Fly for up to 50% off during Southwest's birthday sale

Plus, your first two checked bags are free.
By Leah Stodart  on 
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SAVE UP TO 50%: Through June 13, use code BDAY to unlock up to 50% off base fares during Southwest's Wanna Get Away Day sale.


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Southwest Airlines offers flight deals more often than most other airlines, and Southwest does refer to many of those deals events as Wanna Get Away sales. But this one's different — this is the big Wanna Get Away Day sale, celebrating Southwest's birthday (go off, Gemini royalty).

Through June 13, customers booking flights taking off between August 6 and December 18, 2024, can enter code BDAY to shave up to 50% off base fares. This even beats Southwest's Cyber Monday sale from 2023, which maxed out at 30% off fares.

The code applies to both continental or international travel, including to Hawaii and Puerto Rico, though dates for the non-continental flights shift slightly (from August 20 to December 17.)

Southwest is one of Mashable's favorite sites for cheap flights for several reasons beside its frequent sales. If you prefer to book flights with an airline directly rather than putting your fate in the hands of a third party site like Expedia or Kayak, Southwest typically offers more digestible fares than airlines like American or United. You may not know this about Southwest if you do typically browse third party apps, because Southwest doesn't allow its prices to be shown anywhere but on its own website.

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If you're checking a bag, flying Southwest also inherently saves you another handful of cash by allowing you to check two bags for free each flight. Even if another airline only charges $35 per bag, that's $70 per person roundtrip that you're saving through Southwest.

Leah Stodart
Leah Stodart
Senior Shopping Reporter

Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers essential home tech like vacuums and TVs as well as sustainable swaps and travel. Her ever-growing experience in these categories comes in clutch when making recommendations on how to spend your money during shopping holidays like Black Friday, which Leah has been covering for Mashable since 2017.

Leah graduated from Penn State University in 2016 with dual degrees in Sociology and Media Studies. When she's not writing about shopping (or shopping online for herself), she's almost definitely watching a horror movie, "RuPaul's Drag Race," or "The Office." You can follow her on X at @notleah or email her at [email protected].

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