What I have found with all these delays recently is that your connecting flight will wait for you. You may get home at 2 or 3 am in the morning but they will wait for you and your luggage. Maybe it’s just southwest trying to have some type of customer service in this post pandemic world.
SW has been filling all available seats since I think last November. I know it was reduced capacity last October when I flew MDW-MCO and full capacity when I flew MKE-DEN just before Thanksgiving. I would recommend sitting down window-aisle and then moving if someone is going to take the middle seat.
Thanks! The last flight I took on SWA was last October and they were still keeping the middle seats empty. I assumed that they had gone back to "normal" operations, but I wasn't sure. We are planning to sit window/aisle and then I will move if they announce that the flight is full. We are flying on the last flight of the night (or the second-to-last) so I guess it's a toss-up if they will be full or not.
So far, there are no recently announced changes for that timeframe. I suggest keeping on top of things by checking Southwest’s flight schedules every day or two, to see if your booked flights are still listed.Has anyone recently had their upcoming flights changed? We are traveling Nov 11-14 and have perfect non-stop flights and I check them every day just waiting for SW to come in and change them to horrible flight times..
It really is. We had an IAD-Chicago (Midway) flight at 6 a.m. three weeks ago, it was pretty full. However, we had limited flight options. If you're in a market with multiple SW flight options a day, I'm guessing less full for nonpeak flights.
HA! I check my flights and their schedule for our week every day!
We actually did have 2 SW flights changed on us for late September flights - probably came through about 10 days ago. One was very insignificant. The other changed a non-stop to a route with a stop, but we got an email notification and were able to fix it, getting us on a later non-stop (although 3 hours waiting on the phone was not fun!). Changes like this used to be so infrequent for SW. But the pandemic has changed that. Good luck with yours - hope you have no changes!Has anyone recently had their upcoming flights changed? We are traveling Nov 11-14 and have perfect non-stop flights and I check them every day just waiting for SW to come in and change them to horrible flight times..
A confirmed reservation to MCO with an ATL layover was changed by Southwest about 5 weeks ago. Southwest eliminated the originating flight to ATL and renamed the trip ‘ATL-MCO’, totally changing the itinerary. As the system would not allow me to make changes, a DM was sent to @SouthwestAir. After days passed, with no response, I called Southwest. The agent indicated the reservation was in limbo, as it showed it as not ticketed, due to the originating flight being dropped from the schedule and there being no other suitable options. I check the schedule every few days, or so, now, to get a heads-up on other such mess ups. Nowadays, you never know what might happen. With other customers affected by changes, as well, I want to be sure to have the option to move to the best flight(s), before available seats are snapped up by others, also needing to rebook.HA! I check my flights and their schedule for our week every day!
So perhaps that's a little overkill if you're suggesting just every day or 2?
If she checked luggage she probably can’t change. Without checked bags it’s a possibility, but the fare may increase. It can’t hurt to ask.
It's worth asking. Usually if the flight is not full they will usually allow it at no charge. Sometimes the bags make that flight, sometimes they don't and you would have to go back to the airport to pick them up. Sometimes if there is enough time they will put the bags on an earlier flight to free up the space in the hold.
Has anyone recently had their upcoming flights changed? We are traveling Nov 11-14 and have perfect non-stop flights and I check them every day just waiting for SW to come in and change them to horrible flight times..
Same with the PHL flights to/from MCO. I am afraid they’ll stop direct flights entirely
If the demand to go to MCO is there then they won’t be cancelling. Many not flying to Florida right now because school began and it’s hurricane season. But flights from northeast during winter months or during breaks will not be cancelled or changed. They don’t have staff right now. Consolidating flights is the best they can do until the work force is back to work.Same with the PHL flights to/from MCO. I am afraid they’ll stop direct flights entirely
