Warning about booking airline tickets (Southwest)

My son and I booked with Southwest to Vegas today. I did my reservations- no problem. I got the cheapest price. He went to book the same exact flight but the cheapest fair was unavailable. He ended up with same flight but it was $100 more! My son talked to someone who used to work for the airline and he said they realized the 2nd reservation came from the same computer and blocked out the cheapest price. So if your going on a trip with someone, book flights on separate computers to save lots of money. Hope this helps someone out.

Warning about booking airline tickets (Southwest)

Why not book both tickets at the same time?

Warning about booking airline tickets (Southwest)

I%26#39;m going for my 25th wedding anniversary with my husband. My son is grown and is taking his girlfriend. They are getting married while we%26#39;re all there. He is paying his own way with own credit card.

If you%26#39;re going to be on the same computer - book at the same time. If its a matter of needing to use separate cc, then clear the cookies first. Also - those people dont always know what they%26#39;re talking about on the phone. Its unlikely that you would be blocked form getting a lower fare just because you were using the same computer. A more likely explanation would be that you were lucky and got one of the last seats at the lower price. They only hold so many for the a price, b price etc...

Sorry you had a problem JC. I love Southwest and have never had a booking problem. Plus, you can count on Southwest to run on schedule if it is at all possible.

Every Tuesday moring they put out specials (Ding) that are good for a couple of days and just can%26#39;t be beat. You might want to take a look this Tuesday.

Good luck.

Southwest has a set number of tickets for each price. Your experience has NOTHING to do with using the same computer. That is some type of conspiracy theory or maybe came from a disgruntled former employee (';someone who used to work for the airline';). It has to do with the lower price seats being sold out. Maybe you got the last ticket in the cheaper category.

All airlines, not just Southwest continually readjust the prices of their seats according to supply and demand. Sometimes it works in the favor of the customer. My latest ticket to Vegas came up $50 cheaper than what was showing before I clicked the purchase button- apparently they had just changed the price. Earlier that day I watched the lowest price for one specific flight fluctuate continuously among three different prices- and all of that was on the Continental Airlines site.

Just when I thought I%26#39;d heard it all...

Thanks to everyone for the insight. We have never booked tickets before and were unaware of how it all works. I checked the ticket prices today from a different computer and you all were right. The cheapest fare is still unavailable. I just thank my lucky stars that one of the fares was cheap. The former employee is obviously not a reliable source. Now I don%26#39;t feel like I got screwed on the deal. :)

I think the explanation of attempting to book on the same computer was ridiculous. It once again proves that when you see it and the price is right, you had better grab it!