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SouthFayetteFan said:
Southwest website now saying middle seats open through November 30th. I think that just updated on the last day or so.
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That must have changed during the overnight hours. It seems like this policy will be reviewed and evaluated on a month-by-month basis, considering different factors, such as state of the pandemic, loads, etc.

We know how important it is to have the space you need to feel comfortable onboard our planes. That’s why we’re now keeping middle seats open through November 30. But, as always, if you’re traveling together, you’re welcome to sit together.
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shoreward said:
That must have changed during the overnight hours. It seems like this policy will be reviewed and evaluated on a month-by-month basis, considering different factors, such as state of the pandemic, loads, etc.
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I noticed this time isn't "through at least". It's tough playing chicken with them for our Christmas break flights. When we fly it's just me and my young son. We decided in June and August after having the whole row we weren't going to fly anymore where it puts a stranger in our row. He gets the window, I get the middle and someone of course takes the aisle. It's not just COVID but comfort as well. Booked a two seat row on AA for the way down but have SW on way back to use up a travel fund credit. Not sure I can wait a month out to see if they extend.
 
Fangorn said:
True, but that's booking two flights. You cannot book a flight using points from two RR accounts.

Steve
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Yes so this is the work around . If you have points to use in someone elses name booking 2 one way tickets is the work around to use points from 2 different RR acct. So you roundtrip is just booked as 2 one ways.
 
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Southwest extended their “middle seats open” policy thru Nov. 30. I’m pretty sure it only went thru Oct. 31 when I checked yesterday.
 




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focusondisney said:
Wow, that’s crazy... booking only 4 months out. That is sure cutting it short. Thanks for the heads up.
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katallo said:
I thought the same. We were prepared for Nov 11th but this is crazy for an April trip.
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I’m sure much of the delay is due to uncertainties about COVID, travel demand, and the MAX8 (two other airlines already show MAX8 flights in their November schedules). By delaying the schedule extension by a month, maybe Southwest believes that the delay will reduce the need to cancel so many scheduled flights, as it has had to do, this year.
 
shoreward said:
I’m sure much of the delay is due to uncertainties about COVID, travel demand, and the MAX8 (two other airlines already show MAX8 flights in their November schedules). By delaying the schedule extension by a month, maybe Southwest believes that the delay will reduce the need to cancel so many scheduled flights, as it has had to do, this year.
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This makes total sense. I'm also wondering if it's easier to delay announcements until they can assess demand, and then maybe even add flights if travel demand kicks up rather than deal with the logistics of rescheduling everyone or processing refunds.

One airport near me (DC) normally only has sporadic direct SW flights to MCO, but the other one near me SW usually runs 3-5 direct flights to MCO every day. SW already dropped those for early November and converted them to all connections in Atlanta, even the Saturday flights. I've never seen this before.

The other 3 or 4 other airlines haven't done so yet (we're booked on United and most of those flights are not even close to full, yet they are still showing the full 5 direct flights a day schedule and I already have experience with JetBlue canceling numerous flights repeatedly in August). Seems SW is planning more deliberately and conservatively lately.

Edited to add: After thinking more about this thread, I just decided to recheck my Nov. dates again (been tracking it in case United cancels us) and it seems SW has added a few direct flights back in since I last checked.
 
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focusondisney said:
Wow, that’s crazy... booking only 4 months out. That is sure cutting it short. Thanks for the heads up.
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In the nearly 50 year history of SW the 4 month schedule has been the standard. Is only been in the past 5 years or so that they've extended it to 8 months, give our take. It's always simpler, closer in, to schedule with greater confidence that revenue is being maximized.

Under the current conditions, that is even more true. Much better to schedule only a short time frame out, than face the logistical (and customer service) issues of canceling/changing flights for a sizable percentage of customers.

This is actually a very wise business move. I'd much prefer booking closer in, than having my flight canceled/changed.

Steve
 
This isn't a question about SW in particular (we're actually flying AA), but I have seen a lot of discussion here that flight changes have become a common thing.

For those who have experienced this, how far in advance were you notified of a change to your flights? Are changes happening right up to the date of the flight (not counting last minute maintenance issues and whatnot), or is there a point where you can be pretty confident that the flight schedule won't change?
 
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This isn't a question about SW in particular (we're actually flying AA), but I have seen a lot of discussion here that flight changes have become a common thing.

For those who have experienced this, how far in advance were you notified of a change to your flights? Are changes happening right up to the date of the flight (not counting last minute maintenance issues and whatnot), or is there a point where you can be pretty confident that the flight schedule won't change?
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You should really start your own thread asking about AA's schedule changes. They are completely different by company. What my or anyone else's experience is with WN schedule changes is not going to be anywhere close to what you'll find with AA.
 
Shinrai said:
This isn't a question about SW in particular (we're actually flying AA), but I have seen a lot of discussion here that flight changes have become a common thing.

For those who have experienced this, how far in advance were you notified of a change to your flights? Are changes happening right up to the date of the flight (not counting last minute maintenance issues and whatnot), or is there a point where you can be pretty confident that the flight schedule won't change?
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My flights started changing about 3 months prior to our trip and changed multiple times up until I cancelled them due to border closure, about 3 weeks prior to our travel date. I didn't track them after that but my guess is they could have changed them again for sure!

Looking at the emails received our flights were changed 4 times between mid-June and mid-August. This was just our return flight. Our flight to Orlando was changed at least 3 times also.
 
Apologies for the OT since this isn't SW specific, but just in general. I think in today's environment to just be prepared for changes no matter what airline you're flying. JetBlue changed us several times between July and August (8/8 was our departure). DH has a flight with JB next week to Tampa, he just got moved by more than 24 hours today, so 8 days out.

Frontier canceled us outright in June; they'd, canceled all flights through November (which was how we ended up with JB).

SW has limited their normal options where I live from what I can see (we haven't flown them since January). DD has a flight with them in November and we're hoping one of the three direct flights on her departure date sticks.
 
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So there's an alert on my SW flight leaving PHL 11/28 and returning 12/5. It says my flight may be adversely affected due to situations out of their control and I can change for no cost.
But when I look at my flights, everything is the same. Times, plane, nonstop flight, etc.
Is this a glitch or a warning that my flight is about to disappear? Or maybe they oversold and are trying to get people to move?
I don't want to change my flight... I picked the first flight out of PHL specifically bc it's the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and the latter in the day it gets, the more likely a delay or something. Same thing coming home... I don't want to meet the ME at 3 AM, so I picked a later flight.
 
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I got a notification of a flight change also On my return flight MCO toBDL. In the email it is only different by 10 minutes, but if I were to try to book new, that flight is not listed. I looked at my flight out also BDL to MCO. I did not get a change notification and I am still listed on the am nonstop but if I were to try and book it that flight is no longer listed. I imagine I will get more notifications As both these flights seem to be gone but who knows. I know I have to go with whatever flights are offered but I booked specifically because I really wanted nonstop, I hate changing planes. With still more than a month to go who knows what other changes will happen.
 
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