Check Southwest flights with an agent
The poster tried to have Dot connect to Southwest and recheck flights, but it failed at the task. ·
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- What they did
- The poster tried to use Dot as a simple travel-checking agent by connecting it to Southwest and asking it to check flights. In the thread, they say Dot failed at that basic task, gave up, and generally struggled with credentialed connections, often requiring a manual connection process instead of smoothly accessing services on its own.
- How it went
- At first it did not complete the job, which made the poster doubt the tool’s usefulness for meaningful personal tasks. Later they added that the Southwest check eventually worked, suggesting the failure was a temporary technical issue rather than a permanent limitation.
- Worth knowing
- The main catch was connection friction: the poster says anything needing credentials felt clunky and sometimes failed outright before eventually working.
Try it yourself with Dots
Go to Southwest.com and check flights from [origin] to [destination] on [dates], and tell me the cheapest options with times and prices. Recheck them again at [time or interval] and tell me if the prices change. Do not log in to book or pay for anything; just report back the options.
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Source: Reddit · Oct 1, 2026
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