Southwest - first stop?

[Letsbgoofy]

I've been reading posts about people knowing if their departure point is the first stop on a SW flight. Is there anywhere you can find this information on Sw's site? I booked a ticket for my son from Buffalo to Orlando with the early boarding - just wondering if the plane will be full before he gets on. I can't imagine where the plane would come from to stop in Buffalo...

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Probably the fastest way to get this information would be to call SWA reservations.

 

[NotUrsula]

You can use the flight tracking feature to do it. It's a tad time-consuming, but if you don't want to call, it works. Pick the flight and where it arrives, and check it for this week for the same day of the week you are flying. Then when you find the departure point for that flight, check it for arriving there, which will give you the departure point for that leg. Keep tracking backward until you get an error message, and then you know that the last location you tried was the origination point.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

What date is he leaving and what is the flight number?

 

[Letsbgoofy]

12/10 flight #964

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Hum well flightaware is only able to give details of a flight that occurs within the next 24 hours. So you would need to either call SW or check flight aware. But I see his flight leaves late in the afternoon so chances are high that yes it is coming from another city.

UPDATE... I did some digging and found that flight 964 is coming from Chicago on Dec 10 stops in Buffalo and then on to Orlando.

 

[DebbieB]

I doubt there will be many people from Chicago staying on in Buffalo to go to Orlando. There are several non-stops from Chicago to Orlando. If you put in Chicago to Orlando on 12/10, stoppping in buffalo doesn't even come up as an option.

 

[Letsbgoofy]

Thank you all for your help - I'm going to do a little digging myself when I get the time. So if there are already people on the plane, do I want to use the early bird seating? It seems like you won't really get a choice of seats anyway.

Of course, now I have to worry about the weather in Chicago affecting his flight. Oddly enough, Buffalo doesn't seem to have many delays.