When do credits expiry from SW

[disneyfan2]

I know that you can use if for 1 yr. but is it 1 year from the date the original flight was booked, or at the time it was booked. I booked Sept for trip in Feb. but i rebooked a ding rate and now have a credit. I tried to see when the original would expiry and it shows (rebooked a fake trip to see credit) and it shows the credit as expirying Aug 08?

I would like to use the credit for a trip next jan but does anyone know if this will go? If not, do they charge you to extend the credit for a few months?

 

[pamjb]

The expire 1 year from when you booked the ticket. You can check the availability of Ticketless travel Funds here:

https://www.southwest.com/cgi-bin/exchangePnrEntry

I know I paid $50 to extend a Rapid Rewards ticket. Not sure if/how much you can extent Ticketless Travel Funds.

 

[MrsMud]

Ticketless travel funds expire one year from the date of original booking.
Some people on this board have reported that they were able to call SW and get a 6 month extension on their funds. I believe you need to call BEFORE the expiration date, according to SW there is nothing they can do once the funds have expired. I hope this is still true, as it's likely I will be trying this myself before April!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Ticketless travel funds expire one year from the date of original booking.
Some people on this board have reported that they were able to call SW and get a 6 month extension on their funds. I believe you need to call BEFORE the expiration date, according to SW there is nothing they can do once the funds have expired. I hope this is still true, as it's likely I will be trying this myself before April!

In the past, you could just call the refunds dept. (not the reg. toll-free ressie #) and they would extend your TTFs for another 6 mos in the form of a LUV voucher. Now they charge $50 per confirmation # for a 6 mo. extension. Just for the heck of it, I called a few mos. ago to see if they would extend a $30 credit for free and I was told that with the $50 fee it would be worthless. Oh well...