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@jar98105 wrote: From: John August Rau "jar98105" MarkHursh/Southwest   Mark, Not sure what  "PM" means (?personal mesage?)   You can click on Mark's user name, that will bring up his profile page > then click "Send a message", which will start a private message exchange with him. ... View more

@montag wrote: Free would be nice but I really just want to verify that it will fly with me one way or the other. I would still contact Southwest directly via Twitter (or by chat within the app). ... View more

I can watch live tv but not movies or some tv series. The App store does not have the Southwest app for MacBook--iPad and iPhone only.   ... View more

Hi @Tserie,   Unfortunately, that is a qualification for this job posting at this time. I've brought this to the Recruiter's attention, and New Orleans positions should be expanded to include Mississippi residents in the future.   ... View more

I have had this exact problem everytime I try to check in for a flight for the last year and a half, at least. I doesn't matter if I try to check in (hit the retrieve reservation button) 1 second after the 24 hours starts, or 10 seconds or 10 minutes, I get the message below. (photo is also attached). I hit OK, try again and get the same message. I hit OK, and then the 3rd time I try to check in it lets me. The problem is by now you have moved down the A and B boarding position 'food chain' quite a bit. Any help or ideas welcome. It must be a problem with my phone as I can check in from another iPhone (same model with same IOS) no problem.         Sorry! We can't check you into this flight. Please see a gate agent.         Error: 400308192 (05337BDA-B3AC-4431-8B6F-134624601FA4:KF0tt4a2T7yt6Gj-  FldDKFA:ios) I have uninstalled the app and re-installed it.  ... View more

Absolutely no reason to merge or otherwise mess with the reservation to check bags through to final destination. Just ask at the full service check-in counter.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

SUPER Disappointed. I didn't realize I was so close to a companion pass until the end of December and looked through all the ways to earn extra points and saw that The Laithwaites Wine offer was based on purchase date, not shipping date @chgoflyer wrote: So, bad news: The 2,000 bonus points posted to my account today, and unfortunately they are not Companion Pass qualifying. 😞   It looks like, as with most Rapid Rewards partners, points earned from regular Laithwaites' purchases do count, but any bonus points do not.     . I thought the bonus points counted toward a companion pass as well and it would have put me over. Now I find out it's only the regular purchases that count. I would have booked a hotel with bonus points to put me over had I known.  ... View more

@lschofield wrote:    Kayak long term trends show the prices jumping up quite a bit from March forward as well. Two points here   1) March is spring break time and prices tend to be higher as a result   2)SW has a tendency to price at least some future flights high, and then when seats don't sell, it drops the prices.  When that happens, you can turn in your high pried ticket for a lower priced one and receive travel funds that you can use for a future flight. ... View more

@Beachbum12 wrote: My last 3 flights have been cancelled but not at the last minute like you..and the last one they did the same thing..a 3 hour and 45 min trip was changed to 9 hrs.. I do believe it has to do with the grounding of the max..someone had mention the max will not be available until June 6th so my flight using that plane should not have been an option ...l call to speak to someone they were not very sympathetic if they do have to cancel flights they should at least give us one that's comparable to the ones they cancelled on us I hope they can straighten this out in the future because if not I'm going to start looking at other airlines this has been happening much too much   If your flight was cancelled due to the max you should have received an email with instructions on how to change to another flight if you don’t like the new flight they put you on. You usually have 3 days to change the reservation for free.    -Blake  ... View more

@BigBen3909 wrote:    I want to bring an awareness to these facts that Southwest is charging more for flights out of BWI and for people to say something about it...    Saying something about it is unlikely to change anything. Doing something about it might. Doing something means flying out of one of the other airports or flying another airline. If the airline suddenly sees a significant drop in passengers out of BWI, then it will likely adjust fares.   ... View more

Jessica Southwest does fly into Montego Bay.    Why do you think otherwise? ... View more

