Booking "Minors" on SWA??

[kristenrice]

Question...

When SWA opens their schedule for our upcoming trip, I may only have enough points to book 2 of our 3 one-way tickets. It will be myself and my 2 daughters (ages 13 and 15) who will be flying. I would like to use the points for their tickets since we are flying again next October and if the price goes down, I can just put the extra points back into my account. A credit won't do me any good since we won't be using it before it expires. I would pay cash for my ticket so that I can earn the points on the puchase. My question is, will they allow the 13 and 15 year olds to fly on their own itinerary or will they be considered "unaccompanied"? I will be with them, just not on paper. I think the minimum age is 12, so I am pretty sure that my plan is OK, but I want to make sure I am not missing anything.

 

[shoreward]

They will not be considered unaccompanied minors.

https://www.southwest.com/html/customer-service/family/young-travelers.html

 

[iivye]

When I book my daughter (14 yo) separately I just get a pop up on the screen that asks if an adult is traveling with her and I just click yes; no problems. I always book our tickets separately.

 

[Spunky946]

Make sure you book yours first so you can link them to yours.

 

[kristenrice]

Make sure you book yours first so you can link them to yours.

My only fear is that the fare will go up between when I book mine with cash and when I book the girls' with points, leaving me short of points. I have enough cash to book a single ticket up to $200, but I only have enough points to book fares at about $150. So if the tickets are at $150 and I book mine and then they go up to $200, I am screwed. If I were to book 2 at $150 first, and then it jumps to $200 for mine, I would be OK. I guess it doesn't work that way anyways...ugh. Well, I guess I will hope that it will all work out and the prices are low enough that I can get all three with points right from the get-go. I will have about 37K points so about 12K per ticket.

 

[iivye]

I've booked my daughters before mine. I've never had to link anything.

 

[MaleficentRN]

I have rarely booked my children on the same itinerary as myself for that exact reason. When booking just my kids I get a pop up asking if they will be accompanied by someone over 18. I never link the reservations. When they price goes down I re book them and get my points back.