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SoCalFlyer97 can't speak for the entire year, but later this winter, the destination I'm looking forward to the most will be a combined Business Trip and Personal Trip to LAS with a stay at one of Vegas' historic landmarks.   Usually my trips to LAS are day-trippers purchased during a sale; I fly in early in the morning from SAN, take care of my business, check out some sights if time permits, and return home in the late afternoon or evening. However this time I will be staying in LAS with a three-night stay at an inn that many people including the hotel's website itself say is "haunted"--The old and original Hotel Apache in Downtown Las Vegas that once catered to the builders of the Hover Dam.     Looking at the pictures, Apache resembles a depression-era interior design. Built in the early 1930's, the rooms are small and chances are I'm going to need to use either the room's HVAC system or my phone as white-noise to muffle out all the late-night partygoing down on Fremont Street. However, Apache's low prices combined with its rich history showed me that this place was a great deal.   During my hotel shopping, I learned that Apache proudly boasts that the place is "haunted" with anonymous quotes describing various noises and things magically getting moved. I don't believe that haunted spirits are going to move my things from one corner of the room to the other, nor are they the source of when the building creeks or groans due to settling. I often find my things in odd places simply because I was tired and forgot that I left them there.   The business portion of the trip involves a two-day, dual-convention at the LV Convention Center. That meant all of the big hotels in the area were charging huge room rates. Westgate for example is located next door to the convention center; a few weeks ago, it posted a $1,420 price tag for the three nights on Southwest Hotels which excluded taxes and $119.97 in resort fees for the stay (although those 19,000 CP-Eligible points looked very tempting). At the time of the post, Westgate was sold out.     Both at the time of reservation and at the time of this post, the "haunted" Apache hotel is still priced at $133 for all three nights with no resort fee ($150 total after taxes) with 1,000 points with a short RTC bus ride to the convention center area; 3-day bus pass is only $20 which also covers travel to/from LAS airport. Looking at the pictures and reviews, this little inn above the old Binion's has my name on their reservation list through Southwest Hotels.     For the record, I also reviewed the nearby Downtowner Boutique Hotel with similar base pricing and a modest $22.60 resort fee. That too looked like a nice little place to stay; however its location was a few blocks east of the Fremont Experience and little too far of a walk from the RTC bus route that would have fed me into the convention center. The Four Queens was my second choice at $236 total after taxes for the stay with no resort fee.     I booked the SW flight a few weeks ago during an "As low as $44" Fare Sale and locked in a $59 SAN-LAS flight each way. Amazingly enough, the fares from last week's WOW40 sale were actually priced higher than the $44 sale.   Looking forward to to this trip. ... View more

If you book with 2 vouchers then cancel then book with another 2 vouchers until you run out of vouchers then yes but it’s a lot of work  ... View more

Isn't that only if the person you're transferring funds to is a Rapid Rewards member? ... View more

Southwest pulled out of Stapleton and said it woud not incur the higher fees at DIA. ... View more

@BillKunde wrote: Southwest seems to be expanding their presence and holds the majority of existing flight operations out of the airport. It’s not as large as it is at Orlando or Lauderdale, but is Tampa considered a focus city? According to Wikipedia: no https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Southwest_Airlines_destinations   I guess the list of focus cities is the same as the list of crew bases from the other article.     ... View more

I'm back, it's all working now. Thank you to everyone who helped in getting my account back up and running! ... View more

I’m also getting the same error message on my mobile and web devices  ... View more

I have the same question! ... View more

@SoCalFlyer97 -- Fixed it! The issue was something on our back end, so you should be receiving a direct message shortly! ... View more

Maybe they were a deadhead so they can go to work because otherwise another flight could be canceled if they weren’t there.  ... View more

While you can't "combine" them, you can use up to three methods of payment for a flight.   ... View more

Right!!! Those news reports with an agenda to target a specific thing make me so mad haha!! Like why only southwest? Can't we see the future and not the past?! Completely agree with you, but couldn't find words to write it haha so thank you! ... View more

@CupCrusher40 wrote: for software needs 8 hour gap No, you can book tighter at least with Southwest.     ... View more

Call the police immediately.  File a report and demand that the passenger be arrested.   Merry Christmas ... View more

Have you checked the spam/junk folders?  do you receive the usual prepare for your upcoming trip emails/car rental advertisement emails before your trip?  ... View more

Spokane GEG to (hopefully) SMF , on to SNA in July (yep disneyland) and then back same route. After bad experience in SJC I prefer to stay away from there. OAK is 2nd choice as we did Okay there.  But any delay at all means rushing to next gate because southwest tends to have long delays on those fights it seems. We got stranded 4 hours in sjc because it was a noon flight. Our return would be around 3 to 5pm so I assume extremely long delays because I'm not doing a crack of dawn flight with 3 kids after disneyland lol ... View more

Thanks for sharing, @StAugustine! Please check your Community inbox for a little holiday surprise.   Kindly, Carlye  ... View more

