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[Lewisc]

Do you think this will effect flights on Saturday? Will Southwest bump others to get the stranded ones home? My flight goes through Austin on Saturday

No, but if you're not at the gate at least 10 minutes prior to departure you could lose your reservation to a standby pax

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Do you think this will effect flights on Saturday? Will Southwest bump others to get the stranded ones home? My flight goes through Austin on Saturday

In the past the way it would work IME passengers could be put on standby for a flight if their flight was missed or cancelled and the gate agents would ask if anyone would be willing to give up their seat (I don't know how common this is happening anymore) or if you yourself do not check in/get your boarding pass/be at the gate 10 mins prior to your flight and do not board the plane your "seat" (I say that that way since they don't do assigned seats) will be forfeit thereby opening up to the first person to was put on standby.

They don't automatically bump like you're thinking though.

As far as effect into Saturday while the weather will be gone the effects is hard to predict. Just depends on the cascading effect but I wouldn't go in thinking just yet your flight will be impacted.

 

[DisneyinPA]

Just thinking ahead for our trip in 2 weeks has anyone ever been rebooked out of another city on your origination leg due to weather. Our flight is out of PIT but if we were to get a storm and PIT would be full for the day we live as close to BWI/DCA/IAD as we do PIT. Thanks!

 

[Rich M]

Just thinking ahead for our trip in 2 weeks has anyone ever been rebooked out of another city on your origination leg due to weather. Our flight is out of PIT but if we were to get a storm and PIT would be full for the day we live as close to BWI/DCA/IAD as we do PIT. Thanks!

I live in the Bay Area and when our flight has been changed we get the option to change our flight for free to any flight we want out of any of the three airports near by. Not sure how it works with other states though

 

[Evita_W]

I live in the Bay Area and when our flight has been changed we get the option to change our flight for free to any flight we want out of any of the three airports near by. Not sure how it works with other states though

I believe that either the starting airport or ending airport has to remain the same, but you for the other you can choose any airport.

 

[Gitelfor]

Additional travel advisory was issued for
February 2-4, at the following cities:

• Albany, NY (ALB)
• Boston-Logan, MA (BOS)
• Hartford, CT (BDL)
• Long Island-Islip, NY (ISP)
• Manchester, NH (MHT)
• New York-LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
• Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
• Portland, ME (PWM)
• Providence, RI (PVD)

If rebooking, due to travel advisory:

Travel must take place within 14 days of the original travel date between the original city pairs. In some cases when a particular airport is affected, and Southwest serves a "sister airport" or "co-terminal", we will offer the flexibility to depart from/arrive into an alternate airport. For example, if San Francisco International Airport is affected, Customers may be offered the opportunity to change to the San Jose or Oakland airports.

 

[Leigh L]

I live in the Bay Area and when our flight has been changed we get the option to change our flight for free to any flight we want out of any of the three airports near by. Not sure how it works with other states though

Same for DC, we've been offered IAD/DCA/BWI

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

By the way I checked my May flights again today and they are back to being fine as in no longer showing Unavailable for all those ones it did.

It's possible a flight was removed but I didn't pay close enough attention to the other flights for those days, there still seems to be plenty of flights for those days.

 

[Avery&Todd]

By the way I checked my May flights again today and they are back to being fine as in no longer showing Unavailable for all those ones it did.

It's possible a flight was removed but I didn't pay close enough attention to the other flights for those days, there still seems to be plenty of flights for those days.

YES - Our March trip to MCO and our May trip to LAS are back to normal with most of the flights/times having availability in all 3 categories!

Phew...

but I guess that still doesn't meant that flights won't be changed between now and then...

 

[Avery&Todd]

oh, and did anyone else activate that bonus rewards on the SW site for 25% more points if you spent more than $18k between like Nov 1st - Jan 31st? Anyone have any idea on how long it would take to see those bonus points in our account??

thanks!

 

[ultimatefans]

oh, and did anyone else activate that bonus rewards on the SW site for 25% more points if you spent more than $18k between like Nov 1st - Jan 31st? Anyone have any idea on how long it would take to see those bonus points in our account??

thanks!

