SWA Travel Funds...just need to whine

[LoveToDisney]

Let me just say before I complain that I appreciate the fact that I can cancel a ticket and rebook with no charge with SWA. However, I am so frustrated that SWA changed their travel funds and they are no longer large chunks of dollars per confirmation number. It is sooooo hard to use the funds now which I'm guessing is why they made the change. I really like SWA but I find this new policy to be a pain. It is also hard when trying to share travel funds with others since the total amount may be broken into several parts if the ticket price went down and a savings was made. What a pain! I'm guessing there will be more and more people who will not be able to use their leftover funds as effectively as before since you can only use up to 4 payments to cover the new ticket amount. If 4 "partial travel funds" don't total up to pay for the new ticket, you have to delete one of your partial travel funds in order to pay the remaining amount with a credit card. I keep pumping more money in when using old funds....not happy. It was already a challenge to watch the expiration date and now this! Thanks for letting me whine!

 

[MScott1851]

Wouldn't this work? Say, if you had 7, combine 4 of them to pay for a flight, then the other 3 to book another, then cancel the two new flights. Voila! Only TWO ticketless travel funds.

 

[disneyfan2]

Wouldn't this work? Say, if you had 7, combine 4 of them to pay for a flight, then the other 3 to book another, then cancel the two new flights. Voila! Only TWO ticketless travel funds.

we did this, and had 2 vochers. then i booked separate one way trips, and applied one to each. try it. Doesn't matter where you book so find a flight that will equal your credits,

 

[clkelley]

Yep, do this all the time. I use my small credits to purchase a FULLY REFUNDABLE ticket, then cancel. The credits get combined, and I get the balance back to my credit card.

Repeat as necessary until you are down to 1 credit