I don't know if this will work for you but I've seen this referenced in other forum discussions:   Visit this Southwest Careers FAQ page: https://careers.southwestair.com/faq On that page there is a section titled "I received a confirmation email for a submitted job bid; however when I view my dashboard, the job isn’t listed. Where did it go?".  The answer to that question includes separate pages for different job categories and I think you want the one for "Aircraft Maintenance/Technical Operations (May also include administrative positions at a Maintenance base)", which takes you to this page: https://aircraftmaintenance-southwest.icims.com/jobs/intro?hashed=-435768595 The top right corner of that page includes a link with this text "Returning Candidate?Log back in!".  I'd try that link Hope this or the other parts of the FAQ page help.  Good luck! ... View more

Shade...I understand you...I also have a journey next month and planning to take backpack, as the luggage isn't included in the cost. It is vety hard for me, because I love taking everything useful with me. ... View more

The weird thing is, I can "assemble" an itnerary myself with separate SW flights going IAD-LAS and then LAS-RNO on the same day with rasonable connection time and seats available on both flights.  But, the SW website won't assemble a similar match.  Maybe they need a new IT system as tyhis seems very Wells Fargo!   Sad because SW has me soured on flying other sirlines..  ... View more

@DancingDavidE wrote: I heard of someone recently that went to the wrong Portland - that's a hike! (Maine vs Oregon) Doh!  PWM (Maine) versus PDX (Oregon). ... View more

@dfwskier wrote: Two points here   1) If you check in via the SW app, then you can save your boarding pass to your photo album where it will remain til you delete it. Then you can print a screenshot of the pass.   2) You can get a flight receipt from the SW website by clicking on past trips. Only flights actually taken show up here.   IMO #2 above is the only "sure" way of proving you took a flight. There are lots of times that I've checked in, gotten   boarding passes, and then changed my mind and did not take the  flights.   So a boarding pass IS NOT proof that you took a flight. What do the receipts show, can you only get them for flights flown? That would be the best. Otherwise the same issue exists with email confirmations plus boarding passes - these are strong indicators but it would be possible to change flights after getting a boarding pass.   Asking for boarding passes may be a legacy request that was applicable back in the old days.     ... View more

Sorry that this happened to you.   However, Southwest's policy on the matter is quite clear -- and not hidden -- if you mix payment methods to pay for a ticket, and one of them has an expiration date, then all funds used to pay for that ticket adopt that expiration date.   You may think other airlines are better, but for the most part, they'll take $200 of your money off the top whenever you change or cancel a flight.   Southwest doesn't, but as you learned, you have to pay attention to the rules.  ... View more

You can both have your own Southwest credit card.  By my personal math it makes sense to have the personal Priority card if you fly Southwest at least once per year:   Cost: Annual fee of $149   Most easily quantified benefits:  $75 Southwest annual travel credit 7,500 anniversary points (I value at more than 1 cent per point so greater than $75) Even without putting any value on upgraded boardings or refunds on inflight purchases I feel like the annual benefits outweigh the annual cost. ... View more

@SWDigits wrote: You should be able to do so for both of you (unless both of you both have A-List status, in which case you wouldn't need EarlyBird).  I'd get in touch with Southwest using one of the methods listed on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of each forum page (Twitter reportedly gets the fastest repsonse, I've used the chat function within the app). I hope this ends up being the solution - if either of you were A-list then the software will block the purchase of EB. I would suggest reaching out by live chat to confirm - they won't be able to add EB since they can't take payment.    Twitter could also work if you use that platform - send them a direct message, don't put any identifying information on regular twitter timeline to see what the restriction is and add it if possible. Calling works too of course.          ... View more

Thank you. This is very helpful. Chase shows the points as transferred on 1/9, but they haven't shown up on Southwest as of 1/12. Longtime RR customer, but new Chase customer, so thanks for showing where to look! ... View more

It is unfortunate, but this comes with the business travel territory.  ... View more

@kawikaksmith wrote: Aloha,   Any chance if you know if there was already an opening in January?   Mahalo I don't think so, I didn't see any comments on the boards about a posting going up. ... View more

Feel free in joining me in keeping your fingers crossed though. LoL  ... View more