Southwest Airlines Sale: Score Cheap Tickets In Chicago

Southwest Airlines just announced a 72-hour sale and tickets nationwide can be had at low prices. At Chicago's Midway International Airport, you can score one-way tickets for as low as $49.

The Southwest sale, launched Tuesday, includes short and long routes and the ticket prices generally reflect that — the shorter the trip, the cheaper the fare.

You can buy tickets starting Tuesday and must purchase them by the end of Thursday in the respective time zone of the departing city. The sale applies to travel between Nov. 28 and Dec. 19, as well as from Jan. 3 to Feb. 13.

As with past Southwest flash sales, you won’t be able to travel on Fridays or Saturdays. Some states have even more restrictions on which days you can travel, including Florida and Nevada.

Here are the deals in Chicago:

From Chicago's Midway International Airport

• To Albany, New York
  • One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Atlanta
  • One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Austin Texas
  • One-way fare: as low as $99

• To Baltimore/Washington, D.C.
  • One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Birmingham, Alabama
  • One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Boston's Logan International Airport
  • One-way fare: as low as $79

• To Buffalo/Niagara
  • One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Burbank, California
  • One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Charleston, South Carolina
  • One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Charlotte, North Carolina
  • One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Cincinnati, Ohio
  • One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Cleveland
  • One-way fare: as low as $49

• To Columbus, Ohio
  • One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Dallas' Love Field
  • One-way fare: $as low as $99
• To Detroit
  • One-way fare: $as low as $79
• To Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• One-way fare: $99
• To Fort Myers, Florida
  • One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Hartford, Connecticut
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Houston's Hobby Airport
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Indianapolis
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Jacksonville, Florida
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Kansas City, Missouri
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Las Vegas
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Los Angeles
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Louisville, Kentucky
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Manchester, New Hampshire
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Memphis, Tennessee
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Minneapolis/St. Paul
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Nashville, Tennessee
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To New Orleans
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Newark, New Jersey
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To New York's Laguardia International Airport
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Norfolk, Virginia
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Omaha, Nebraska
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Ontario, California
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Philadelphia
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Phoenix
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Pittsburgh
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Portland, Oregon
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Providence, Rhode Island
• One-way fare: as low as $79
• To Raleigh/Durham
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To Sacramento, California
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To San Antonio
• One-way fare: as low as $99
• To San Diego
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To San Francisco
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To San Jose, California
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Seattle/Tacoma
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To St. Louis
• One-way fare: as low as $49
• To Tuscon, Arizona
• One-way fare: as low as $129
• To Washington, D.C. Reagan National Airport
• One-way fare: as low as $79

Other restrictions to be aware of:

• Fares are only valid on nonstop flights.
• The displayed price includes all taxes and fees
• Seats — and days — are limited.
• Fares are nonrefundable but can be applied to future flights.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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