They are almost always the cheapest if you book way in advance. If you book
last minute, they definitely are not necessarily the cheapest.

"Maxx" wrote in message
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"- Bobb -" wrote in message
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I have never flown SWA so I have a question about their website / # of
stops listed :
I plugged in my dates and for my flight out it shows 3 stops! yet lists
only one flight # ??
On other airlines I'd normally see the flights listed - Like: Flt #123
and then flt #678 if it had ONE stop.
But here's what I see at SWA website:

Stops Routing Flight Routing Details
3 MHT-LAS 897 Depart Manchester (MHT) at 2:40 PM
Arrive in Las Vegas (LAS) at 9:40 PM

It shows no connecting flight info.Would one airplane have
3 scheduled STOPS ? That's not a plane - it's a fast bus !
Same thing coming back:
2 LAS-MHT 396 Depart Las Vegas (LAS) at 9:15 AM
Arrive in Manchester (MHT) at 7:35 PM

The flight out shows 7 hours + 3 hrs time zone change (?) = 10 hours
flight time, so maybe it IS 3 stops. Is this normal for the "cheap
flights" ? Do they have a FF club ? Seems like I'd get a lot of miles
in a hurry at this rate.

Bobb

If you have the same flight number, you will have stops, but you don't get
off the plane. Yes, almost like a fast bus, as you say. They will stop,
unload some passengers, and take on some more. You stay, and ride all the
way through, getting off at your "stop".

As for FF miles, you don't get miles with SouthWest. You get one credit
per trip. 16 credits = one free round trip ticket. That's 16 one way or
8 round trip flights. Your 3 stop flight only counts as a single one way.

SouthWest is OK at times, but check the other Airlines. They are not
always the cheapest way to go.