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I've never applied to work at Southwest but I'm active here in the discussion threads.  From what I've seen the review/call/follow up time is varied and potentially long (flight attendant positions are the longest reports I've seen).   So long as you continue to see the status on the dashboard you should still be in the running.   Good luck! ... View more

See this Southwest page: "2019 Rapid Rewards® Qualifying Transactions for 2020 Status"   Be very careful as some of the partner activity only requires a purchase in 2019 while some of the partner activity requires the points to post in 2019.  Obviously in your situation you only want the ones that only require the purchase or transaction in 2019.   Also for reference this is another related thread: https://www.southwestaircommunity.com/t5/Rapid-Rewards/Laithwaites-Wine-Offer/td-p/99128   Good luck! ... View more

On the flip side, it's fascinating for me to read posts on other blogs and forums where some of the posters state they are walking away from their million miler lifetime status due to issues they've experienced with their other selected airlines. ... View more

Probably the fastest way to get an answer is to get in touch with the Southwest Twitter team, their handle is available by clicking on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the forum pages. ... View more

Also take a look at this thread! You have more than one option. https://www.southwestaircommunity.com/t5/Rapid-Rewards/Laithwaites-Wine-Offer/m-p/99270#M5443 ... View more

You're welcome. There are also some great cockpit videos on YouTube, a really good one I just watched is of an Aer Lingus on approach to San Francisco. It provides a good sense of the flight deck activity (checklists, radio communications, and coordination) with great scenery. If there was a good Southwest video like this then I would have referenced that one instead! ... View more

I think you may have better luck asking internally with your peers or the Southwest HR team. Most of us here are other customers so you may not get a speedy reply. ... View more

I'm another customer but active in the discussion forums so the only thing I can share is that the timing really seems to vary. I read of one person for a flight attendant position where the process took over a year from the time they applied but that seems like an extreme situation. Good luck! ... View more

@TheMiddleSeat wrote: Unless you have that in writing, I would not rely on what you heard. Southwest has no idea what your order date is and will base the date on when Laithwaites orders the points from Southwest and assigns the points to your account.   --TheMiddleSeat +1 I too would want that in writing, even if it's in the form of a Twitter conversation. Contact options, to include the Twitter handle, are listed on the "Contact Us" links. ... View more

@myzapp wrote: Looks like we will be 917 points short. A reminder that Southwest flights earn 6 points for each $1 of base fare if you buy a WGA fare and don't have status (source: https://www.southwest.com/rapidrewards/how-to-earn#base). So by my math if you take a flight this year with a base fare of at least $153 (total cost will be higher) you'll lock it in based on what you've described. I personally value a Companion Pass at a value great than $200 so it's an expense I'd be willing to pay. ... View more

@billycorsair wrote:   I've called SW about it, but they claim cluelessness. You may want to try the Southwest Twitter team, their handle is in the "Contact Us" link found at the bottom of all forum pages. ... View more

@DancingDavidE wrote:   Time permitting you're will have a chance to re-arrange or take some items into your carry on and re-weigh. I did this once for one time at PHX at 50.5 and one at 48.5 - spread it all out on the sidewalk and got two at 49.5 lbs FTW.   we had a similar experience in Barcelona this summer.  We always travel with a luggage scale to prevent this but the battery in the scale died while we were there!  We guessed to the best of our ability in our hotel then found a new, inexpensive scale to buy in one of the aiport stores before security.  Our guesses were wrong, we were too heavy in some bags and too light in others.  We shuffled items between bags and weighed until we go the mix correct.  No excess baggage fees.   Now we travel with the luggage scale AND extra batteries. ... View more

You may want to get in touch directly with Southwest.  I'm another customer but active in the forums and I don't recall seeing a similar post.  Twitter seems to get the fastest response, the Southwest Twitter handle and other contact options are found in the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the forum pages. ... View more

Great idea to have your son bring his own carry on, we've always had our kids bring one and we still let them pick out their own snacks and special treats -- they're not so little any more!   Also for awareness the TSA has a dedicated site titled, "What Can I Bring?", here is the link: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/all ... View more

@juandey1988 it's going to depend on your desitination, there is currently a "baggage embargo" for San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) flights (and three additional airports), the Southwest page indicates that cardboard boxes are NOT allowed.   The source of the following text is at the bottom of this page: https://www.southwest.com/html/customer-service/baggage/checked-bags-pol.html#baggage   Temporary Restriction on Excess/Oversized Baggage A baggage embargo is being enacted for the below locations from November 15, 2019 through January 6, 2020. The conditions are as follows:   ALLOWED BZE MBJ NAS SJO Checked Items 2 2 2 2 Over 62" No No No No Over 50 lbs. Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Coolers/Storage Containers No No No No Boxes No No No No *All fees apply   ----------   Also for awareness this is the Southwest Airport Information page where you'll see if there are any items to note for each of their destinations: https://www.southwest.com/html/air/airport-information.html ... View more

No idea if it will work, but maybe see if Chase will change your statement date again for say Dec 15? ... View more

@gbfinancial I'm curious if the routing changed since you booked?  Sometimes the schedule changes but you should have received a notifiation from Southwest.  @bec102896 and @dfwskier both give good advice about how to proceed (most of us in the forums are customers too).   --- For awareness for others, when you are on the flight booking page you can filter for nonstop flights by clicking the check box at the top of the page: --- A direct flight will show only one flight number but will show the city where the plane stops (but without the two planes icon): --- Connecting flights will two two flight numbers, the city where you change planes, and the two planes icon: --- ... View more

Have you checked the status of the online dashboard for changes? ... View more

@williambascus wrote: Just wanted to chime in that I've been on two Southwest flights in the past two weeks, and access to our corporate VPN has been a no-go each time.     This is actually something that I'm going to raise up our chain, as Southwest is one of our recommended choices when booking travel. This is a really good point, I'm surprised there are not more comments along these lines.   @williambascus wrote: I'm kind of wondering if perhaps noone else at the company is actually working on a flight  Thank you for a good laugh!!! ... View more

Once you've met the sign-up bonus requirments, whatever they are, the sign-up bonus should be shown on your Chase account as "+ New Cardmember Bonus x0,000 points" (look for the "See details" link under Rewards the "See rewards history").   After Chase posts the points you should see them on your Southwest Rapid Rewards account.  Click "My Account" > "Recent Activity" > "View all activity" ... View more