Huh, for my offer I had to spend $25K during that same time period to get the 25% bonus points. (which I didn't get) They say it can take up to 8 weeks for bonus points to show up but in my experience it's been much less than that. I don't remember exactly how long it took though. Congrats on getting the bonus, I always love seeing those extra points added!

 

[Avery&Todd]

Huh, for my offer I had to spend $25K during that same time period to get the 25% bonus points. (which I didn't get) They say it can take up to 8 weeks for bonus points to show up but in my experience it's been much less than that. I don't remember exactly how long it took though. Congrats on getting the bonus, I always love seeing those extra points added!

I only made the $18k because we charge DS's college tuition and that always puts us over the top!

I was thinking that it had said 8 weeks but I wasn't sure...

thanks!

 

[piglet1979]

Do you think this will effect flights on Saturday? Will Southwest bump others to get the stranded ones home? My flight goes through Austin on Saturday

I am not sure where you are headed, but the Cleveland area I would think would be good. The snow has pretty much stopped already and we are only supposed to some light flurries here and there today. It will still be cold on Saturday but close to 40 starting Sunday.

 

[Avery&Todd]

it looks like SW is bringing back "adult beverages" on their flights this month....not that I ever needed one for the 1.5 flight from RDU to MCO!

and when we fly SW to Vegas I'm usually too tired!

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/southwest-airlines-bring-alcohol-back-040721597.html

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

it looks like SW is bringing back "adult beverages" on their flights this month....not that I ever needed one for the 1.5 flight from RDU to MCO!

and when we fly SW to Vegas I'm usually too tired!

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/southwest-airlines-bring-alcohol-back-040721597.html

I had heard a rumor about them considering for Spring.

Now to know will they treat prior vouchers that clearly expired as no good OR will they be generous to SWA peeps with vouchers...

 

[jcarwash]

I had heard a rumor about them considering for Spring.

Now to know will they treat prior vouchers that clearly expired as no good OR will they be generous to SWA peeps with vouchers...

They are going to accept drink coupons expiring in 2020 and 2021 through December 31, 2022, once they resume:

https://community.southwest.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/Expired-2020-or-2021-Drink-Coupons/ta-p/114294

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

They are going to accept drink coupons expiring in 2020 and 2021 through December 31, 2022, once they resume:

https://community.southwest.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/Expired-2020-or-2021-Drink-Coupons/ta-p/114294

Well that is just great that I saved the ones from being shredded then! Thanks for sharing

 

[Gitelfor]

Southwest is offering a 25% discount to/from select domestic cities for travel 02/11/2022 thru 02/13/2022, booked 02/07/2022 - 02/08/2022, using promo code 25GO. Tickets are non-refundable and are subject to availability. Any available fare class may be booked.

 

[bsmcneil]

I just wanted to follow-up in case anyone else has this experience/has questions. I recognize that I must've made the mistake in understanding here. I had asked and tried to search beyond this forum if my kids would be able to board when I boarded as I had A-list and had purchased a business select (I think - whatever the highest tier is) ticket (I had a decent amount of travel funds to use). I had a CP for my oldest kid (8) and used my points for my youngest kid (5). I got A2 and I forget but I think my CP got something similar (I honestly don't recall right now). My youngest, however, got C30. And so, you can guess where we were expected to board (I ended up using family boarding). It was really frustrating to have intentionally bought Business Select (which I enjoy being abbreviated as BS) to help (single parent, two young kids, first time traveling with covid) and I had gone through hassles to get the tickets appropriately connected, etc.

So, just a data point for anyone going through that situation (and the staff at SW, understandably overwhelmed during this time, was not helpful and felt downright rude when it happened - although it was 5:30am and I was frustrated so it could be that my perspective was skewed).

 

[EACarlson]

This was all done according to what the SW rules are right now. The way to get all three of you with the highest boarding position would have been for you to purchase the BS fare for your youngest, buy an AT or WGA fare for you and your companion. As A list you would have been given a boarding position at T-36, your companion would have been given the boarding position either immediately in front or behind you. A BS ticket holder never gets to bring a companion with them to their A1-15 boarding position. Your youngest, having no status on a WGA fare got the boarding position dictated by check in time, which I'm guessing was not exactly at T-24.