misty57 Posted October 16, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 16, 2014 With the current concern for the safety of flying ( illness related), I am looking at our airfare and found a slight drop on one leg of our trip. Has anyone had experience with getting a credit with Southwest? I want the same flight, so I am kind of nervous about canceling and rebooking. Should I call them or just cancel and rebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxoocruiser Posted October 16, 2014 #2 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) With the current concern for the safety of flying ( illness related), I am looking at our airfare and found a slight drop on one leg of our trip. Has anyone had experience with getting a credit with Southwest? I want the same flight, so I am kind of nervous about canceling and rebooking. Should I call them or just cancel and rebook? Yes I always take advantage of price drops. However unless you've booked a refundable ticket SW will only issue a credit. The credit has to be used within a year from the original booking date and Not the date that the credit was issued. So you need to evaluate if it's worth going for depending on the time period left for you have use the credit. For example if you booked the ticket 7 months ago you need to determine the likelihood that you'll be booking another ticket with in the next 5 months. Edited October 16, 2014 by xxoocruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylandtk Posted October 16, 2014 #3 Share Posted October 16, 2014 It's very easy to refare your flights online at Southwest. Log in and click on the 'cancel or modify' button. Then select the 'new' flight for the one(s) you want to refare. You don't have to cancel first and rebook separately. Xxoo is correct that your credit must be used within a year of the original booking date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysaddlebred000 Posted October 16, 2014 #4 Share Posted October 16, 2014 my upcoming Delta flights trip jumped up $250 today and none of them are anywhere close to being full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasar1011 Posted October 16, 2014 #5 Share Posted October 16, 2014 One would hope with the price of crude oil tanking, airfares would go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted October 16, 2014 #6 Share Posted October 16, 2014 One would hope with the price of crude oil tanking, airfares would go down. I hope so .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted October 16, 2014 #7 Share Posted October 16, 2014 One would hope with the price of crude oil tanking, airfares would go down. But I doubt it will drop that fast. The drop in the price of oil might give some additional wriggle room if a flight isn't selling. On the other hand, if we see continuing irrational panic over the ebola issues, we will see a significant drop in commercial flying, like we did after 9/11. Airlines will be at or near bankruptcy, and the economy will be hit as well. So the fares would be dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare S.A.M.J.R. Posted October 16, 2014 #8 Share Posted October 16, 2014 One would hope with the price of crude oil tanking, airfares would go down. As I understand it, airlines get multi-year contracts on their fuel. So I wouldn't anticipate a drop unless the oil prices stay low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6rugrats Posted October 16, 2014 #9 Share Posted October 16, 2014 my upcoming Delta flights trip jumped up $250 today and none of them are anywhere close to being full That's because the fares in the lower fare buckets are sold out. Will they add more? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hey dad Posted October 17, 2014 #10 Share Posted October 17, 2014 As I understand it, airlines get multi-year contracts on their fuel. So I wouldn't anticipate a drop unless the oil prices stay low. For some reason, most all airlines have stopped fuel hedges, so they buy on the open market. that said, they are making record profits the last few quarters, don't expect them to reward their clients with fuel saving money. I hope they do, but doubt it seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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