Southwest is new to our market, so weve never flown them before. I signed up for 2 Chase SW cards with the 50,000 bonus points and have earned the first 52,000 but havent spent enough yet for the second 52,000 or the addl points needed for a companion pass, but I plan to in the next two months.
Were not sure if our next trip will be in August or November, dependent on extended family decisions. SW has a sale through tomorrow on late August dates. Im considering booking now just in case but Im not sure how the -no change fees- policy works with points.
I would book 4 tickets on points now and then once we earn the companion pass I would be able to cancel the one ticket and rebook as a free seat with the companion pass, correct? The points would be refunded to me with no restrictions, or would they be refunded with the caveat that I would need to use them within one year of the original booking? And would they be designated for a specific traveler or are they just my points to use as I want?
If I book now for August and we end up going in November instead can we just cancel the August booking and get all the points back or do I need to rebook from August to November? (These would all be wanna get away fares.)
Or maybe the bigger question, were looking at the last week of August which is a value week at WDW. Should I just wait until I have the companion pass to book anything since were going a non peak week and hope that there might be more sales between now and August?
Thanks for any all help and opinions! Lisa
Were not sure if our next trip will be in August or November, dependent on extended family decisions. SW has a sale through tomorrow on late August dates. Im considering booking now just in case but Im not sure how the -no change fees- policy works with points.
I would book 4 tickets on points now and then once we earn the companion pass I would be able to cancel the one ticket and rebook as a free seat with the companion pass, correct? The points would be refunded to me with no restrictions, or would they be refunded with the caveat that I would need to use them within one year of the original booking? And would they be designated for a specific traveler or are they just my points to use as I want?
If I book now for August and we end up going in November instead can we just cancel the August booking and get all the points back or do I need to rebook from August to November? (These would all be wanna get away fares.)
Or maybe the bigger question, were looking at the last week of August which is a value week at WDW. Should I just wait until I have the companion pass to book anything since were going a non peak week and hope that there might be more sales between now and August?
Thanks for any all help and opinions! Lisa