SW - extending credits

[LeslieG]

Does SW still charge a fee to extend expiring credits? If so, how much; and how long is the extension? Thanks.

 

[DisDadDVC]

Does SW still charge a fee to extend expiring credits? If so, how much; and how long is the extension? Thanks.

They reduce your credit by $100. It isn't a "charge" per se. The extension is for 6 months. Rumor is that some CSRs are not allowing extensions now.

 

[PatMcDuck]

I believe you have a year to extend the credit, and then it is good for 6 months, so the timing of when you request the credit can be important. I have done it several times (used to be $75, not $100). If the same person has a couple of credits, combine them before they expire into one reservation number. (book a flight, apply the credits, pay any small difference, cancel it quickly, you get any difference back in cash, and now have one reservation number; warning it will expire on the earliest date of the ones you combined)

What is nice is that the extended credit is a LUV voucher, usable by anyone, no longer restricted just to the original person. (I had a credit in my daughters name, she cancelled out on a family trip after I bought the plane ticket, so I was able to use the LUV voucher credit.)