Sorry, cant afford a back up. I am traveling the week before Thanksgiving for only 4 days midweek. The only thing I can do is keep my fingers crossed.
I've heard of people checking history on flights - i don't know how to do that.. i tried poking around for SAT to MCO yesterday and today. None seem to be cancelled. We're also on a direct flight which SWA advertise as 1 daily for this route. Crossing all my fingers and toes.
Our home airport is Nashville too and we always struggle with the fly/drive decision. It's just that gray area where technically we are close enough to drive and save money, but yet flying is so much more convenient time-wise most of the time. I have a trip planned next June (originally planned for June 2020) and have points to fly on SWA, but if this mess still exists then, we'll hit the road and head south.We fly out Nashville Saturday morning. Our back up is just to keep driving.
Our home airport is Nashville too and we always struggle with the fly/drive decision. It's just that gray area where technically we are close enough to drive and save money, but yet flying is so much more convenient time-wise most of the time. I have a trip planned next June (originally planned for June 2020) and have points to fly on SWA, but if this mess still exists then, we'll hit the road and head south.
Normally, we would never take travel insurance for domestic air travel. But with the Southwest issues, I'm now wondering if we should.
We are flying from Cincinnati to Houston on November 20th on Southwest. We are flying home from Houston to Cincinnati on November 28th on Allegiant. Under the circumstances, is travel insurance advisable or overkill?
People need to carefully read the terms of any travel policy they're considering purchasing. Paying for flights on another airline if your airline cancels your flight isn't generally covered. Giving you a specified dollar amount to pay for lodging, meals and other expenses might be covered under some circumstances.t I believe after 24 hours they'll cover alternate transportation (i.e. flight on different airline). I don't have too much experience in this area but it might be worth looking into. They'll definitely cover whatever you need if you get stuck and can't get home.
Exactly. Southwest doesn't haveBiggest issue with SW is they do not have a partner airline. Other major airlines partner with each other (IE Delta may partner with American) if something like this happens you can be put on a differnt carrier. Not saying this would pick up all the slack in SW case but it would certainly ease the pain and wait times if flights are cancelled.
Jet Blue, Spirit and Frontier don't have interline agreements.Exactly. Southwest doesn't have
interline agreements with other carriers. Other airlines like United, Delta and American do. That allows them to get passengers on their way quicker when the unexpected happens.
I would like to have some chance vs no chance when a flight has been cancelled. If needed, I'm the passenger who's willing to overfly my destination and then fly back. Being polite and positive (vs lots of negativity) has helped get me on my way.Jet Blue, Spirit and Frontier don't have interline agreements.
There may not be capacity on other airlines to accommodate displaced pax. Elite flyers may be the pax getting their txt endorsed over to another carrier. Some pax may be willing to book direct and pay $$. This may wind up being an illusionary feature as relatively few pax will.get accommodated
Normally, we would never take travel insurance for domestic air travel. But with the Southwest issues, I'm now wondering if we should.
We are flying from Cincinnati to Houston on November 20th on Southwest. We are flying home from Houston to Cincinnati on November 28th on Allegiant. Under the circumstances, is travel insurance advisable or overkill?
Many people think travel insurance covers more then it doesI tried turning the remaining $1,050 into the travel insurance but it wasn't covered. Southwest canceled a flight and made us "whole" by refunding the money we paid them. That was what was insured, not the price difference for the new
Many people think travel insurance covers more then it does
There was a company call freebird which not only covered the cost of tickets on a different airline but actually made, and paid for, the reservation. The company didn't survive covid
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By the time we got to the rental car, they were out of our car class so charged us for the upgrade to an available vehicle (wouldn't let us have a smaller car, can only Upgrade). My $200 reservation ended up costing $650. When SW sent us the customary "customer satisfaction" email we complained about the late arrivals because it cost us much more for the car than was budgeted or planned.
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