Here’s a pretty good promotion for those who haven’t signed up for Southwest Airline’s Rapid Rewards program. Enroll in their program using this link and they give you 8 RR credits to start your account:
https://www.southwest.com/rrenroll/sfo/
Also part of the promotion is they give you double credit for flights into and out of San Francisco (SFO).
The program is pretty simple – you get 1 credit for each one-way flight, and after 16 credits in 24 months you get a free round-trip flight. So with this you are already halfway to a free ticket.
A great place to find out about deals on Southwest airlines is http://www.airfarewatchdog.com. These guys are the only airfare deals site that tracks the discount airlines like Southwest, Allegiant and SkyBus. They have an email alert service that notifies you of the best deals from your home airport. Definitely worth checking out…
I really wanted to register for the 8 free credits but could not navigate your website–to buy my rt to Chicago from SFO in Dec. any chance on getting credits for my efforts and input?d
Just click on the link in the message. From there you can enroll in Rapid Rewards. Unfortunately the double credit only applies to flights completed by 10/31, but it looks like you can still get the 8 bonus credits for enrolling.