$49 Southwest Airlines Flights From Columbus On Sale Now

Southwest Airlines launched its twice-a-year travel deal, where flights can be picked up on the cheap — less than $100 for a round-trip on some of the Dallas-based airline’s shortest routes. 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.

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.

Three Ohio airports are offering deals. They include:

• From Cleveland, one-way flights start at $49 to Baltimore/Washington, Chicago Midway and Milwaukee.
• From Cincinnati, one-way flights start at $49 for Baltimore/Washington and Chicago Midway.
• From Columbus, one-way flights start at $49 for Baltimore/Washington, Chicago Midway, Nashville, St. Louis and Washington (Reagan National), D.C. The airline offers other deals on flights to Atlanta, Boston Logan, Dallas, Texas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Oakland, and Tampa.

Some of Southwest’s international routes are included in the sale, and can cost anywhere from $59 to $250 each way, and prices are good only on Tuesday and Wednesday flights. But if you’re looking for a domestic flight, you can travel on a budget from dozens of U.S. airports.

Travel must be booked for Aug. 22-Dec. 13. The sale 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.

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