Southwest ticket purchase ?

[tripletots]

My daughter who is in the Disney College Program has a Southwest Airline account. She has flown a few times to and from Florida to visit friends. We are driving a car to her in a few weeks and flying back. I haven't flown in a very, very long time. My daughter has a Southwest account and when I go the website on our home computer her account is still up.

Now my question.....can I make reservations for my husband and myself to fly back home under her account (giving her points) or does she need to be flying wth us? Should I make my own account? Not sure what to do, but I need to make reservation today since we are leaving in less than 2 weeks.

Thanks for your help!

 

[OrangeBirdGirl]

The points are tied to the person that flies, even if she flies with you she will not get your points.

 

[tripletots]

Thank you for your quick response. I get it now.....

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Just a note, this is true for all airlines. Only the person actually flying gets airline points.

BTW, buying an airline ticket two weeks before your travel date is going to cost you a lot more than if you had purchased a lot further in advance.

 

[KKB]

yes, create SWA rapid reward accounts for you & your husband.
Only the person traveling can earn points for their personal account.
BUT you can transfer points to another account (for a fee; not usually the best deal, but if you are short just a few thousand points it is worth it, imo)
AND you can book ANYONE's travel using your RR points--and they do not need to be traveling with you.
Yes, typically prices are higher w/in 2 weeks, but I find on occasion that SWA flights aren't always--was looking at a slightly less than 2 week window for a possible trip & the prices were the same as I had seen for a while. BUT they shot up the next day.

 

[mrsboz]

You can sign up for the family pooling option. It is my understanding that this doesn't cost anything.

 

[disfanforlife]

You can sign up for the family pooling option. It is my understanding that this doesn't cost anything.

I didn't know that southwest had that. I know JetBlue does.

 

[mrsboz]

Sorry. You re right. I was thinking jet blue

 

[KKB]

Yes, SWA doesn't have that option yet

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

You can transfer your points to her acct for a fee on SWA. Right now they have an offer that they will give the person you are transferring points to a bonus of 40% more points. So 100 points would be 140 points.

 

[disfanforlife]

Sorry. You re right. I was thinking jet blue

That's ok. I wish I was wrong! That would be nice if SW offered that.