Frequent flyers - answer me this

[jme5343]

I tried to book a Southwest flight from MSP to JAX for 9/13, returning 9/16. The site says there's no service that day (or anything near it in September). BUT, I can book a flight from MSP to MDW and then MDW to JAX and the reverse for the return and still mke all my connections on those dates.

Why would this be any different than a normal connection? Isn't that what airlines are supposed to do, find those connections for you so that you fly with them?

 

[Vette73]

If the connection is to close they will not show it just in case one is late/early.

 

[syee]

You may have also asked only for non stop flights in your flight search.

 

[sjwaste]

You can book it yourself that way if you want, but the airline will often not show tight connections - especially if its own statistics or the airport layout make it near impossible to make the connection. After all, if the first leg arrives late and you miss the connection, the airline has to figure out how to get you there.

 

[jme5343]

Yeah, connection times aren't that close. IIRC, most are 2-4 hours. Weird, oh well.

 

[BoomerD]

Maybe the flights you want are booked...