NW schedule change?

[becca-becca]

I went ahead and booked NW. I prefer SW. I hope I did the right thing. We are leaving out the Jan 24, the last flight of the evening. I was reading somewehere that at the end of the month, they are more likely to cancel your flight. I didn't read this until after I had booked. These tickets are non-refundable. Do you think they will cancel our flight? I will be very angry because I added this night at Disney so we could have an entire day there on Friday and it costs about $250.00 more. Will they refund me that amount if they mess up my flight? This is out of Memphis, which is a hub. What do you think?

 

[Laxmom]

Delta cancelled our late return flight from Aruba last summer. They put us on a plane that worked for us and we had the option of leaving the next day if we wanted to. They were very accomodating and even offered a flight that cost more (I remembered seeing it from when I booked) but did not charge us the difference. I would assume since you have paid, they would work with you to get you home at your convenience as much as they can. Hope this helps.

On a side note, we flew NW to Orlando thru Memphis in Sept. The night before, we checked that our seats were still together (1 FF ticket and one paid ticket) but when we arrived in Memphis from Columbus, they had scrambled the entire plane. Not only were my DH and I not sitting together for our 25th anniversary trip but there were families that were split up. This was a full flight so no room to move seats. There were even older children (11 or 12) sitting away from parents. I am not trying to cause any panic just diligence. Be sure to check your seating on a regular basis until you leave for the airport and at check in. I have never seen a plane full of more unhappy people. It was like the computer just scrambled everything. We fly frequently and have never seen anything like it.