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Hi @yolanda2431,   Thanks for joining the Southwest Community! Like @TheMiddleSeat said, this is primarily a Customer-to-Customer discussion forum. That said, I'm excited to introduce you to @TiffanyV, who will be the Moderator for this Community Outreach board begining today. You can click on her profile to learn more about her, and, as always, reach out to me in a private message if you have questions.    ... View more

Looks like Saturdays are a slow day at SDF with just one nonstop to BWI as opposed to Sundays when there are three non-stops on that route. There's a nice midday Sunday flight if you could make that work, but sounds like Southwest's schedule isn't going to work for you. ... View more

Hi @annlmutschler,   Can you clarify if your question is about air travel? The Community will be happy to help if you need some insight on how to rebook a ticket or change a travel date, but we cannot offer legal advice.    ... View more

You can type the three letter code for the departure city then tab or click over to the arrival city and do the same thing without selecting anything from the pop-up suggestion list. It saves you time and sounds like that's what you are looking for?  ... View more

No ID needed, here's some additional info: https://www.southwestaircommunity.com/t5/General-Travel-Policies/Minors-traveling-with-non-parent/m-p/64119/highlight/true#M2908 ... View more

My daughter is 24, and yea this is her first time flying by herself.  ... View more

It will put some stress onto yourself, but you can also look at booking separate trips if you can get to a different airport from Punta Cana - the choices on the current route map are MDW, ATL, FLL, and BWI...when I click the map for non-stops to OMA I only see MDW there out of these choices.   So - all of these are potentially not the best to get back to Omaha...it seems like MDW would have been the best choice for Punta Cana.   There are some select service hotels with shuttle service around MDW although I've never tried these since I live here....HGI, Hamptonn, some independent operators...depending what you'll pay for luggage it might be close. ... View more

Also try buying one, two, and three tickets at a time insted of all four as the logic apparently charges the price for the last ticket to the whole group instead of pro-rating the remaining lower fare tickets with the next higher block.   ... View more

Actually it is possible.....Check the "More Rewards" link and you can travel anywhere and use your points.  ... View more

Southwest has non-stop flights from Belize to Denver, Houston, and Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, January 21st. If the 2:10pm non-stop to Denver is canceled your best bet is the 5pm flight to Houston, then get the 1020pm flight from Houston to Denver. That's the second option listed when you search for a flight from Belize to Denver on southwest.com.   I would put decent money on the flights operating as scheduled, the amount of snow predicted in Denver is not anything unusual and is well within normal operating levels. But, airlines do weird things. Good luck!  ... View more

I think he's confused by the wording of the disclaimer that comes up regardless of points or cash booking, he has a WGA fare now. Even though the disclaimer says it will become non-refundable, he's actualy already non-refundable but because he used points, they would be returned to his account whether he changes the flight or not in the event of a cancelation. ... View more

Thank you. I was hoping there was an easier solution but appreciate your reply. ... View more

Very small waiting area in SAN, not many free seats when I was there a few weeks ago. I stood at the counter to eat a fairly decent burger and fries from The Counter which is in the middle of circular gate area. My attempt to get doughnuts in the other terminal didn't go as planned, got all the way over there, through security, only to find out they were sold out. The other terminal is really nice compared to Southwest's space.  ... View more

Great, thank you. ... View more

Oh, and are you attempting to use one travel fund or multiple funds? There is a limit of three forms of payment per reservation  ... View more

Especially if it is a full flight it would be nice to forgo your seat at the point you know you won't be flying so they can take standbys or sell some BS fares. ... View more

Thank you!!! I did have to call to get it done. My destination city was consistently grayed out, and the agent explained that it might be because there are so many city choices in Florida they don't want a user to make a mistake, so force the call.    All taken care of, but did have to do it over the phone.   ... View more

Adding a flight to my calendar How to I change the default calendar selection? It automatically outlook and I need to change it to a new calendar. ... View more

There's no information regarding Hawaii service currently available. Based on general information and limitations of a 737, flights will probably originate from west coast cities, not Chicago, you would need to make a connection.  ... View more

Using the Southwest route map, https://www.southwest.com/flight/routemap_dyn.html you'll see BWI has non-stop service to San Jose (SJO). There's a non-stop flight to and from on Saturdays.  ... View more

If you can get a fklight with fa frank and Clancy. Do it! ... View more

I don't know all of the details as I'm only a consumer of the airline industry and not an insider - but if the pre-boarding rules don't distinguish then I think it would be allowable.   The best person to ask would be your "sponsor" since they would likely be accountable if you did anything incorrectly. (See news story from earlier this year about United which held back some nonrev passengers that didn't meet dress code.) ... View more

Thank you ! that is all very helpful! ... View more

boooooooooo service should start in june 2018 that would be better ... View more

If you bought refundable tickets, then the person paying would get the refund. But you bought non-refundable tickets, meaning there is no refund -- just travel funds good toward future travel.   Travel funds, just like tickets, are non-transferrable. They can only be used by the originally ticketed passenger(s). Southwest started enforcing non-transferability in 2011, and it's not arbitrary, it's the industry standard -- all carriers do it this way.     ... View more

Southwest lets A-List and A-List Preferred members can fly standby on any earlier flight on the same day free of charge. Purchasing a Business Select or Anytime fare also lets you change flights same day without charge. Sounds like you don't have status and purchased a Wanna Get Away fare so therefore the policy is to pay the fare difference between what you originally paid for your ticket and what the current fare is. Tickets are more expensive on the day of travel, even versus the night before, 99% of the time so the price jump you saw is not unexpected.  Yes, other airlines offer different same day change options that can be better or worse depending on the specific travel situation.  ... View more

Remember hotels booked on southwest.com are actually booked through bookings.com and if you have an issue or a problem, Southwest will not help you ! they pass it off to another middle man ... View more