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Old Feb 24, 2021, 11:46 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.
Originally Posted by dmbolp
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?

This doesn't make much sense to me as I have a dummy booking on 5/24 and 5/30 and I can't change either for free
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Old Feb 24, 2021, 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
This doesn't make much sense to me as I have a dummy booking on 5/24 and 5/30 and I can't change either for free
Maybe they have gotten smarter and only allow people to change flights that actually have a change - vs. EVERYONE
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Old Feb 24, 2021, 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
This doesn't make much sense to me as I have a dummy booking on 5/24 and 5/30 and I can't change either for free
I think the poster may have meant that he/she booked another booking at the end of april to move his/her dates to the end of may, and then cancelled the original booking.
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Old Feb 24, 2021, 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by NoStressHere
Maybe they have gotten smarter and only allow people to change flights that actually have a change - vs. EVERYONE
Can confirm that new bookings within the window are available for change.
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Old Feb 24, 2021, 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by NoStressHere
Maybe they have gotten smarter and only allow people to change flights that actually have a change - vs. EVERYONE
I was able to change my April dummy flights to the dates I wanted and then cancel the same exact flights which were booked for more points so it's working as it has for flights within certain dates.

My guess is flights booked for 5/24 and forward are not available to change yet.
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Old Feb 25, 2021, 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
I was able to change my April dummy flights to the dates I wanted and then cancel the same exact flights which were booked for more points so it's working as it has for flights within certain dates.

My guess is flights booked for 5/24 and forward are not available to change yet.
If you live in airports like MIA (or use MIA as your home airport), then they are available to change until EOS
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Old Feb 26, 2021, 12:29 am
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Originally Posted by carlitos
If you live in airports like MIA (or use MIA as your home airport), then they are available to change until EOS
EOS?
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Old Feb 26, 2021, 6:17 am
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Originally Posted by m907
EOS?
End of schedule
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Old Feb 26, 2021, 1:49 pm
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It's back. Not sure of date range, but it worked for April 12. I was able to change a flight from that date to March 14.
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 10:09 am
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My 5/8 flight was available for change today (I just booked this flight yesterday) but my 5/24 flight was not...........I think they bumped the window up a few weeks.
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Old Mar 1, 2021, 6:53 am
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I'm not seeing any flights available for change. Maybe it's only for flights that have been changed now, or ones on MAX planes or something?
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Old Mar 1, 2021, 8:51 am
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Originally Posted by Franklin7777
I'm not seeing any flights available for change. Maybe it's only for flights that have been changed now, or ones on MAX planes or something?
Looks like they closed it. I was able to do free changes this morning up until about 10:30 am EST. Hopefully it reopens again. Last month it stopped for a day or 2, turned back on and then off in a day or 2. Then it's a month long wait until about the 26th or so when they announce the bulk schedule changes
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Old Mar 2, 2021, 5:35 am
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Anybody seeing any new free changes out there?
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Old Mar 3, 2021, 5:52 pm
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Back again.
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Old Mar 3, 2021, 5:54 pm
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Originally Posted by RyanS107
Back again.
Thanks for the heads up. I am seeing free change on my 4/9, 4/23 flight

Edit: Also 4/2, 4/29, 5/3
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