Southwest Fare Sale: $35 and up.

Southwest is having a fare sale right now and their pricing structure makes sense: you pay based on the distance you travel. So it's $35 for a distance of up to 450 miles, and on up from there to $125.

Book by October 20 and fly November 30–December 14, 2011 or January 4–February 15, 2012.

Southwest 40th anniversary fare sale: fares $40 and up.

Southwest is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a big fat fare sale, now through June 23. Tickets start at just $40 each way! 

You must fly between August 23–November 16, but if there's some summer/fall travel you've been longing to do, check out the fares and cities soon...

Southwest Airlines: $39 fares for its 39th b-day.

Southwest Airlines is turning 39 this year, and they're celebrating by offering $39 fares this summer! Or rather, "fares as low as $39," which means many of them are $79 or $119 each way. But the $39 fares include:

• Baltimore to Boston
• Baltimore to New York City
• Boston to Philadelphia
• Burbank to Las Vegas
• Chicago to Nashville
• Detroit to St. Louis
• Las Vegas to L.A.
• Las Vegas to San Francisco
• L.A. to Tucson
• Minneapolis to St. Louis
• NYC to Raleigh/Durham
• Oakland to San Diego
• And a bunch of others

More fun restrictions:

• Purchase by June 24, 2010, 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
• Travel September 8 through November 17, 2010.
• Travel valid every day except Fridays & Sundays.

So, if you want a little getaway this fall and you're ready to buy now, you could get a good rate with on this sale...

Southwest holiday fare sale.

Southwest is having a last-minute fare sale for the holidays, with fares as low as $59 one-way. Purchase by December 3, 2009, 11:59 pm PDT, and travel December 17, 2009, through January 3, 2010.

Sorry, Seattleites, there's nothing for us this time around. Alaska Air rules Sea-Tac.

Southwest "4th Quarter" fare sale.

Well, here's an offer I'm guaranteed not to understand, since it uses a football metaphor. But Southwest is currently having a fare sale for travel Dec. 2- 16, 2009, and Jan. 5-Feb. 10, 2010, and the fares range from $25 to $100 depending on how many miles the trip is. So tickets are $25 for trips up to 374 miles, $50 for trips from 375 to 549 miles, and so on.

Not to worry, you can click through to see fares displayed by price and destination, so even non-football fans can figure this one out. Thank goodness.