Changing a Southwest flight

[HockeyChick]

I've flown SW a lot but never had to change anything. I know a lot of people here have lots of experience with changing their SW itineraries.

I've got a flight to Orlando (and back) in December that I booked online. I've recently found that Delta has a flight for a few bucks less but, the kicker is the times are SO much better for our schedule. Plus, they participate with Disney on checking-in and checking your luggage from your resort and that would just make life so much easier. And I happen to know I'll be booking SW to fly to Nashville and back in February.

So, what I want to know is, am I right that I can easily go online and use the "change your flight" tool to change my flight from December to Orlando to February to Nashville? February dates aren't open yet but, they probably will be in a month or so. I know that all travel using these "funds" much be completed within a year of my original booking date, which was July. And I know I might have to pay the difference in the cost of my Orlando flight vs the N-ville flight. But that's it, right? Shouldn't be a problem otherwise?

TIA!!

 

[DonnaL]

You can do a few things........you can cancel your flight to/from MCO completely and have TTF's (ticketless travel funds) which when you're ready to book your Nashville flights you use the TTF's first and then any difference settle up with a cc or since you have a few months to play with, you can just wait until the Feb. schedule is released and make the change without actually cancelling, again settling up an difference with a cc. Who knows, the flights may be less and you'll still have remaining funds in your TTF......but, keep in mind they will need to be used before your original booking date .......you could always uses them to book another trip to WDW!!!!! If you opt to cancel just be sure you keep a printout of the original confirmation numbers along with a printout of the amount in TTF's you have......you will need these to rebook your Nashville trip.