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Let's look at the odds in total.  Try to follow me here, because it's statistical logic that's hard to follow.   Option #1:  The chance of you avoiding the virus until then, but getting it on your layover, and having bad results (ie. bad symptoms, no therapy figured out by then, etc).   Option #2:  Everything else.  Getting it before then, getting on one flight vs. the other, having a vaccine or other medical solution by then, etc, etc, etc.   In other words, the likelihood after the fact of saying "If only I'd taken the direct flight" is vanishingly small.  You're talking about September.  Things will be different.    And hopefully the direct flights will be back by then. ... View more

@Biancanoel177 wrote: I made a post on here a few weeks ago when I cancelled my flight for Mar.21st to Ft Lauderdale. Since then, ive been looking at flights just to see what the prices are at. My ideal time to rebook would be for August because I go back to college in September and I get really busy so it would be hard to find time for a trip then. August I would still be on break so it would be perfect. Anyways, this morning I was looking at SW flights for August and found some really good deals, specifically for the week I was hoping to go. Would it be really stupid to book a flight right now with everything going on? Even if its months away? If things were still really bad and it wasnt safe to travel at that point, would Southwest give me travel credit again?   Thanks  Southwest always offers travel funds for canceling your flight without a change fee - that is the everyday policy.    The funds expire one year from the date of original purchase.   It is an exception right now that travel funds will be extended if they expire during the current outbreak. TBD if they would continue extending travel funds this August, but it is possible if things are still dire.   Anyway, if you are locking in some <$50 fares and worst case is that you lose it maybe it is worth having something to look forward to.   China is coming out of their own quarantine now four months later.  If the USA goes Mar, Apr, May, June with stay at home maybe things will be returning to normal by August?         ... View more

@Biancanoel177 wrote: I agree. After all this, i’ll never book with Southwest again You do realize that every airline is doing the same thing SW is doing,   So people on the United blog are saying the same thing you are as are people on the Delta blog as are people on the American blog eta, etc, etc ... View more