Southwest Offers Free Flight Changes Due to Winter Storm Elliott
Winter Storm Elliott is expected to cause major headaches around the country, and will surely impact air travel.
It is moving eastward toward the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes, where it will produce snow and high winds, including blizzard conditions in spots, as it potentially grows into a bomb cyclone. It could also bring a flash freeze to parts of the Midwest, East and South.
In anticipation of the storm impacting its service, Southwest Airlines is offering increased flexibility to customers across a large part of its network.
The airline says that based on the forecasted weather conditions for many airports, its scheduled service may be disrupted. Flights may be delayed, diverted, or even canceled).
Customers holding reservations to/from/through the cities listed below on the corresponding dates, may rebook in the original class of service or travel standby (within 14 days of their original date of travel between the original city-pairs and in accordance with our accommodation procedures) without paying any additional charge.
Free Changes
Southwest never charges fees to change or cancel a reservation. But this travel advisory waives any applicable fare difference for customers who may be affected by Winter Storm Elliott and wish to alter their itineraries. This applies to flights between Tuesday-Monday, December 20-26 at:
- Albany, NY (ALB)
- Amarillo, TX (AMA)
- Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI)
- Bellingham, WA (BLI)
- Boise, ID (BOI)
- Boston (Logan), MA (BOS)
- Bozeman/Yellowstone, MT (BZN)
- Buffalo/Niagara, NY (BUF)
- Chicago Midway, IL (MDW)
- Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD)
- Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
- Cleveland, OH (CLE)
- Colorado Springs, CO (COS)
- Columbus, OH (CMH)
- Denver, CO (DEN)
- Des Moines, IA (DSM)
- Detroit, MI (DTW)
- Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)
- Hartford, CT (BDL)
- Indianapolis, IN (IND)
- Kansas City, MO (MCI)
- Little Rock, AR (LIT)
- Long Island/Islip, NY (ISP)
- Louisville, KY (SDF)
- Lubbock, TX (LBB)
- Manchester, NH (MHT)
- Memphis, TN (MEM)
- Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
- Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
- Montrose (Telluride/Crested Butte), CO (MTJ)
- Nashville, TN (BNA)
- New York LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
- Oklahoma City, OK (OKC)
- Omaha, NE (OMA)
- Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
- Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
- Portland, ME (PWM)
- Portland, OR (PDX)
- Providence, RI (PVD)
- Rochester, NY (ROC)
- Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
- Seattle, WA (SEA)
- Spokane, WA (GEG)
- Steamboat Springs (Hayden), CO (HDN)
- St. Louis, MO (STL)
- Syracuse, NY (SYR)
- Tulsa, OK (TUL)
- Washington Dulles, DC (IAD)
- Washington Reagan National, DC (DCA)
- Wichita, KS (ICT)
Customers who purchased their itinerary via Southwest.com or the Southwest app are eligible to reschedule their travel plans online or from their mobile device.
Customers who did not purchase a ticket via Southwest.com can call 1-800-435-9792.
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I’m one of those being offered a change but the problem is… No way to know what might happen with your original flight. Do I proactively change and if I do, what do I change it to? And might the flight I change it to get delayed or cancelled.