Southwest Opens Up Schedule for Spring Break Travel
Southwest Airlines extended its flight schedule today, allowing customers to book travel through April 7, 2025. This latest extension also included Spring Break travel. You can check the flight schedule here.
Other airlines usually release their schedules about 11 months in advance. Southwest on the other hand usually gives you a shorter window.
When Southwest announces an extension to their schedule, many of their loyal fans are eager to take advantage, since it is one of the largest domestic carriers in the country.
The carrier also often offers the lowest prices on many routes and free checked bags, which is quite rare nowadays. However, it’s worth noting that prices are usually higher when the Southwest schedule is first extended.
If you book with points, that shouldn’t be much of an issue since you can check later and rebook if your flights drops in price. If you fly Southwest often, even cash bookings are worth it as you get a refund in the form of credit for future travel. If you book a Wanna Get Away or Wanna Get Away Plus fare, then you will receive flight credit for any price difference. Anytime or Business Select tickets are fully refundable.
And remember that you can cancel until 10 minutes before a flight’s scheduled departure time.
With this latest flight schedule extension, the airline is also offering customers new flight options including more international service and additional flights for their favorite football games. The extended schedule also includes additional seasonal and redeye flying.
International Routes at Nashville
As Nashville’s largest airline, Southwest® expands its offerings with new weekly international service. Beginning March 8, 2025, Southwest will offer Saturday service between:
- Nashville and Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos, Mexico
- Nashville and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
The international routes complement the existing service between Nashville and Cancun. Southwest also announced it will begin Saturday service between Sacramento and Puerto Vallarta* on March 8, 2025.
New Nonstop Routes
Southwest also announced nonstop service beginning March 6, 2025, between:
- Austin and Milwaukee (Weekdays)
- Austin and Reno, Nev. (Less than daily)
- Nashville and Indianapolis (Daily)
- Sacramento, Calif. and Tucson, Ariz. (Weekends)
More Flights for Fall Fun
Southwest is proud to offer even more service so that SEC fans can cheer on their favorite teams on the road. In addition to previously announced flights to support football fans, the airline today added service between Florida and Austin for an anticipated key SEC matchup. These extra flights are now available for booking between Tampa, Fla., and Austin on Nov. 7 and Nov. 10.
Responding to Customer demand, the airline is adding more service for fall college and professional football matchups with service between:
- Dallas and Lubbock, Texas (Game is on Nov. 9)
- Omaha, Neb., and Los Angeles (LAX) (Game is on Nov. 16)
- Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago (Midway) (Game is on Nov. 16)
- Cleveland and New Orleans for a Sunday matchup on Nov. 17
Southwest is also gearing up to support one of the world’s largest rodeos, which takes place annually in Las Vegas. The carrier is adding seven flights to get rodeo fans to and from the big event between Dec. 5 and Dec. 15. Customers can visit Southwest.com to find the itinerary that works best for them on the days they wish to travel.
Flying Overnight
With the airline launching overnight flying on Feb. 13, 2025, today’s schedule extension brings more redeye flying options for travelers. Beginning March 6, 2025, travelers can travel on overnight flights departing from Denver, San Diego, and Sacramento in addition to previously announced service from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Customers are encouraged to visit Southwest.com to check itineraries.
These flights and the carrier’s full schedule through April 7, 2025, are available for booking at Southwest.com.
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