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Hi there!   One suggestion would be to take a day trip to somewhere close by like a DAL to HOU or AUS if you lived there like to/from a hub for the cheapest. The best way to find the cheapest dates and places is exploring the low fare calendar on southwest.com    I did a Round Trip in a day from AUS to ATL for $60 each way back last month.   Good Luck! Blake  ... View more

Great question!   when they get to the airport they can print the boarding passes at a kiosk and if they are checking bags they can do that as well at the ticket counter. Be sure they get to the airport with plenty of time because lines will be longer since it is the holiday season.  All you kids will need is the confirmation number since they are under 18. Another thing I would recommend is emailing your kid the confirmation email so they can show it to the Rep at the ticket counter.   Hope this helps! Blake  ... View more

Yes!   all you need to do is go to southwest.com and click the change reservation link. Then you would enter your information and select the new date. All you will be required to pay is any difference in fare. If the new flight is cheaper then you would have a credit for future use and pay NO change fees.   you can also call customer service at 800-435-9792 and they would be glad to assist with making the change as well   Happy Travels! Blake ... View more

Great question   all A List preferred, A List, and Early bird check ins are done 36 hours before the flight if someone that had say A21 as an A List member cancels there flight then who ever checks in next would get that A21. This happens because since people cancel last second and people miss connections all the time then there would be group D possibly E as well so sometimes people who didn't buy early bird and check in right at the 24 hour mark or wait until right when they get to the airport to check in will get a better spot because usually by that time flights have been missed opening up spots or changes making the spots open to the next person to check in.    I hope this helps   happy Travles Blake  ... View more

You could try a point to point reservation    what this means is on the website if you type in say Dallas to Houston one way then once that loads at the top where you would change your flight to say a different date or city there will be an option to select Roundtrip and it should load a place for you to enter a third destination (Roundtrip with a different return) at that point you could type in Aruba and that way it's all on one confirmation number. Another thing I would try is do Dallas to Orlando then Orlando to Aruba as it could be cheaper.    If this doesn't make sense and you would like me to help feel free to send me a message on here and I can walk younthough it as I know it is a little confusing if you have never done it before    Good Luck! Blake  ... View more

If I find I will be short on flights I book a day trip someone close by like austin to Houston or Dallas or if I am in Florida I book Orlando to Atlanta because there is no minimum spend requirement which is nice so booking the $42 flights $84 RT is nice and not to expensive    hope this helps Blake  ... View more

The following tickets are refundable -senior tickets -Business select tickets - Anytime fares   wanna get away tickets are NON refundable however should should need to cancel one of these tickets you will have 1 year from original booking date to reuse the funds by the same pasanger as you made the reservation fornfunds are non transferable    however all tickets have a 24 hour freee cancelation for a refund so if you book a wanna get away ticket at say noon today you could cancel up until noon tomorrow for a full refund    if you book a points ticket all points tickets are refundable    hope this helps and hope to see you on board the LUV jet soon Blake  ... View more

If you feel there is an error you would need to contact customer relations at 855-234-4654 and one of the awesome agents would be glad to help you!   hope it works out for you! Blake ... View more

I would recommend calling customer relations and they will be glad to look in to this for you. 855-234-4654.    Good Luck and thanks for referring your friends to Southwest Airlines! Blake  ... View more

Hi there   LUV vouchers do count for A List credit and you get the points as it is treated like cash but some other partner things do not count towards A List but they do count towards Companion Pass. A Lot more things qualify for companion pass than A List so I learned for me the easiest way is to take a couple of day trips when southwest has a sale to get the 25 flights rather than 35,000 points because if you don't travel a lot those in particular are harder to earn than the Compainion pass points   If you look at your points away from companion pass that will show all points earned this year and it's easy to compare how much didn't count towards A List    hope this helps Blake  ... View more

Safety is a big deal if a person shakes there head no then yes I do feel they should be moved because if an actual emergency occurred he might not actually assist. He should not have argued with the FA either because the FA could have kicked him off the plane for not complying with crew members instructions which is also in the saftey beefing before take off    Saftey first!  ... View more

Welcome to the community!   So if it is heavy snow then yes flights can be delayed for deicing and depending on the number of planes it could take some time.    I flew from Orlando to Houston but our inbound flight was coming from Denver and it has a 45min taxi when usually it is about 10-15min so we ended up with a 20min delay out of Orlando.    My recomendation is IS to watch your flight status online and if it gets delayed over and hour or delayed enough where it could mess with your connection I would call 1800-435-9792 and they might be able to make a change free with no fare difference rather than you waiting in line at the airport behind tons of people. Another thing I do in the winter I give myself the 2 hour or longer layovers if I can't get a nonstop flight to allow for delays since the airline won't pay me if a connection is missed due to weather.   hope this helps and if you have any further questions feel free to message me and I would be glad to help you   Happy Travels Blake  ... View more

Hello   if you have the confirmation number that the voucher was issued to I would give customer relations a call at 855-234-4654 and they would be able to see that the $200 voucher was issued and maybe they can send it by email.   hope this helps Blake ... View more

As long as you buy early bird 36 hours in advance you will be good.    I have bought the early bird 38 hours in advance and still received an A boarding pass as not everyone buys early bird so you should be fine. You might get a low B but my guess is a low B if not a high A.   Happy Travels Blake ... View more