That is cheap - my August trip there is $141 each way which I thought was cheap.
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I was glad to have dinner at the Sage with everyone. Old and new friends lol
Played at Harrah's and took a beating .
Sorry I had to miss the ones who left before I arrived. Leaving Wednesday morning.
I also just wanna brag. I totally booked my flights for G2E. Two tickets only $22.50. I had to use 17k of my Flyer points on SWA but I had 44k! So it was definitely worth it. Save as much money as I can. :)
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Got an email from SWA announcing their fall sale. If i was so inclined i could fly out of Milwaukee for Halloween week for $119 each way nonstop.
Very tempting I must say.
@sondor did you check SWA sale for fall travel. Might get it even cheaper than $262.
I rebooked both ends of our flights for our fall Vegas trip and got back 11,000 points.
Just booked a trip to Vegas in Sept. from Indy nonstop for $114 each way......that is the cheapest we have been able to get it in several years. Love flying Southwest especially since they do not charge for baggage.
Hi @treyster, can you please explain how that is done? Do you have to cancel first or do you just change and pick the same flight? I have never been able to figure this out. What if you booked with points?
You just change and rebook. It works exactly the same with points as with $$. Don't cancel, especially if have booked early bird as you will lose that.
The difference in points will just go back into your account. If you paid with $$, then you need to keep track of the confirmation number to use the difference on another flight within a year of the initial booking.
Yup, just change flight and pick the exact same flight. You can see the price/point difference before you are committed to the change.
Chris is right, you have to keep tracK of the confirmation number that the reservation is on to use your $$ credit in the future.
The only catch is early birds are issued in chronological order, so when you rebook you move to the end of the early bird line. So instead of getting A22 you might get A37
Yikes, SWA "system outage" nationwide - tried to log in earlier to book travel for a work group and kept saying username/password wrong - wtf, no way just used it yesterday lol- but kept trying different accounts, then finally a dreaded blue screen appeared about a half hour later something about being redirected but nothing happened, and just now was able to confirm on Twitter ...
See how lucky the Jokers are - they traveled on Tuesday!! (at least sure hope none of them are out their lingering/languishing in an airport...)
So I got the Southwest Chase card today, for the 40k bonus points with $1k purchases in 1st three months (easy!). = Free Thanksgiving trip to Reno/Vegas minus that $99 annual fee!
A friend on YouTube sent me a referral link and she will get 10k bonus, so that's cool. Immediately they gave me a $14,500 credit line, thank goodness I was afraid I wouldn't have enough! HHH I may put my Amex on the bank burner and start getting some points with this one as I fly Southwest a lot.
I have been doing this for years. Charge everything and make sure you pay it off at the end of the month. If you shop online check rapid rewards shopping first, alot of times they will offer 2 - 10 points per dollar instead of 1 point per dollar. Join e-rewards and take surveys. You can exchange points for rapid rewards credits. For every 25 credits you get 600 rapid rewards credits which is a great deal. Also when you book a flight dont get the EB seating as you can change your flight to the same one if the price goes down and they will refund the credits to your account. Get the EB before you leave. I love Southwest!
That's almost exactly what my friend who referred me said as well, I will keep that mind! :)
I'll probably get my bonus and finish off my Amex points to get my $100 credit where I'm almost halfway there. Then I will switch over to this one and churn some points for next year's Vegas trip! Wheee I love free stuff..haha (Less the annual fee of course!)
SW is having a sale, how do I rebook and get credit? Do I purchase the ticket and charge it again? At that point I would have paid for the ticket 2x. Thanks
It's been a long long time since I did it but I think you can call them and ask how to do it. They won't do it for you but will tell you what to do. I remember they did for me way back when I could fly.
Riversong,
Sign into your account and there should be an option to "change flight". You'll probably need the confirmation number for your original booking (I do it so automatically, I can't remember the exact steps now), but after you choose change flight, you'll get the option of changing one or both legs. It'll give you the new prices for the available flights and when you choose the lower price, you should see a credit at the end.
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Do I also have to rebook early bird? Thanks @tee2green
Forget my last response RS. You're not cancelling, just changing. This is from the SW website. The EB check-in is associated with your confirmation number so since that isn't changing when you change flights, the EB will still be good for the new schedule. I never use EB but after my trip to Vegas last month, will probably start.
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Early Bird is a MUST if you want to secure overhead baggage space on a busy flight (normally Fridays and Sundays) and you just wait until you get to the airport to check-in (e.g. the dreaded GROUP "C"). Otherwise, you can usually get at least a "B" group or even an "A" group if you check-in exactly 24 hours before departure. I have had the EB "vanish" a few times when I change a reservation which is solved with a quick call to customer service.
I pretty much do EB always, saves me the trouble of remembering that 24 hour checkin time.
If you buy early bird and rebook, you get booted back to the end of the early bird line. Early bird is assigned in chronological order so the earlier you buy early bird, the better your seat number. If you buy early bird 5 months in advance, you might get A22, but if you rebook that same flight two weeks before the travel date, you might get B18.
My advice when buying SWA fights is to always book individual legs and not a roundtrip. The price is the same and it's easier to rebook. Also we now book separate flights for each of us, just gives you most flexibility if something comes up. Only drawback is you have 4 confirmation numbers to keep track of for two people.
If you log into your SWA account and click on the flight, you'll see 'change'. Click on that, select that flight and then you'll rebook the exact same flight. You'll see what the credit amount will be and you can abort the whole process anytime until you hit the 'are you sure you want to make these changes?' prompt.
BTW- your credit is tied to your confirmation number, you might need it when you want to use the credit. Keep track of it.
I know it seems like a waste, but I stopped paying for EB and started just upgrading my boarding position at the gate for A1-15. It's $30 which is a lot, but for someone like me who is mildly picky about where he sits on the plane and have anxiety with flying, its well worth the price, especially since all EB ever got me was maybe FAR into the A or early B group.