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Vaccine passports for Hawaii: Right now they're available for residents or anyone vaccinated in Hawaii. Soon (~1-2 months hopefully) they should be available for all US residents traveling to the state. By year's end the hope to have the option available for other countries as well.     ... View more

I'm fairly certain it's the time of actual boarding and departure.  The intent is to be able to offer the seat for standard, which floats with time of departure.      @Quidam wrote: It was a "Wanna Get Away" fare, but I wasn't expecting a refund. I just wanted to have the price of the tickets converted to travel funds. If I had thought I could wait until 10 minutes prior to the new delayed departure time (7:10 p.m.) to make my decision, I wouldn't have cancelled at 6:34 p.m.    ... View more

To be fair, a mask optional flight is completely plausible though not with Southwest. I'm sure if you contact Netjets, they could arrange it.   If you are flying internationally, Presidential Flight is the airline for you. I used to see their airport all the time when I went to Abu Dhabi. They would even offer mask free flights on a 787.   I was just looking. Presidential Flight used to operate Avro RJ100. Northwest used to operate those. Those were wonderful aircraft. ... View more

A good way to check the exact cost on international flights is to just start a reservation but don't book the flight, when you get to that last page the $$'s are all listed. ... View more

Bye    Enjoy United, Delta, American, JetBlue or whatever other airline that’s also no “social distancing”.  ... View more

@mcdvoice wrote: I'm on a Southwest flight to San Juan, PR next month, and wanted to know what the WIFI availability was like, especially flying over water.  I know some airlines don't have coverage when you're flying over the Caribbean / Atlantic, due to satellite access I'm guessing.  Can anyone tell me what Southwest's wifi coverage is for international / domestic flights that fly over water?    A large number of Delta international flights now have satellite wifi. You will need to buy a pass, if you have a monthly subscription for domestic wifi, it will not work for the international flight. If might be expensive   ... View more

Points(dot) com is a 3rd party company, contracted by Southwest to manage point sales. They are in business to make money. I would suspect that many Rapid Rewards members are now sitting on a larger than normal cache of points, as earnings likely continued over the past year+, but redemptions drastically declined. Resulting in a lot less point purchases being made. That's why we're seeing multiple point sales offers now, including the subscription service.   Southwest routinely devalues RR points every 2-3 years. This latest devaluation was actually overdue, likely held back until the pandemic showed signs of ending. ... View more

It's hard to get over 50#'s with the 2 free bags, I travel with wreck bag on occasion and everything inside that is heavy. Even my golf clubs are never even close to 50#'s  ... View more

Hmm, sounds fine to me.   You were told to follow the FAA regulations, and got annoyed apparently.   Then you were called "lovey" when he helped you find your boarding pass.   The rest of the fracas was initiated by you and your husband.    I'm surprised if he works in the industry, he didn't realize that's common vernacular for male flight attendants, and possibly also gate agents.    So, much ado about nothing.  You are frankly being uptight and overly sensitive.   You'll get no sympathy from most folks here, I suspect.     In short,  "Relax,  Karen". ... View more

You just fill out the forms, like many other locations.   Many at CUN weren't aware, so we were standing in a crowd on our phones trying to fill it out.      No big deal, just another hassle.  ... View more

@italipower wrote: Has anyone started a class action lawsuit for the loss of point value on coerced travel fund transfer to points? The points were greatly diminished in value recently and i have lost a good deal in travel equity due to this. Would someone on this board consider starting a suit? Not sure about coerced exactly, I had the option but was planning on flying to I kept my travel funds. I've only got $79 left of those by now.    So although I don't think the idea would work, I'm not in your class anyway if it did go forward.   Why would you want someone else to do it? Besides the lawyers who make out like bandits the members of the class will end up getting $10 each or a couple of drink coupons (drinks being served again when this is settled five years from now) but the initiator is the only member of the class that gets a penalty settlement.   But personally I think it would be a waste of time.     ... View more

@gsking wrote: I have a stack of weathered paper in my flight bag.   Anyone sitting around me on the first flight they resume full service may be getting free drinks.  Whenever full service resumes, please let me know when you're flying out of DAL ... View more

There is the "official"  response and then there is the "reality" response.:    gsking gave the reality response. In Chicago, the reality response is also very different than the official. response. ... View more

@Djjones Call Southwest, 1-800-435-9792   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

@SWFlyer007 wrote: @JenT Am I missing something.  Once you made the conversion to points, didn't you book your flight then?  If so, you didn't lose anything.   No, she planned to rebook before 9/22.  So she's out 6%, plus or minus whatever difference in fares.      That's another gripe I have with SWA... (one of the few,  but this point thing is one more).   You can't book more than several months out,  making annual trip planning difficult.  Even though they extended the expiration,  you still have to sit on the funds until the flight itinerary is released,  and then you're that much closer to them expiring.     I fly a lot,  so I have to be careful which flights are near expiration if I cancel them.   So I took the points deal to "reset" all the expiring funds.   They just thanked my patronage by taking a 6% tip from me.  ... View more

