SW EBCI question

[nkereina]

I had to do some wonky booking with our Southwest flights due to our budget, low rates, credits we had, etc. Long story short, I had to book my flights in separate one way bookings, and I booked my fiance's flight round trip but a separate booking from either of mine. We are on the same flights though. I have purchased EBCI for all legs of our trip for both of us but am wondering if there is a way Southwest can "link" our reservations so that our EBCI is consecutive as if we were on the same reservations? It would be kind of a waste of EBCI if he had A20 and I had B10, for example. I know that we can both board at the later slot if that happened, but thought I'd see if anyone had any luck with "linking" if there is such a thing. Thanks

 

[Lewisc]

I had to do some wonky booking with our Southwest flights due to our budget, low rates, credits we had, etc. Long story short, I had to book my flights in separate one way bookings, and I booked my fiance's flight round trip but a separate booking from either of mine. We are on the same flights though. I have purchased EBCI for all legs of our trip for both of us but am wondering if there is a way Southwest can "link" our reservations so that our EBCI is consecutive as if we were on the same reservations? It would be kind of a waste of EBCI if he had A20 and I had B10, for example. I know that we can both board at the later slot if that happened, but thought I'd see if anyone had any luck with "linking" if there is such a thing. Thanks

Sometimes even passengers on the same number don't wind up with consecutive numbers. I don't think linking the reservations will do anything for you. Sequence numbers for EBCI passengers is based on when you purchased EBCI and to some extent the fare you booked. Linking your reservations won't change either of that. Assuming you booked your flights the same day and were able to book the same fare your numbers should be close. The only issue would be if one of you had a high A and the other a low B. That could happen even if originally booked both tickets on one reservation.

 

[nkereina]

Sometimes even passengers on the same number don't wind up with consecutive numbers. I don't think linking the reservations will do anything for you. Sequence numbers for EBCI passengers is based on when you purchased EBCI and to some extent the fare you booked. Linking your reservations won't change either of that. Assuming you booked your flights the same day and were able to book the same fare your numbers should be close. The only issue would be if one of you had a high A and the other a low B. That could happen even if originally booked both tickets on one reservation.

Got it. Thanks for the info!