SWA Commute
03-25-2021, 03:58 PM
#11
Covfefe
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 3,001
I think it has to do with the way MyID’s system pulls the data (or doesn’t) from SW’s. I work for another airline and SW flights always show the red frowny face. There are other airlines that show the green smiley face even when oversold. I’ve found Staff Traveler to be a lot more helpful.
03-25-2021, 06:01 PM
#12
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,023
If you select southwest as the airline you are searching for instead of all airlines, you seem to get accurate smiley/frowny faces. Another trick I’ve found is to go to book the ticket on the SWA app, and try various numbers (1-8) of tickets to purchase. It won’t let you buy more than are available (shows unavailable), so you can gauge open seats that way. Doesn’t do much good for knowing how many standbys there are, though.
03-28-2021, 04:32 PM
#13
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,603
The reason for the red face on all SW flights is that SWA fare bucket availability does not match what idtravel looks for. Usually it only has 9 seats (which means, anywhrte from 9 to 900 seats) in one fare bucket. And idtravel thinks it is then almost full.
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