I am just not happy with the points devaluation and the creep in points required for a flight. You have a unique airline, but it seems you are headed to be just like all the rest... don't do it. ... View more

@Mauibound    My thought on this is when you went to talk to your son and pull your mask down, pop a snack in your mouth or take a drink, case closed, half this discussion is eliminated.  Food for thought.    ... View more

It take about 3 seconds reading that to realize that there will be no exemptions. For instance, the flight must be less than 50% full at the time of departure. My flights in the past month or so have been 90% or more full.  ... View more

My biggest problem with EVERY OTHER AIRLINE?   Having to pay exorbitant fees to put a bag in the baggage hold, then watching idiots fight for bin space with bags that are too big.    Want to bring home a $20 bottle of special wine or spirits?   Oops, it just cost you $30 to check that bag.   That bottle isn't cheap anymore.    Tell me again why you care where you sit?    ... View more

@AndSoItGoes  Your info is fine for historical purposes, but does no good predicting current or future flights.  Southwest is not like the legacy carriers that only use certain aircraft on certain routes.  At the time of writing this, WN8521 on a Max 8 is enroute from DAL to SKF and also WN8505 PAE to PHX, neither of those are on your list.  You'll also see that Southwest is no longer using only 6000 series flight numbers for Max 8 flights.  The only way to check to see if your flight is on a Max 8 is the info noted above with the noted caveat that aircraft changes can occur and any time.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Thank you everyone for your insight. I will continue using the desktop version. I am not planning to travel any where any time soon so I would be registering for the A-list promo just because it was offered; however, I would be wasting the opportunity. ... View more

@SWFlyer007 wrote: But I always fly SWA anyway Yep! I can't even think of the last time I flew United. I think I did once, years ago, before I realized Southwest's awesomeness 😉    --Jessica ... View more

Or put a comment on the mobile app review.   I got feedback from a comment I put on there years ago, asking for access to travel funds in the app.  They added it.   Well done.  ... View more

@Liceu wrote: I have spend and paid the $5,000. I wonder when will Southwest get that from Chase, and give the companion pass?? Maybe after the next statement date?? Southwest will get the info from Chase shortly after Chase sends you the statement that shows that you passed the spend threshold. ... View more

I find it hard to believe that an airline's rewards program could cause you "horrendous" personal problems, but I digress... the worst thing that could possibly happen is that your points got stolen. What's worse than that? But even then, I am not sure how that would cause you personal problems. It would just be an incredible inconvenience.    --Jessica ... View more

Are the rapid tests not as accurate as the swab tests that take day(s) to get results? Genuine question. I'm not really sure what the difference is between the two as far as what kind of test it is.    --Jessica ... View more

@gsking wrote: @Kvainuku wrote: I would like to book a flight for late in the fall while flights are fairly cheap. Although I am confident I should be receiving my companion pass within the next following months, should all continue as planned. My question is, will I be able to edit my fall reservations once I get companion pass to my current flights booked? I will be flying with the person I plan to add onto my companion pass in the fall. I am fairly new to all this. Please advise, thank you! Yes, as was said... book your flight normally, and watch for fare moves.    If it goes down,  rebook and get the discount.    If it goes up, and you're worried it'll sell out... lock the seat with Points.     I had to do this once.   By the time I swapped it to the companion,  people had canceled,  so it wasn't an issue.   But I did get nervous there for a while.  I have also called and had Southwest simultaneously cancel the points and add companion if I thought the flight was full to the point where a self-service swap was too risky.   I have also been stalking an open seat at T-24 hours to add companion seat, there is usually some movement around that time when people get their reminders and have forgotten to cancel a flight or whatever other reasons. So far it always worked! ... View more

@wendykochis wrote: I would like to know if I buy a ticket from  Reno, Nevada to Key West, Florida for a much needed vacation in summer of 2021 for my husband, daughter, myself and grandchildren one is 14 one is 18 (5 total) will we be required to have the Covid vaccine before we travel? We have not gotten it yet, and we may not get it due to health reasons. We have not had the Covid either. Will we lose our  money if the rules change by July when we want to travel if we purchase tickets now, and by July vaccines are required? We have saved a lot of years for this vacation, and can't afford to lose the money if rules change. Does anyone have any answers to my questions? thanks   There's been no indication from the federal government that proof of vaccine will be required to travel domestically, but you are asking for someone to look in a crystal ball and predict the future.  International is a different story and some other countries have indicated vaccines could be required.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more