@dfwskier wrote: @amandakotch wrote: I am in the same situation!   Can you buy a ticket and then cancel the flight, which means I'd have credit on my account.  Would they still give me the points? Or do you actually have to fly to earn those points? You have to fly to get the points. You would keep the 2x points for credit card spending on Southwest.com if you are using a Rapid Rewards Visa and canceled the flight into travel credit, but those points count towards companion pass but do not count towards tier qualification.   You don't earn the 6x to 12x points for flying until the itinerary is complete. ... View more

I don’t unfortunately, but I emphasized “What’s the point of booking through Chase?!” a few times and explained that SW would allow me to change my flight without issue. I’d keep trying and asking to speak to a supervisor. I’m sorry, and I hope you get this resolved soon!  ... View more

There must have been a promotion or something if you had it briefly and now don't have it again.   You can go here and click the pull down on "point type" to show tier qualifying points and see what your progress is. Southwest Airlines - My Account - Points Activity     ... View more

If the airline starts charging those customers of size for the 2nd seat they won’t purchase it and you will in turn be uncomfortable because they would be next to you encroaching on your space    Alaska has a policy (or did when I looked in to it several years back) where as long as there was an open seat when the aircraft took off they would refund a COS extra seat    if a plane has open seats why not make everyone comfortable? Full flight try to get the COS on a flight where they can be comfortable without upsetting someone by bumping them    everyone should be able to fly comfortably and the airlines are making Seats smaller even if we were all fit and healthy we will soon all expand to the seat next to us with the smaller seats by day  ... View more

hi thanks for reaching out. I was honestly super confused. Thats why I got on the forum. To see if anyone could help. I did call the number back but no one answered. I currently work as a sales merchandiser so I go inside coolers thru out the day so sometimes the calls don’t go thru. By the time I seen someone replied to my post it was too late. They already send me a email that they were moving on from my application. I was exited to get the call but I wasn’t aware it was going to be from a regular phone. I appreciate your time I will be on the look out to re apply and hopefully I could join the southwest family have a wonderful day 😃  ... View more

@bec102896 wrote: Have you tried the priceline express deals or Hotwire deals? Sometimes I have gotten some nice hotels for the price of 1-2 star hotels    glad to hear your trip went well though.  personally I’m very picky about my hotels (inn’s/drive up to door without security scare me 😂)  When I compare prices between Southwest Hotels and the hotel market, Trivago (and Google) will usually pick up the lowest base prices which includes Priceline and Hotwire. I always toggle the filter to show the rates for free cancelation and use that as my price point for the market rate.   I've also reviewed Priceline Express and Hotwire HotRate deals where one does not know where they're staying until after they paid...Like you, I need to review where I'm going before committing; I'm not a fan of buying non-refundable (and no return credit) hotel rooms and certainly will not do so blind. To be fair, Priceline Express at least shows one of a few "possible" locations as location "hints" on a map but I will not commit to staying anywhere unless I've reviewed the place and surrounding area first...security is certainly a factor. That's part of my hotel shopping process.   I've read stories of people buying blind only to placed at hotels that charge parking tolls or other hidden fees that erode the savings; other situations involve being placed too far from the destination or being placed in a "bad" part of town...The risk of this occurring is high for SAN and just about any other part of SoCal. I require knowledge of where I'm going and the assurance that I can cancel/change the booking without penalty in the event plans or prices change.    That's why I like Southwest Hotels Points Plus properties w/ free cancellation support...They offer generous points bonuses...I always compare with the base prices shown on Trivago to ensure the Rapid Reward points payback is fair...and just like the No-Change-Fee policy for Southwest flights, I can scrap the hotel booking and rebook at no charge if I see a better deal.  ... View more

@jdcnosse wrote: I currently have two different flight credits that are transferrable, and they don't have an expiration date, however I've gotten myself into a pinch and was wondering if there's any way I can potentially convert them to something that better suits my needs (and helps someone else out in the process?) If you are asking can you sell them I would suspect it is against the terms, but if you have a family member or close friend you might come up with some reasonable exchange.    I wouldn't post them for sale on marketplace or anything like that. (or this community - no posts for items for sale here)         ... View more

It did work. This is what I had to do. I Had to make a rapid rewards account for the friend whose ticket was being canceled. I then pull up her ticket on her new account via the reservation number, and canceled it. Through her new account we then just looked up a random one way ticket that had a price the same prices as the credit($10 more actually) under wanna get away plus, when you go to check out you’ll get the option to use a credit, you pull up the credit using the reservation number from the original canceled flight number. Once you enter that number, it’ll apply the credit amount to the ticket cost so you can make that reservation. Once it was made(make sure it is get away PLUS) I was able to immediately cancel it and got the credit again, now transferable. Then I was able to use the friend now going RR account number to transfer the credit for the canceled flight to her. She then on her account had a credit for the total of the new ticket I had canceled.  ... View more