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[DisneyNDecember]

I always put the last leg. The magical express tags, while placed on the bags when you check them, do not mean anything until they reach the ground crews at MCO. The airline will put their own routing tags on the bag when you check them. The flight information you enter online is more for the scheduling of Magical Express busses (and luggage transportation personnel) than anything else. Have a great trip!

Thank you!!!

 

[DisneyNDecember]

I check every day. Best I can do on SW is 413.00 PP, from dfw.

We are also flying from Dallas to MCO with Southwest.
We paid $288 round trip for 11/16 thru 11/22, just purchased yesterday since many of the 11/16 dates are starting to sale out.
Round Trip tickets for myself & my son, total was $577.00

 

[Ike&Jakesmom]

We are flying Southwest for the first time in September ! My question is: for the 24 hour checkin, is that 24 hours from our flight time or 24 hours from our flight day? I just want to make sure I check in ASAP! Thanks!!

 

[stitchlovestink]

We are flying Southwest for the first time in September ! My question is: for the 24 hour checkin, is that 24 hours from our flight time or 24 hours from our flight day? I just want to make sure I check in ASAP! Thanks!!

24 hrs from the time of your flight. So if your flight is at 9:30am, You can check in at 9:30am the day before. HTH!!

 

[PolyAddict]

So any guessing when they will open reservations for March 2014?

Thanks!

 

[1tufgt]

So any guessing when they will open reservations for March 2014?

Thanks!

You can always find it on SW.com at the bottom click "Travel Tools" and it's at the top of the page.

 

[LetsDoDisney!]

Hi, I am new to Southwest and don't understand how the codes work on this site. I see people asking others for codes etc. , are they one time use?

How do you get a code, and is it for a percentage off your flight? I saw that someone needed to change their flight and was looking for a code, so maybe the codes are for free changes?

Thanks!

 

[4greatboys]

Hi, I am new to Southwest and don't understand how the codes work on this site. I see people asking others for codes etc. , are they one time use?

How do you get a code, and is it for a percentage off your flight? I saw that someone needed to change their flight and was looking for a code, so maybe the codes are for free changes?

Thanks!

Codes for SWA are normally for a % off. They don't have them all that and the last time I saw some on the SWA site they were for travel only on certain dates. You can already change you flights for free at SWA. The only charges are if the new flight you've chose is more $$ than the previous one, otherwise if the flights are the same $$ then there will no additional $$ to pay.

 

[jnkrim]

I know this question has probably already been addressed in this thread, but maybe someone can give me a quick answer. My parents got bumped from their SW flight recently and were given 2 RT tickets for their trouble. Now we are trying to plan a Disney trip with them in a few months. How do they use those tickets? how do they work? The current prices are ridiculously expensive. How would booking using those tickets work if the price comes down after booking?

Also, my husband will be flying down to meet us. My understanding is if the price drops, we get a credit. What if the price drops again? How many times can we rebook?

Thanks!

Just did a little more research and my parents probably got a travel voucher. Still not sure how they work though!

 

[buckeev]

I know this question has probably already been addressed in this thread, but maybe someone can give me a quick answer. My parents got bumped from their SW flight recently and were given 2 RT tickets for their trouble. Now we are trying to plan a Disney trip with them in a few months. How do they use those tickets? how do they work? The current prices are ridiculously expensive. How would booking using those tickets work if the price comes down after booking?

Also, my husband will be flying down to meet us. My understanding is if the price drops, we get a credit. What if the price drops again? How many times can we rebook?

Thanks!

Just did a little more research and my parents probably got a travel voucher. Still not sure how they work though!

When you get ready to check out, there is a section to "Apply Travel Funds". There you need to enter the voucher info, and then proceed to check out...(or pay the difference with other payment methods.) You hafta use them within one year from the date of the original booking.

 

[sasamong]

random pop by to thank babydoll65 for this tip about buying one way ticket first and then do the credit thing!!!

I'm from Vancouver, Canada so the plan is to drive down to Seattle to catch a flight. I've been glued to southwest's site and found info here on DIS that if the price drops after i've purchased the ticket that i can get a credit. I was like great but i might not use the credit before it expires.. you just SAVED me!!! so another thanks thanks!

here's my question. The flight down to orlando has been stagnant at $171 for quite some time (lowest i've seen is $150). The flight back to seattle has dropped from $223 to $171. Would you recommend buying the return ticket first or the going ticket first?

Sorry, haven't been back to this thread in a while. As far as the credit goes, I usually buy my flight down at what looks like a good price and wait a while for the flight back. I check every day to see if the flights drop. If the one going down drops enough, we call a get the credit. Then when we finally book our flights back we apply the credit. I works alot of times but those flights coming back just haven't moved down, only up. Every time they offer those flights for 59.00 it never seems to be in my area. But I got my fingers crossed.

 

[1rockinmama]

Booked travel during crazy awesome 72 hours sale last month.
Got 3 RT tix from SAT to MCO, DEC 4 - DEC 11 for $591 and used
RR points in my husbands account to get his flight with us for $5.
I then used the $503 Disney Rewards dollars towards the purchase
on our statement. For a savings of $703.

