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[Targeted] Free changes due to rescheduling; move up to + or - 14 days, twice!

[Targeted] Free changes due to rescheduling; move up to + or - 14 days, twice!

Old Feb 3, 2021, 8:57 am
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Well, anything in and out of MIA is still changeable, starting on 4/12 and until EOS. They did affect tons of my future bookings by canceling MIA-TPA-MIA. But in the end, getting other routes thanks to the addition of ATL, BNA & DEN as focus cities (now hubs) solve the problem. I am glad WN is being proactive and letting us plan the summer from South East Florida. If it comes to me, NO more love to FLL I am an MIA fan now.
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Old Feb 3, 2021, 9:06 am
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Originally Posted by marlin
I want to make a dummy booking for May and change it to June (if changes are allowed in the future per this thread). However, I must go in June on exact dates.

If I make a real booking for the real dates in June, would I have to cancel that first, in order to make the dummy changes to June as I would like?
You can definitely have multiple bookings for the same flight, at least in the very short term. I always make sure I have my new, good price locked in before I cancel my old ones. Whatever sweeping they do for duplicate bookings seems to be an automated overnight type thing.
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Old Feb 3, 2021, 5:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Franklin7777
You can definitely have multiple bookings for the same flight, at least in the very short term. I always make sure I have my new, good price locked in before I cancel my old ones. Whatever sweeping they do for duplicate bookings seems to be an automated overnight type thing.
Same here but as soon as I see the new booking displaying correctly in my upcoming trips I cancel the old booking so I have both bookings for 45 minutes or so tops
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Old Feb 5, 2021, 6:23 am
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I see some bars again, starting exactly 3/11 and going until at least 4/11. Does not go as far as 4/29.
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Old Feb 8, 2021, 11:29 am
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Originally Posted by Franklin7777
I see some bars again, starting exactly 3/11 and going until at least 4/11. Does not go as far as 4/29.
Bars are no longer hopping for late-Mar/early-Apr. It was good while it lasted.
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Old Feb 9, 2021, 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by spongenotbob
Bars are no longer hopping for late-Mar/early-Apr. It was good while it lasted.
For me, only the MIA departing or arriving flights from 4/14 to EOS have the red bar. Anything else does not. But, we had soooo much time to adjust or correct our flights. It was great to see WN allowing complimentary schedule adjustments again.
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Old Feb 19, 2021, 3:50 am
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Is anyone still seeing this for Hawaii flights, or is it totally dead?
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Old Feb 23, 2021, 3:58 pm
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I have free changes on my 4/15 and 4/25 flights, MSP/TPA...........My MSP /LAS flights on 5/24 do not have free changes nor do my 3/24 flights
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Old Feb 23, 2021, 4:07 pm
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I was moving a flight and now all of sudden the website is saying no flights available, so I am not sure if its just the route I am looking for LAS-DEN or if something is broken in SWA IT.
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Old Feb 23, 2021, 4:10 pm
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Confirmation of changeable flight for SEA 4/16 and MDW 5/1

However SEA 4/11 and LAX 5/11 are not
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Old Feb 23, 2021, 4:29 pm
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I was able to book 4/25 and move to 3/31 LAS-DEN, looks like the earlier IT glitch of no flights from the 14th-24th is fixed looking at the low fare calendar.
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Old Feb 23, 2021, 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by figment7
I was able to book 4/25 and move to 3/31 LAS-DEN, looks like the earlier IT glitch of no flights from the 14th-24th is fixed looking at the low fare calendar.
I'm seeing exorbitantly high fares from April 12-24, over $600 for random routes.
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Old Feb 24, 2021, 6:12 am
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Free change!

I was able to book and change my 5/26-5/31 trip from SAT to STL and then cancel my original booking. I save 4178 points.

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Old Feb 24, 2021, 6:45 am
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Originally Posted by Pam Mikalonis
I was able to book and change my 5/26-5/31 trip from SAT to STL and then cancel my original booking. I save 4178 points.
Not quite following; you booked a flight with points, and then changed it to another flight/date/time that was cheaper and you got points back? Or, you booked a flight with points, booked another flight with points that was cheaper, and then cancelled the original booking getting those points back? Either way, that how Southwest always works. Or, are we missing some details?
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Old Feb 24, 2021, 11:35 am
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How long do these windows typically stay open? It seems like 3-5 days, right?
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