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[Cmbar]

I'm new to Southwest. Overall, i haven't been on a plane in 6 years! Booked them for our May trip. The flights have decreased in price by a total of nearly $100 for my family of 3. Do I click "change flights" on my itinerary even though it is the same flight each way to obtain the credit for future use? Any help would be appreciated!

Yes that is exactly what you would do. You will simply reselect the same flights and then you should see on the summary page that they will "hold for future use" or something like that. You will then have a credit for each of your family members. Unfortunately you will only be able to use the credits for each family member individually. In the old days the credit would pool together and you could use all the money on just one person. Good luck!!

 

[kikiV]

are there ever any promo codes to type in for booking? The Tuesday sales never include my roundtrip and I know years ago there would be actual promo codes for a discount. If so, where do you find them?

 

[mum of two pirates]

I have been looking for prices from geg to mco. We are going next dec but flights seem to be starting at $300 each way. when we went last time flights were $300 round trip. have they all gone up that much?

 

[rpw2014]

I've never flown Southwest (was a USAir flyer when I traveled weekly 10 years ago)...but SW is looking like my best option for the Disney trip I'm planning. Unfortunately, our dates are outside of their limited window so it will likely be a month or more before I can do any serious planning with them.

We'll have 13 in our traveling party (flying out of Norfolk, VA). When I called SW earlier tonight, they indicated that they offer a group rate which is 5% better than the "over the phone" rate. Anyone have any idea how that might compare with the Southwest.com rate?

Truth of the matter is, with or without the group rate, their "Wanna Get Away" rate clobbers the best rate of anything else I see out there...not to mention the 2 free check-in bags.

 

[lidec]

Has anyone used their rapid reward points to rent a car through SW. I tried to rent from Orlando and dropoff at Tampa. Right to the very end it was fine until I had to click purchase and I noticed it said pickup Orlando dropoff "same as pickup" instead of tampa. Wondering if you can pickup and dropoff at diff. locations. It said you could right until purchase. Will be calling them tomorrow

 

[florep1]

I'm looking to book a trip for a family of 4. None of us have a SW account. What's the best way to do it, do I open an account for myself ans book all under that account? Or do I open an account for each person?

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

You don't need a acct to book tickets unless you want to earn mile for flying then you are talking about a frequent flyer program. With the FF program you will have to open an acct for each person

 

[florep1]

You don't need a acct to book tickets unless you want to earn mile for flying then you are talking about a frequent flyer program. With the FF program you will have to open an acct for each person

That's what I meant. We've flown SW before and never signed up for the FF account but I figured, it's about time. If each person has a FF account, will the booking have to be individual? I'm guessing yes. I'm worried by the time I get to person #4, there won't be any seats left.

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

That's what I meant. We've flown SW before and never signed up for the FF account but I figured, it's about time. If each person has a FF account, will the booking have to be individual? I'm guessing yes. I'm worried by the time I get to person #4, there won't be any seats left.

No you can book all 4 people at the same time. There is a spot to enter each person's rewards number.

 

[florep1]

No you can book all 4 people at the same time. There is a spot to enter each person's rewards number.

Great! Thank you!

 

[leebee]

I was just approved for a Chase/Southwest VISA credit card with the 50,000 rapid rewards incentive ! YAY!! I would like them to increase my credit limit, as it's currently $2000. I don't want to worry about going over the credit limit while trying to "earn" my RR points. Does anyone know if Chase will increase the limit?

 

[elgerber]

I was just approved for a Chase/Southwest VISA credit card with the 50,000 rapid rewards incentive ! YAY!! I would like them to increase my credit limit, as it's currently $2000. I don't want to worry about going over the credit limit while trying to "earn" my RR points. Does anyone know if Chase will increase the limit?

Do you have other Chase cards?

 

[jenseib]

I was just approved for a Chase/Southwest VISA credit card with the 50,000 rapid rewards incentive ! YAY!! I would like them to increase my credit limit, as it's currently $2000. I don't want to worry about going over the credit limit while trying to "earn" my RR points. Does anyone know if Chase will increase the limit?

If you charge and then pay as you go, you won't have to worry about it. You can pay online at any time. I doubt they will increase from the get go, but they may as you pay things off. I wouldn't probably ask until you have made a few payments on it.

 

[pookie10]

Anyone know of ANY kind of code?? Flying from Denver, any kinda percent off etc??

 

[TCups4Me]

What time does SW release their dates? Waiting for tomorrow!

 

[1tufgt]

What time does SW release their dates? Waiting for tomorrow!

If your on the SW site you can go down to the bottom of the page and click Travel Tools. It will be listed on that page when the next window opens.

 

[elgerber]

If your on the SW site you can go down to the bottom of the page and click Travel Tools. It will be listed on that page when the next window opens.

They don't list the time on the page, I think its pretty variable, I don't think there is a set time.

 

[mrsstats]

I have seen it around 6 am in the past.

 

[KaLyn]

What time does SW release their dates? Waiting for tomorrow!

I've seen it open at 6am in the past. I think when I booked in October it was more like 6:08am.

Sent from my iPad using the DISBoards app.

 

[Geomom]

That's what I meant. We've flown SW before and never signed up for the FF account but I figured, it's about time. If each person has a FF account, will the booking have to be individual? I'm guessing yes. I'm worried by the time I get to person #4, there won't be any seats left.

Just wanted to let you know that if you still have the confirmation codes from previous flights (I think there is a time limit of how far back you can go, like flights within the past year?), you can add them into the Rapid Reward accounts and those points will get added. DH had an account since 2008, and I finally added accounts for myself and the kids in 2012.