@dfwskier wrote:
I just checked the two later non stop DAL/SAN flights that day. They both operated. So if your bags ended up in SAN anyway, they likely went out on one of those flights. I guess you couldn't get on either of those flights?
ABWLDS3 OBSERVER:
Yeah when we looked it said they were 'unavailable,' they must have been fully booked. It confirms that it wasn't weather related either way.
I would keep in mind going forward that when rebooking online or via the app, if the booking page returns "Unavailable" for all of the fares, that does not mean that the flight is sold out. It might be due to irregular flight operations. In fact, I believe it would be smart for an airline to close public sales of the later flights so that the seats can be held for any displaced passengers at the airport who booked and were waiting for the earlier cancelled flight.
To give an example, last August 2022, I had a day trip in LAS and was returning to SAN in the afternoon. LAS had serious afternoon monsoon thunderstorms that was not forecasted and I got a text alert that my return flight was going to be 2+ hours delayed due to a large thunderstorm cell that would pass through LAS. The service frequency for SAN-LAS is generous--anywhere from 50-90 minutes in between flights from early morning 'til late evening.
I held an Anytime fare for that trip and attempted to do a Same Day Flight Change via the website to an earlier trip that was not delayed...All of the afternoon outbound flights showed "Unavailable" for all of the fare classes. I go to a CSA at the airport to see if they can accommodate me and they were able to get me switched to the earlier flight on the spot with the flight only about 60% full--I was even still able to grab a decent window seat toward the back of the plane.
Did you talk to a Southwest CSA at DAL about rebooking to a different flight or being added to the Standby List before booking the ticket with American Airlines? Southwest's policy states that passengers re-accommodated following flight disruptions get top priority for free Same Day Standby List, even ahead of A-List and A-List Preferred.
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