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We’ve also appreciated the Southwest advantage a couple of times when we needed to change dates in the middle of the trip. On nearly any other airline the $100-$250 change penalty per flight will erase any savings you might get from a sale on airfare. It’s only worth playing if you regularly fly Southwest since you don’t get a refund, just a credit to use on a ticket purchase within a year and Southwest is the only airline I know of with zero penalties. When we took the whole extended family down in January of 2016 she got almost $1,000 back when fares dropped in August 2015. Sometimes it’s even worth changing flights for a much lower fare and when she books the new one and cancels the old and we get the credit. If the price on the same flight it drops she just calls Southwest and they credit the difference. They also have no penalty for changing your tickets so Sue has started buying a year in advance then watching to see how the fares change. Southwest airlines flight from Liberia International Airport Costa Rica which gives Californians cheap easy access to Costa Rica for the first time in a decade. In April 2016 they announced direct flights from L.A. Since Southwest added flights from Houston Hobby to SJO and LIR Costa Rica and we have easy connections from Colorado it’s become our airline of choice. Sue has become the master of Southwest Airlines new game “airfare roulette.” Best Places to See Wildlife in Costa Rica.