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Need a winter escape? Southwest sale offers round-trip fares under $100

WASHINGTON — From now through Oct. 4, Southwest Airlines is offering customers low fares for domestic winter travel, and booking round-trip tickets can add up to less than $100. One-way ticket prices on dozens of domestic flights are as low as $49 between the shortest routes, and go up to $129 on longer flights. Plan domestic travel from Nov. 28 through Dec. 19 and from Jan. 3 through Feb. 13. But don’t plan on catching flights on Fridays and Sundays. Here’s a sample of one-way flights from D.C.-area airports, as of Tuesday evening:

  • Reagan National Airport to Providence, Rhode Island: $49
  • Reagan National to New Orleans, Louisiana: $79
  • Reagan National to Austin, Texas: $129
  • Dulles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale, Florida: $79
  • BWI Marshall Airport to Louisville, Kentucky: $49
  • BWI Marshall to Nashville, Tennessee: $99
  • BWI Marshall to Las Vegas, Nevada: $129

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