[Targeted] Free changes due to rescheduling; move up to + or - 14 days, twice!
Feb 23, 2022, 8:54 pm
#1021
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Another change that doesn’t work for me. No flights HOU-MCO departing between 9 am and 5 pm? What on earth are their route planners thinking?
Feb 24, 2022, 10:36 pm
#1023
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Mar 1, 2022, 12:25 pm
#1027
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Mar 1, 2022, 12:37 pm
#1028
Join Date: Jun 2015
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Somewhat separately, my question is, can I expect these new flights to stick? I would like to plan around my flights, but it is hard if I don't know when my flights are.
Last edited by Cledaybuck; Mar 1, 2022 at 12:46 pm
Mar 1, 2022, 12:55 pm
#1030
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If you request a different flight from what was auto booked, does there have to be the same fare class available. Our return on the Tuesday after Easter was changed. I had initially wanted to fly back on Easter Monday but didn't wan to pay the premium. Now all Wanna Get Away fares are sold out on the Monday. I can't see the options without canceling my companion, so I thought I'd ask first.
Mar 1, 2022, 1:06 pm
#1031
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right now places are lifting mask requirements so there coukd be an increase in travel in April. Many schools have a spring break period around Easter.
Mar 1, 2022, 1:50 pm
#1032
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id expect April flights if added to stick. Normal booking window is around 6 weeks for many non business travelers. Flights coukd get changed last minute if loads are low like they had two direct flights from A-B about 2 hrs apart. Since loads were low on one they might move them to the other flight then rebook connections that break.
right now places are lifting mask requirements so there coukd be an increase in travel in April. Many schools have a spring break period around Easter.
right now places are lifting mask requirements so there coukd be an increase in travel in April. Many schools have a spring break period around Easter.
Mar 2, 2022, 12:53 pm
#1034
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The thread is about flights that WN changes or cancels. The passenger then can make changes that work for them, usually at no extra cost.
Therefore no targeted emails at all. Only applies if your SPECIFIC flight changes. Ever since the MAX8 problem started and then the pandemic, this was happening alot. Smart flyers figured it out. It rarely happens now as WN has their systems closer to stable.
Mar 2, 2022, 1:01 pm
#1035
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 437
Can you still do what?
The thread is about flights that WN changes or cancels. The passenger then can make changes that work for them, usually at no extra cost.
Therefore no targeted emails at all. Only applies if your SPECIFIC flight changes. Ever since the MAX8 problem started and then the pandemic, this was happening alot. Smart flyers figured it out. It rarely happens now as WN has their systems closer to stable.
The thread is about flights that WN changes or cancels. The passenger then can make changes that work for them, usually at no extra cost.
Therefore no targeted emails at all. Only applies if your SPECIFIC flight changes. Ever since the MAX8 problem started and then the pandemic, this was happening alot. Smart flyers figured it out. It rarely happens now as WN has their systems closer to stable.
I found this video where this woman claims she found a way to change the tickets to an expensive date without paying the fare difference
So she is booking for the lowest miles at an undesired date and then changes the flight to the desired date with more miles. But she is not paying the fare difference
She is also charging $1,000 per family to do this. I can tell this is a hack but what is surprising is that it is not illegal.
See the video below at 18th minute and on