I did that, too. But I just read on the Southwest forum board that they are canceling certain flights 2 to 5 days out! You were lucky, but thousands haven’t been so lucky. I guess all we can do is be aware and flexible if we can.
I have a reservation to Cleveland from here in about 10 days via Baltimore. Short hops. Flight leaves early in the morning.
I wanted to book the same flights for a July trip…but the flights before 9:45 am are no longer on the schedule. Really? Losing all the business travelers, I guess. And there are now 4 less flights per day…so less available seats.
I’m guessing this is due to this airplane shuffle.
Thanks, @conmama. Not sure how I missed that.
Weird thing is that one of my flights isn’t currently being flown (I thought I’d look at the current days for the route to see if they were being cancelled). The flight number is being used for a totally different route. They must be making route changes for the summer soon, I guess?
I’d rather avoid finding out 5 days ahead of time. That would be fine if it was just me and my husband but traveling with elderly parents makes it a little more challenging.
It will be a tough quarter for Southwest.
We flew SW a ton when we lived in OH and their flight schedules always changed seasonally, so not sure if it’s because of the changes in aircrafts.
My flights are showing a 737-800 and 737-300 so I think I’ll hang tight for now and hope for the best as the times work well vs. early morning flights and red eyes.
Me, too. They changed my flight to a 800, and kept the second leg at 700. Keep our fingers crossed.
I’ve been flying this route in southwest for many years also…and there have always been early morning flights. Year round. I go three to four times a year. This is the first time the early morning flights aren’t there.
I would leave BDL and get to BWI and have breakfast at the Silver Grill (is that the name of the place?). Can’t do that now. My layover isn’t as long…plus, it will be almost lunchtime.
That’s a bummer @thumper1!
If you’re flying southwest make sure you’re getting text alerts for your flights. I’ve had two flights cancelled in the last week, including today on my way to the airport. Pretty sure that’s more than in the entirety of my life prior to last week Fortunately I knew right away and was able to rebook quickly.
Thank you @Parentof2014grad . I went to sign up and look…
https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-notification/index.html
Why would they cancel this? Thanks SW!
But just found this. So what’s the difference?
https://www.southwest.com/html/air/flight-status-notifications-conditions.html
I signed up for text notifications when I booked my trip which is April 11. I’ve gotten nothing at all in texts…yet.
Flying Hartford to BWI. BWI to Cleveland.
Should I be worried, these are both short trips.
I always sign up for email. Thought I could add text also, but don’t think I can. Then I saw the notices I attached.
I’m flying SW April 12, no notices yet.
We were flying American Airline 2 weeks ago. We thought we were safe because the original plane wasn’t a Max 8. Still, we checked frequently for cancellation notification. No notification at all; only until when we did the online check in that we saw that the flight had been cancelled and we were re-booked to a flight to nowhere! Fortunately we were able to call AA and changed to another flight to our correct destination.
That would have given me a heart attack! I’m going to be a nervous wreck in the days leading up to and departure day. Maybe an exaggeration, but you know what I mean.
Our destination was Chicago but they initially re-booked us to Phoenix, AZ! Fortunately, I did the check-in as soon as the check-in period opened so I had some time to call American Airline to make the change.
Flew Southwest Hartford to Tampa on Sunday it was delayed for about 1 1/2 hrs due to equipment problems with the flight arriving from Orlando. Fortunately, no cancellation.
The sensor was damaged. Boeing is off the hook a little bit.
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However, since the MCAS used one of the two angle-of-attack sensors, and that was apparently the damaged one, there is still the design issue of why didn’t MCAS pay attention to both of the sensors. Presumably, there were two installed for a reason, so anything needing that reading should pay attention to both, and whether they agree with each other.
Boeing is not remotely off the hook. You don’t create a system where one damaged sensor takes down the airplane …and not even tell the pilots anything about this system you installed, that overrides their inputs.