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[PerfessorZ]

Hi - we need to buy tickets on Thursday when flights open up and considering purchasing some gift cards.

How easy is it to use gift cards to purchase on SW? Is there a number that can be placed on a given order? I expect that I will need to be SUPER fast at this purchase before the prices skyrocket over Easter - I don't want them to slow us down, but with raise/target stacked discounts, I could get some $$ to cover EBCI!

I haven't tried using gift cards yet, but from everything I've read, you can only use 4 forms of payment per purchase. That can be any combination of gift cards, credit card, and travel vouchers. Each gift card & voucher counts as 1 form of payment. So you could do 3 gift cards plus a credit card or 2 vouchers plus 2 gift cards, etc.

If the gift cards you have are too small a denomination to completely pay for your reservation, you can always book one person at a time and round trip tickets as separate one-way tickets.

 

[lindsmom]

I haven't tried using gift cards yet, but from everything I've read, you can only use 4 forms of payment per purchase. That can be any combination of gift cards, credit card, and travel vouchers. Each gift card & voucher counts as 1 form of payment. So you could do 3 gift cards plus a credit card or 2 vouchers plus 2 gift cards, etc.

If the gift cards you have are too small a denomination to completely pay for your reservation, you can always book one person at a time and round trip tickets as separate one-way tickets.

This is correct - I did it last time and it was a pita. I preferred to keep our ressie together, so didn't book separately and ended up with a couple $25 GC's left over cause of the limit. You certainly could break the order down a lot to accommodate several smaller amounts but I won't do it again, cause it will be a time suck when I'm trying to get the easter tix reserved tomorrow.

 

[cel_disney]

This is correct - I did it last time and it was a pita. I preferred to keep our ressie together, so didn't book separately and ended up with a couple $25 GC's left over cause of the limit. You certainly could break the order down a lot to accommodate several smaller amounts but I won't do it again, cause it will be a time suck when I'm trying to get the easter tix reserved tomorrow.

I always do our inbound and outbound flights on different reservations so that we can more easily take advantage or fare drops, so this doesn't bother me as much. I was looking at the $200 egift cards on target.com

 

[mfly]

I always do our inbound and outbound flights on different reservations so that we can more easily take advantage or fare drops, so this doesn't bother me as much. I was looking at the $200 egift cards on target.com

Be aware that you can no longer purchase egift cards with Target gift cards on Target's website.

 

[PerfessorZ]

New dates are available as of 6:40 EDT, give or take.

 

[DisneylandDarling]

Sorry for sounding ignorant, but what are Southwest codes? Are they discount codes? I don't think I've ever heard of them before.

We're trying to book on Southwest for our upcoming trip, and are looking for any deals to be had

TIA!

 

[JerseyGirl]

My Southwest airfare went down by $290 for my family! They could only offer me credit for future travel...which I won't be able to use...does anyone know if I can use towards early bird check in?

 

[mom2rtk]

After weeks and weeks of checking twice a day...... my return flight finally went down! From $191 to $151. I was SO tired of looking and seeing no change!

Thank goodness the long national nightmare is over.

My Southwest airfare went down by $290 for my family! They could only offer me credit for future travel...which I won't be able to use...does anyone know if I can use towards early bird check in?

I believe I had a message pop up as I was booking my return flights saying I could not use credits toward EBCI (I was using credits from my outbound flight going down a couple months ago).

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

My Southwest airfare went down by $290 for my family! They could only offer me credit for future travel...which I won't be able to use...does anyone know if I can use towards early bird check in?

No - sorry.

 

[JerseyGirl]

No - sorry.

Bummer! I thought so...We have two weddings this fall and then the holidays just don't know if I can squeeze a long weekend in somewhere.... Thanks for the replies!

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Bummer! I thought so...We have two weddings this fall and then the holidays just don't know if I can squeeze a long weekend in somewhere.... Thanks for the replies!

When we used to have travel credits like this I was always torn on whether to rebook or not - especially when we weren't sure if we could use the credit. By rebooking we basically earned less points then would let the travel credit go to waste. But if a special trip popped up we'd have a credit to help offset the cost - it was always hard to decide.

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

These are stupid questions I'm sure, but it's our 1st time flying Southwest.
1. We bought early bird checkin, how do we see it in our trip itinerary? Is it the sun symbol by our names?

2. With early bird checkin, do I have to do anything else at all? Or am I all set and we just show up at the airport and can print our boarding passes out there?

3. Will I get an email from Southwest at the Early Bird Checkin time saying I've been checked in or anything, boarding numbers etc?

Thanks! I'm so confused.

 

[JustMeFran]

These are stupid questions I'm sure, but it's our 1st time flying Southwest.
2. With early bird checkin, do I have to do anything else at all? Or am I all set and we just show up at the airport and can print our boarding passes out there?

I would like to add a question here:
2a. With Early Bird Check-in, do I need to have printed off boarding pass or can I use one on my phone ap, and if so, will the phone ap pass get us through security just fine?

 

[mom2rtk]

dummy

I would like to add a question here:
2a. With Early Bird Check-in, do I need to have printed off boarding pass or can I use one on my phone ap, and if so, will the phone ap pass get us through security just fine?

With EBCI, the boarding pass and boarding process isn't any different. Southwest just checks in for you so you can get a better boarding group/number.

 

[barb969]

I've seen people use their cellphones instead of a printed boarding pass. They scan the barcode from the phone.

 

[tinkerbella16]

We arrive tomorrow morning! Flying from PHL to MCO. We purchased EBCI, so I just printed our boarding passes and we got A-16 through A-20! Very pleased with that!!! Disney here we come!!

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

It's our 1st time flying Southwest. I'd asked these before weeks ago but nobody answered them. I'd appreciate anyone throwing some help my way, I'm pretty nervous about it all.

With early bird checkin purchased for both of us, do I have to do anything else at all? Or am I all set and we just show up at the airport and can print our boarding passes out there? (No printer at home)

Will I get an email from Southwest at the Early Bird Checkin time saying I've been checked in or anything, boarding numbers etc?

Thanks! I'm so confused.

 

[barb969]

You're all set.
No email from SWA. 24 hours before flight, you can view your boarding numbers on their website, then print when you check in at the airport.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Sorry for sounding ignorant, but what are Southwest codes? Are they discount codes? I don't think I've ever heard of them before.

We're trying to book on Southwest for our upcoming trip, and are looking for any deals to be had

TIA!

Back when this tread was started SWA email and mailed out discount codes. It has been 7 years since they last did this

 

[Jennny]

Back when this tread was started SWA email and mailed out discount codes. It has been 7 years since they last did this

I got one two years ago... So they are out there .... Somewhere!