Blackout Dates for free dining?

[jenrose66]

I'm going to book our trip tomorrow morning. I drove myself nuts trying to get our dates to work not only with sky high airfare but also with my son not missing any school. The only dates that work for this are going from 8-28 to 9-4 using two different airlines. Southwest there and JetBlue home. Anyway, I'm super nervous that airfare is going to increase at midnight so I'm thinking of booking airfare today before I book my trip.

I should be able to get free dining for the entire duration of my trip right? I just get overly nervous because the fine print does say blackout dates can apply. I know with southwest I can just cancel the flights and get my money back as a credit to use later in the year, but with JetBlue it looks like I get a hundred dollar change fee and with 4 purchased tix that would be a $400 penalty.

 

[tinkerbell9227]

Friday morning I watched the flight I wanted increase by 25 a person within a matter of hours !! I waited til Friday night and it was back so I booked it. I too was afraid about what if we dont get free dining but flights were already more then I wanted to pay so I dd it. Saturday morning the flight was sold out !! We live in Chicago area which is a big connecting airport for lots of places so you snooze you lose ! On Thursday it would have cost me $50 less total but I waited. Ahh well.

 

[jenrose66]

Friday morning I watched the flight I wanted increase by 25 a person within a matter of hours !! I waited til Friday night and it was back so I booked it. I too was afraid about what if we dont get free dining but flights were already more then I wanted to pay so I dd it. Saturday morning the flight was sold out !! We live in Chicago area which is a big connecting airport for lots of places so you snooze you lose ! On Thursday it would have cost me $50 less total but I waited. Ahh well.

You convinced me! Plus I read the fine print for JetBlue and if you cancel within 24 hours you get full refund back to your credit card. As far as Southwest, I know the credits can be used for a year so I went ahead and booked the airfare