Southwest Airlines Community

I'm completely puzzled why you have waited so long to seek a resolution for this. I believe you submitted your original inquiry via written message and I strongly suggest you stick to written messages instead of calling. Sending messages referencing your previous messages (date, reference number, etc) allow the matter to be investigated. That cannot be done if you call and you won't have much success calling and demanding answers.  Use the contact us link at the bottom of this page and send a message.    --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Feel free to DM the voucher info 😁   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

If you knew you could utilize family boarding it makes no sense why you would have purchased EarlyBird. I believe that's what you are trying to tell others, but I'm puzzled you couldn't figure that out for yourself.   As far as who got all those seats ahead of you, yes anyone who purchased EarlyBird before you, but ahead of them is every A-List flyer and any companion they might have flying with them. Considering A1-15 is reserved for Business Select (not business class) there are only 45 slots available in A. Those can easily be filled just by A-List. EarlyBird is great for situations when you don't want to bother having to check-in 24 hours prior to the flight, it does not guarantee an A boarding position and should not be seen solely as a way to secure a premium boarding position. Apparently that's what you incorrectly believed it would provide.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

While the travel fund is in your name you can use it to pay taxes on flights you take as a companion.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

The only situation I know of where this would happen is if the ticket is non-rev.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

@KMart you don't   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

@KMart no And no need for duplicate posts    --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Call and ask. Since the rumored policy is not an official policy you will need to ask Southwest.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Not the first row   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

If the flight was today or yesterday just Google the flight number.  Example: WN1234   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Help! My name changed since I booked my flight.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

I suspect that will drop in the next round, but it is good to see.    --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Check out Southwest's Destination 225 program, specifically the Cadet Pathway which is great for high school graduates interested in a career with Southwest.    https://careers.southwestair.com/D225Cadet   I believe other airlines have similar programs so look around.    If you wanted to train independently of Southwest then what you mentioned sounds like a great start. Many people become flight instructors to gain additional hours so you are getting paid while accumulating hours. As you go through flight school you'll learn about other opportunities to gain hours.   Good luck!   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Using the route map on southwest.com you can see that San Jose has flights to Houston and Baltimore.  Liberia has flights to those 2 and Denver.  Flights appear to leave pretty early so you would need to overnight in a connecting city if you wanted to fly Southwest, that's why you can't buy it as one trip on southwest.com   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Perhaps you mean non-stop?  Routes change based on demand and other business factors.  There are only so many planes and lots of possible routes.  You're welcome to send your suggestion directly to Southwest, use the contact us link at the bottom of the page and send a message,   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Companies "partner" together because they make money, not because they love each other. Southwest Vacations is another example of Southwest Airlines doing business with a horrible company. I don't blame Southwest Airlines because I understand they aren't vetting companies, they are just making money on the sales.   It took me several horrible car rental experiences with various other companies to decide to solely rent with Hertz. Sadly, I think that's the way we all learn.    --TheMiddleSeat   ... View more

You can make your own reservation ahead of time then call in when you want to add the pet reservation.  There is a limit of 6 pets per flight so you don't want to wait until the last minute and find out you can't add the pet.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

I'm not sure who you spoke to, but I would be willing to bet a bottle of tequila that if you wrote to Southwest (use the contact us link at the bottom of the page and send a message) and explain what happened and how much you paid for laundry service they would send you a LUV voucher for future travel.  No, you are not going to get a check to reimburse you for laundry.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

I'm not here to beg you to stay with Southwest, every traveler should evaluate their needs and options.  If you want to fly a transatlantic red eye then go for it.  All I'm saying is that every airline is having it's fair share of problems and price hikes so to look only at Southwest and leave them because of the increases while ignoring what is happening at other airlines then you are not seeing the whole picture.  Southwest is not the only one raising prices and having increased delays and cancelations. I also disagree with your guess about WGA and WGA+.  My guess is they both pull from the same bucket of seat availability and you won't see a WGA+ fare when a WGA fare is not available.  We are both guessing though and only Southwest knows.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

What are you looking for Southwest to do?  You have pending charges, those will be pending as long as your bank determines they need to be pending.  There is nothing Southwest can do to remove them.  If you have questions about a reservation you can most likely find an answer online or here in the Community, but you will need to provide much more information about what you need.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

@PrevLUVLoyalist Have you not seen any of the numerous news articles talking about ALL airlines raising prices because demand is insane and ALL airlines struggling with having enough crew to meet that demand which results in ALL airlines cancelling and delaying flights?   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

What do you mean "nothing is showing up"? If you look at your paper or PDF statement, in the upper right corner of the 1st page it says what points are attributed for each category.  If you have a question about what spending category a particular merchant is categorized as you can look at the Account Activity section online or ask Chase.  If points never post to your Southwest RR account verify what RR# Chase is sending the points to.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

I've never heard of any tracking or recognition of frequent flyers other than the general A-List and A-List Preferred.  That's actually something I really like about Southwest, they do their best to treat everyone the same and not reserve the nice things just for those super elites.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

That carryon bag is fine. I would recommend a backpack for your 2nd carry on if you need one. The 2nd item will need to fit under the seat in front of you.    You can find more info about flying with Southwest by checking out the links in this post: https://community.southwest.com/t5/Inflight-Experience/First-Time-Flyer/m-p/111332/highlight/true#M2878   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

Sounds like you will need to wait until your bank releases the funds.  Do you have a different payment method?    --TheMiddleSeat ... View more