the biggest travel days of the week, are excluded, and certain dates around Labor Day and Thanksgiving are blocked out. There are also restrictions on Southwest’s Florida and Nevada flights.

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From BWI you can find discounted prices one way to these destinations:

Washington Dulles

• To Atlanta, GA starting at $79
• To Ft. Lauderdale, FL starting at $69
• To Orlando, FL starting at $79

Washington Reagan National

• To Atlanta, GA starting at $79
• To Chicago (Midway), IL starting at $79
• To Columbus, OH starting at $49
• To Dallas (Love Field), TX starting at $99
• To Ft. Lauderdale, FL starting at $69
• To Indianapolis, IN starting at $49
• To Milwaukee, WI starting at $99
• To Nashville, TN starting at $99
• To New Orleans, LA starting at $79
• To Orlando, FL starting at $79
• To Providence, RI starting at $49
• To St. Louis, MO starting at $99
• To Tampa, FL starting at $72

The sale applies to tickets booked for Aug. 22-Dec. 13. It ends Thursday, June 8, at 11:59 p.m., local time, in the city of the departing flight. Full details of the sale found here.

— Includes reporting by Patch Editor Beth Dalbey
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