Re:Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today
by jerbs on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:02PM
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Your second line is simply not true. Both American [1] and United [2] have committed to waiving change fees if you don't want to fly on a 737 MAX. Southwest is farther away from bringing the MAX back into service, so they have less detail on their site [3], but it sounds like they'll do something similar.
[1] https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/737-MAX-return-to-servic...
[2] https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/aircraf... (under "What if I don't want to fly on a MAX?")
[3] https://www.southwest.com/737-max/#return-to-service-plan (under "What are Customers' options if they don't want to fly on a 737 MAX?")
Re:Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today
by slumdev on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:45PM
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A change fee waiver is a very, very small gesture. But you're right, at least it's something.
Re:Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today
by tyingq on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @11:07AM
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Southwest doesn't have change fees, so long as you cancel at least 10 minutes before the scheduled flight time. Assuming they had all their aircraft flying, the MAX aircraft are about 5 percent of the fleet.
Re:Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today
by slumdev on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:51PM
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Southwest's service is pretty thin in some places. Highly likely you won't get a flight the same day if you cancel to avoid the 737-HCF. Then, you have to explain to Great Aunt Greta why you won't be at Thanksgiving.
Better just to avoid Southwest.
But you're still at the mercy of the airline. If they do an equipment swap, you're not entitled to change or cancel. You'd only have the option not to fly, forfeiting the cost of your ticket.
As someone else in this thread said, just fly Delta (domestically).