Hello. I just booked a flight with Wanna Get Away Plus specifically in hopes of doing a Same Day Change for the return flight. It was $150 cheaper to choose the god-awful 5am flight time vs. literally any other time. This will be the first time I've attempted SDC, so I've got a few questions that I'm hoping someone can help me with.
1. SW indicates SDC is available "as long as there's an open seat". Does the available type of fare matter? My home airport sells out of WGA and WGA+ fares pretty quickly. As an example, looking at tomorrow's flights, only Anytime and Business Select fares remain available. To me that means there ARE open seats. It's safe to assume it'd be the same the day of my flight. So, would the fact that I have a WGA+ ticket allow me to take up one of those "open" Anytime seats? To be clear, I'm not asking if I'd get upgraded, just asking if the "open seat" availability for SDC applies to ANY seat.
2. My home airport also has connecting flights between the destination through 3 possible cities. However, the flight I have booked is the only daily flight connecting through one of those cities. So a SDC would require connecting through a different city. Will I be able to SDC if the origin and destination airports are the same but the connecting airport is different?
3. Finally, ideally I'd be checking in at 5am the previous day in case I do have to take my originally scheduled flight. So I'd be checked in 19 hours before I'd be able to access the SDC option. Does being checked-in for your original flight cause any issues when attempting an SDC?
Thanks in advance!
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