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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-05-07</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001362468</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Allegiant Travel CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ALGT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001632467</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Anderson Gregory Clark</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1201 NORTH TOWN CENTER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAS VEGAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89144</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP/Principal Accounting Offic</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-05-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>766</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>159.6</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15246</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Beneficial owner granted shares of restricted stock on November 7, 2016, with vesting on each of May 7, 2017, May 7, 2018, May 7, 2019 and May 7, 2020. Upon vesting, beneficial owner returned to Company a portion of the vested shares for tax withholding purposes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares of restricted stock effectively repurchased by Company at $159.60 per share to fund the beneficial owner's required tax withholding.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 77 shares acquired on 4/30/2018 by beneficial owner pursuant to issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which acquisition is exempt under Rule 16-b-3(c) and therefore was not reported at the time of the acquisition.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert B. Goldberg, under power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-05-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
