Sweettears
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I took two trips over the last two months and had no issues with SW whatsoever. I would however echo the PP comment about reduced non-stop availability.
I would look into booking that backup flight out of Chicago rather than GRR. Many more options to get there either non-stop or one stop. My nearest airport is ATW, I'm in the same boat but don't have SW. I have to connect to get just about anywhere or take one of the ULCCs. Don't look at prices for tomorrow, look for prices on your actual travel day since all of the legacy scheduled are out that far. I just booked a Delta flight for SAN in December since I highly doubt airfares are going to get any cheaper with oil prices doing what they're doing.Our trip isn't until October and SWA is releasing their schedule at the end of March for our dates. I am so nervous already...it is just me and DD18 flying and I have enough SWA RR points to cover either (4) O/W tickets if we fly into TPA, or (3) O/W tickets if we fly into MCO, and then I'd pay OOP for the final O/ leg. That is simply based on the average cost of the flights they are offering now. The only issue is that the times into MCO are terrible. I hate the idea of being tied into SWA because even though the flights are fully-refundable and flexible and changeable if something happens on MY end, I am completely stuck if THEY change or cancel on me. It really does me no good if they cancel my flight at the last minute, leaving me to buy (2) last-minute, round-trip fares on Delta, American or United. Out of GRR, those fares will easily be over $1500 EACH at the last minute. (For tomorrow, Delta is currently $2108/pp, American is only $1006/pp but it is a 20-hour, overnight layover for the outbound leg, and United is $1620...and those are economy!) I don't really want to book a "backup", refundable flight on Delta or American, but I may go that route, just to ease my mind. It will involve tying up some cash for a while, but at least I can have the piece of mind knowing that I should have a flight and my trip won't be a no-go.
All depends on where you're flying to and what connection options are available. From my local airport I pretty much only have two options each on United or American. But I have three with Delta in all directions.I recently moved so my nearest airport doesn’t have many nonstop SWA flights. I tried Delta recently and didn’t particularly enjoy it. Might end up trying AA or JetBlue next time around.
My 3:15 pm flight out of MCO yesterday was canceled at 8:26 am. By sheer luck I saw the notice right away and got rebooked on a 9:15 pm flight before all the options sold out, which was within minutes. My new flight was also delayed and didn’t take off until after 11:00 pm but at least we made it home. A lot of people didn’t.
Got an email today from Southwest apologizing and saying that they will be sending me a $100 LUV voucher for my trouble. Hope the voucher will have an expiration longer than 6 months. Anyone know what expiration term Southwest is giving recovery vouchers these days?
I believe that either way it is a creditThese reports are very scary. I was booking my family on a flight home in April. The prices are crazy.
if SW canceled a flight, do you get a full refund? I understand getting a credit if I cancel, just curious. I’m sure other airlines don’t take a SW credit if you have to rebook.![]()
If SW cancels a flight you are entitled to a full refund back to the method of payment. This is a USDOT regulation and not just a SW policy. Now if you use a gift card or Travel Funds those become Travel Funds with the shortest expiration date of all TFs used. The same regulation covers you if there is a "substantial" change to your itinerary, including but not limited to adding a stop or changing the date.These reports are very scary. I was booking my family on a flight home in April. The prices are crazy.
if SW canceled a flight, do you get a full refund? I understand getting a credit if I cancel, just curious. I’m sure other airlines don’t take a SW credit if you have to rebook.![]()
Yes, they will give you a full refund. I just did. I had to call them, though.These reports are very scary. I was booking my family on a flight home in April. The prices are crazy.
if SW canceled a flight, do you get a full refund? I understand getting a credit if I cancel, just curious. I’m sure other airlines don’t take a SW credit if you have to rebook.![]()