Yesterday they announced the official dates for free dining and our
rumored dates fell off. So no free dining during our travel.

So I started contemplating changing travel dates. While I know I could cancel
the 3 paid ones and use a travel voucher towards other dates, how would I go about changing my husbands when I used points to book?

I'd be paying roughly $400 more, but we'd be getting free dining which will save us roughly $800. I went to each restaurants page on the DIS and looked up what we'd all eat and figured the totals up from the prices listed to get that $800 figure. I know it'd be more b/c of the free lil desserts and sodas they offer that are NOT in the price lists.

But, anyway, how would I go about changing my husbands points used flight, if at all. TY in advance!

 

[Bronte]

Two Questions ...
1. If I have to cancle a ticket for my husband that was paid for with some travel credit and some cash what will happen ... Do I get travel credit back so that I can re-book within the year and will I be able to use it to get a ticket for my dad ???
2. I signed up for the Coke Rewards program. How do you get codes for Southwest (I did not see that as one of the "rewards")

Kinda new to the southwest thing (Airtran does not have non stops any more to MCO)

Thanks

 

[stitchlovestink]

Two Questions ...
1. If I have to cancle a ticket for my husband that was paid for with some travel credit and some cash what will happen ... Do I get travel credit back so that I can re-book within the year and will I be able to use it to get a ticket for my dad ???
2. I signed up for the Coke Rewards program. How do you get codes for Southwest (I did not see that as one of the "rewards")

Kinda new to the southwest thing (Airtran does not have non stops any more to MCO)

Thanks

1. The entire ticket amount will be refunded as a travel voucher. However, it will now ALL expire when that original amount was due to expire. The year's time frame doesn't reset. So if your travel credit was due to expire say 12/1/13, all the $ you just spent on that ticket will now expire on that date. It doesn't stagger, and the calendar doesn't reset when you bought the new ticket. Does that make sense?
And no, the credit will be in your husband's name and is no longer transferable.

2. Go to the coke rewards website and on occasion there is the option to 'buy' a discount code...usually it is to save $20 on a R/T ticket for 100 coke points. It will take the $20 off ea ticket that you puchase if they all have the same confirmation number. So if you are buying multiple tickets all at once, you only need ONE discount code. HTH!!!

 

[brettb]

Booked travel during crazy awesome 72 hours sale last month.
Got 3 RT tix from SAT to MCO, DEC 4 - DEC 11 for $591 and used
RR points in my husbands account to get his flight with us for $5.
I then used the $503 Disney Rewards dollars towards the purchase
on our statement. For a savings of $703.

Yesterday they announced the official dates for free dining and our
rumored dates fell off. So no free dining during our travel.

So I started contemplating changing travel dates. While I know I could cancel
the 3 paid ones and use a travel voucher towards other dates, how would I go about changing my husbands when I used points to book?

I'd be paying roughly $400 more, but we'd be getting free dining which will save us roughly $800. I went to each restaurants page on the DIS and looked up what we'd all eat and figured the totals up from the prices listed to get that $800 figure. I know it'd be more b/c of the free lil desserts and sodas they offer that are NOT in the price lists.

But, anyway, how would I go about changing my husbands points used flight, if at all. TY in advance!

You just change his reservation. The old flight's points will be credited back and the new points will be debited. It's actually way easier than with cash and there are no limits on using points that have been credited back. (ie. They don't have to be used for travel completed with one year of first purchase and they can be used to book travel for anybody.)

 

[1rockinmama]

You just change his reservation. The old flight's points will be credited back and the new points will be debited. It's actually way easier than with cash and there are no limits on using points that have been credited back. (ie. They don't have to be used for travel completed with one year of first purchase and they can be used to book travel for anybody.)

Thank you!! I'm waiting to see if they go on sale again for the $99 each way we paid. As of now they're $165 and would cost us about $400 more but we'd get free dining. I switched to a LM room at AofA already but could switch to AS-Movies and pay the difference to go from QS to DDP. Yet, another hurry up and wait thing, but now with Southwest. Thanks again!

 

[jnkrim]

When you get ready to check out, there is a section to "Apply Travel Funds". There you need to enter the voucher info, and then proceed to check out...(or pay the difference with other payment methods.) You hafta use them within one year from the date of the original booking.

Okay, that makes sense. If we use the vouchers and the price drops, how do we rebook with the lower price? Do we cancel the existing tickets first?

 

[zilp]

2. Go to the coke rewards website and on occasion there is the option to 'buy' a discount code...usually it is to save $20 on a R/T ticket for 100 coke points. It will take the $20 off ea ticket that you puchase if they all have the same confirmation number. So if you are buying multiple tickets all at once, you only need ONE discount code. HTH!!!

Thanks for this tip. I thought you only got 20$ off one ticket, but this makes saving up those points really worth it, especially now that we will have 6 people going on our next trip. woohoo!!

 

[zy144622]

Thanks for this tip. I thought you only got 20$ off one ticket, but this makes saving up those points really worth it, especially now that we will have 6 people going on our next trip. woohoo!!

I'm not finding this deal on the coke rewards site. Am I missing something?

 

[zy144622]

Code needed for Feb travel. Been getting email from SW but no codes.