southwest

What problem does it solve?

Many flight APIs and GDS do not provide Southwest Airlines pricing, points charts, or fare-class details, leaving travelers unable to compare Southwest cash and points options or evaluate Companion Pass value. This Skill fills that gap by automating a safe, read-only browser session to extract cash fares, points pricing, fare classes, and change-page diffs directly from southwest.com.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Search cash and points fares: Performs headed Patchright (undetected Playwright) searches to return both cash and points pricing per fare class (Basic, Choice, Choice Preferred, Choice Extra).
• Companion Pass valuation: Calculates CPP and flags which fares qualify for Companion Pass (Choice+).
• Change-flight price monitoring (read-only): Logs into Southwest using supplied credentials to read the Change Flight page and surface negative diffs (savings) without performing any booking actions.
• Operational safety & reliability: Uses homepage warmup, fresh persistent contexts, URL-based fareType for points, overlay dismissal, and a dangerous-click blocklist to avoid modifications.
• Use case: Compare Southwest points vs cash for a one-way or round-trip itinerary, compute Companion Pass value for a candidate fare, or monitor an existing booking for price drops.

Quick Start

Ask the skill to search Southwest for cash and points fares from SJC to DEN departing 2026-05-15 and include Companion Pass qualification.