News Flight Deals Southwest Offering Flights Starting at $49 Around the U.S. and $71 to the Caribbean (Video) By Talia Avakian Talia Avakian Website Talia Avakian is a lifestyle reporter with nearly a decade of experience writing digital and print content for noted national and international travel publications. She began her career in travel reporting at BBC Travel, where she covered news and features of global destinations, later working as a travel reporter at Business Insider and as a digital news reporter for Travel + Leisure. During her time at Travel + Leisure, she has covered airlines, hotels, new product launches for travelers, natural phenomena travelers can witness, new experience launches, and more. Her work has also appeared in The Independent, Time, Food & Wine, Fortune, Essence, and Departures, among others. Talia is currently a freelance lifestyle reporter in Los Angeles, where she covers content ranging from outdoor getaways, hotels, and transportation to food and experiential offerings at destinations across the globe. She has gone behind the scenes with airlines to learn about flight attendant training, scaled remote mountainsides at far-flung hotels, gone inside the inner workers of Air Force jets, shared the history of Frank Sinatra's favorite New York restaurant hideaway, documented what life is like inside the world's largest residential airpark, and more. She loves discovering unknown perks travelers can access and adventures they can take part in no matter where they go, sharing inside looks at offerings from around the world to help every traveler get the best out of each journey. * 9+ years of experience working as a travel reporter * Stories published and syndicated across over 50 national and international publications * Appeared as a travel expert on Cheddar to discuss emerging travel trends * Received a master's degree in multimedia reporting from the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines Published on April 30, 2019 Share Tweet Pin Email Southwest is back with another flash sale, offering $49 one-way deals around the U.S., deals to various international hotspots starting at $71 one-way, and interisland travel through Hawaii at $49 one-way. Most of the $49 one-way deals are available on west coast routes that include between Long Beach and San Jose, San Jose and San Diego, and San Jose and Los Angeles. There are also $49 one-way flights between Nashville and Atlanta. For $59, travelers will find flights between Burbank and San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville, Las Vegas and Long Beach, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, and Los Angeles and Los Vegas. There are a wide range of deals under $80, including $60 flights between Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, $66 flights between Milwaukee and Nashville, and $66 flights between Rhode Island and Washington, D.C.. Some of the top international deals start from Fort Lauderdale and include $71 one-way flights to Grand Cayman, $77 one-way flights to Nassau, $111 one-way flights to Havana, $143 one-way flights to San Jose, $146 one-way flights to San Juan, $153 one-way flights to Montego Bay, and $168 one-way flights to Punta Cana. Related: How Passengers Take Advantage of Southwest’s Open-seating Policy Additional international one-way deals include $106 flights from Tampa to Havana, $120 flights from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, $140 flights from Houston to Cancun, $141 flights from Houston to Belize City, $173 flights from Houston to Cabo San Lucas, $180 flights from Chicago to Cancun, $191 flights from Houston to Montego Bay, $204 flights from Atlanta to Punta Cana, and $225 flights from Chicago to Montego Bay. There are also a variety of domestic deals at under $150 one-way, including $99 flights between New York and Nashville, $91 flights between Atlanta and Boston, $91 flights between Memphis and Orlando, $104 flights between New York and Tampa, $119 flights between New York and New Orleans, $129 flights between Atlanta and Chicago, and $134 flights between Burbank and Chicago. The deals are available for travel May 21-June 12 and Aug. 20-Oct. 20 for domestic flights, between May 21 and Oct. 1 for interisland flights in Hawaii, and between Aug. 20 and Oct. 30. Travelers who want to book the $49 one-way interisland deals between the airline’s destinations in Hawaii, which include flights between Oahu (Honolulu), Maui (Kahului), and the Island of Hawaii (Kona), will need to act fast though, as this specific offer ends on April 30 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Bookings for the $49 domestic deals and international deals can be made through May 2. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit