Discount Airfare: $59-plus Southwest Airlines’ deals

$59 can buy you considerable flying on discount airline Southwest - more than you might think.

Book and buy 21 days in advance and $59 (add to that taxes and fees) gets you lots of links between lots of cities. Here they are:

- Austin to Harlingen/South Padre Island, TX

- Baltimore/Washington to Cleveland

- Baltimore/Washington to Columbus, OH

- Baltimore/Washington to Pittsburgh

- Buffalo/Niagara to Chicago Midway

- Chicago (Midway) to Louisville

- Cleveland to St. Louis

- Columbus, OH to Nashville

- Harlingen/South Padre Island, TX to Houston (Hobby)

- Indianapolis to Kansas City

- Phoenix - San Diego

- St. Louis to Cleveland

These are the kinds of routes people might typically consider driving. Southwest is betting that this $59 discount airfare will induce a fair share of travelers to ditch the car and take the plane.

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