Air Tran Flight Changes

Morgand

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Hey All

I have heard if Air Tran changes your flight time, you can call them and tell them that you would prefer a different flight with no change fees.

So if you can do this are you also able to switch your flight to a different day, even if the fare is higher without any extra cost or fees?

Has anyone ever done this?

TIA
 
We did this past May. When I originally booked our trip my husband was scheduled to work that weekend. He'd already talked to a coworker who had agreed to switch weekends with him. (They do this all the time and it's never been a problem). For some reason, his boss decided to be a horse's rear end this time and told him they couldn't switch. So when we booked the flights, we booked me to fly out early on Saturday morning and him early on Monday. Almost immediately after we paid for our flights, his boss told him he was just kidding and he could switch weekends.:mad: Knowing how lenient Air Tran is, I waited, hoping they'd change the departure time, so I could switch my husband's flight for free. After months, our return flight changed by like four minutes, but his departure never changed. I finally gave up and called, asking how much it would cost to switch him from his Monday morning flight to my Saturday flight, fully expecting to pay out the wahooz. I told the Customer rep that I just wanted to see how much it would cost me, laughed, and said that if it was too much he'd just have to wait until Monday to fly out. The customer rep said 'no, lets see what we can do'. He put me on hold, came back a few minutes later to tell me the departing flight had not had any changes but the flight back had changed by four minutes, which didn't help me. I already knew that.:rolleyes1 He again put me on hold and said to let me see what he could do. He came back on a few minutes later and told me that not only had he done a courtesy move to put my husband on my flight, but he'd also placed him in the seat next to me in row 13. Because I like sitting close to the front and want boarding zone 1, I always pay for those $15.00 or $13.00 seats. My husband doesn't care where he sits, so I had just bought him one of those $6.00 seats further back. Not only was I not charged the change fee, I was not charged for the more expensive flight, nor was I charged for the seat upgrade.:cool1: I love Air Tran.

Other people have posted here on the DIS where they have changed their flights, changed the days they were flying, and even changed airports if Air Tran makes even a few minutes change to their schedule. It doesn't matter if the new flight is more expensive or even if they are switching from a flight with a layover to one that's nonstop. Air Tran is wonderful to work with. I'm really dreading Southwest taking over.:sad1: Unfortunately Air Tran will no longer be flying out of DFW after Nov 22nd, so I won't be able to use them anymore.:sad1::sad2:
 
Yes absolutely. In spring our flight to MCO was changed by only 20 min. & part of our party changed to the flight a day earlier with no penalty.
 
Our outbound flight changed only with regard to
time arriving Atlanta (layover city) & leaving Atlanta
by 5 min. I called & they let me change so we leave
a day earlier for no change fee
 

I just called this morning as our flight changed a bit and she said as long as it was 15 min. they could change it. So, she changed us from a double connection to a nonstop .... we are very happy :cool1:
 
Thanks for all your responses. We decided to give it a try. Our departure flight had only changed by 2 minutes, but hey all they can say is no. I called first and of course was told no. I hoped it would not come to this, but I had to call in the big guns :rotfl: my husband called back and spoke with a nice young man who could see that I had just called in 10 minutes prior. Kevin apologized to my husband and told him the person I spoke with was misinformed and that if the flight time changed by one minute it was Air Tran's policy to allow changes without fees. We wanted to change our flight by 5 days, Kevin wasn't sure he could change by more than 1 day, but he checked and was able to.

Get this...we are now flying out 5 days earlier than originally planned, our nine day trip has turned into a 14 day trip thanks to free dining and a 2 minute flight change with no added expense to us! :woohoo:

How cool is that! :cheer2:
 
:sad1: This just reminds me how much I'll miss AirTran.

I had similar experiences with minor changes that worked out in my favor, changing dates/airports/times etc.

Their customer service was always top notch!
 
:sad1: This just reminds me how much I'll miss AirTran.

I had similar experiences with minor changes that worked out in my favor, changing dates/airports/times etc.

Their customer service was always top notch!

I agree!!
 












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