{"id":3067,"date":"2014-08-05T07:13:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2014-08-05T07:13:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:13:56","slug":"southwest-international-flights-expanding-cities-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2014\/08\/southwest-international-flights-expanding-cities-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest International Flights Expanding to More Cities This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The merger of\u00a0Southwest and Airtran has gone on for quite some time and the transition of Southwest flights to international destinations that Airtran previously flew has been a slow process. In July 1, they started international flight from select cities. I was trying to find out when and where they would start expanding their cities but couldn&#8217;t find the information. It looks like they have now released this information in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southwest.com\/html\/air\/intl\/booking-travel\/index.html#interactive_map\" target=\"_blank\">form of maps which can be found here<\/a>. Instead of going through the maps yourselves, I&#8217;ve posted them below in date order:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3068\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"7.1.14 SW flights\" width=\"541\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights.png 541w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights-286x300.png 286w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights-400x418.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights-200x209.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/7.1.14-SW-flights-150x156.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3069\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights.png\" alt=\"8.5.14 SW Flights\" width=\"535\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights.png 535w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights-289x300.png 289w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights-400x414.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights-200x207.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.5.14-SW-Flights-150x155.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3070\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"8.10.14 SW flights\" width=\"543\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights.png 543w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights-293x300.png 293w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights-400x408.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights-200x204.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.10.14-SW-flights-150x153.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3071\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"8.19.14 SW flights\" width=\"545\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights.png 545w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights-290x300.png 290w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights-400x412.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights-200x206.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.19.14-SW-flights-150x154.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3072\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights.png\" alt=\"8.26.14 SW Flights\" width=\"547\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights.png 547w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights-295x300.png 295w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights-400x405.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights-200x202.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/8.26.14-SW-Flights-150x152.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3073\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"9.16.14 SW flights\" width=\"535\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights.png 535w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights-292x300.png 292w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights-400x409.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights-200x204.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.16.14-SW-flights-150x153.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3074\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"9.30.14 SW flights\" width=\"545\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights.png 545w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights-294x300.png 294w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights-400x408.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights-200x204.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/9.30.14-SW-flights-150x153.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3075\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"10.7.14 SW flights\" width=\"534\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights.png 534w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights-287x300.png 287w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights-400x417.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights-200x208.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.7.14-SW-flights-150x156.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3076\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"10.28.14 SW flights\" width=\"547\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights.png 547w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights-293x300.png 293w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights-400x409.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights-200x204.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/10.28.14-SW-flights-150x153.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3077\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"11.2.14 SW flights\" width=\"536\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights.png 536w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights-273x300.png 273w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights-400x438.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights-200x219.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.2.14-SW-flights-150x164.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3078\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"11.11.14 SW flights\" width=\"546\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights.png 546w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights-281x300.png 281w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights-400x426.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights-200x213.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.11.14-SW-flights-150x159.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3079\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"11.18.14 SW flights\" width=\"543\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights.png 543w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights-277x300.png 277w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights-400x431.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights-200x215.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/11.18.14-SW-flights-150x161.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3080\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights.png\" alt=\"12.16.14 SW flights\" width=\"543\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights.png 543w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights-281x300.png 281w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights-400x426.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights-200x213.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/12.16.14-SW-flights-150x159.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did a dummy booking from Austin to Cancun after Nov 2\u00a0to see if it would let me book. I noticed this message at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3083\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW.png\" alt=\"Government approval SW\" width=\"744\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW.png 744w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW-300x24.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW-400x32.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW-200x16.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Government-approval-SW-150x12.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it looks like they haven&#8217;t officially been given the &#8220;go&#8221; to operate these flights but hopefully they won&#8217;t be pushed back past the original scheduled date. That being said, you never know what might happen so make sure you can be flexible with your plans if you need to change the dates if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>I am excited that all of these routes will be starting before the end of 2014 because I have a Companion Pass that I want to maximize for these international destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The merger of\u00a0Southwest and Airtran has gone on for quite some time and the transition of Southwest flights to international destinations that Airtran previously flew&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[106,193,192],"tags":[596,194],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Southwest International Flights Expanding to More Cities This Year - 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