11-09-2018
06:21 PM
11-09-2018
06:21 PM
Thanks for the answers everyone. I called to upgrade (because the online process seemed open to errors). Even doing this live, I was unable to simply upgrade and had to cancel the tickets and rebook. This casued me to lose my preferred flight as it was fully booked. At least I was able to soak up a bunch of my SWA credits (is everyone else incredibly annoyed that you have to keep track of all the confirmation numbers?) This will put me 5,000 closer. Still need a few good flights to go over the top and I'm not sure how many credit card points will post within the next two cycles.
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11-09-2018
08:16 AM
11-09-2018
08:16 AM
Looks like I would just miss Companion Pass this year due to changes in my travel schedule. To make up the gap I thought I would have to take a couple flights to nowhere. The money spent would be worth it but the last thing I need this year is more time in airports! As I still have quite a few flights booked before year end, I figured I could just upgrade a couple from WGA to Business Select. That would give me the qualifying points I need without me having to get on additional flights. I can't figure out how to upgrade an existing reservation. I could cancel a trip and then rebook it but some of my flights are sold out and I really don't want to change the schedule. I know there has to be an easier way but I haven't been able to find it. One thing (I think) I learned this year is that I should not book roundtrip flights. My schedule changes frequently and cancelling only the return portion of a trip creates frequent flier problems becuase the miles don't seem to get credited until I "complete" the original trip with a new return that could be months in the future (my travel changes often lead me to have to book on other airlines in the near term). I suppose the easiest way around this is to simply book every leg as a one way. Bit of a hassle but seems ot offer more flexibility - especially when I need to cancel the outbound ticket but want to keep the return. Typing all of this makes me realize that I just travel too much! Thanks for any help
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I currently have almost 94,000 RR points this year and they all show up as Companion Pass qualifying points.I would like to receive the Companion Pass status but some of the rules confuse me and I am finding it difficult to calculate exactly what I need by year end. I have a Southwest credit card that I use very frequently. I read that there is a limit of 15,000 qualifying points in a year from the card but I have not found any information on how to look up information on where I am relative to that limit (I assume I am over it) I still have at least 9 one way flights booked this year but cannot tell how many qualifying points they will generate. I am one flight away from A List qualification. Will subsequent flights that are already booked receive the A List extra points? Do those extra points count towards Companion Pass qualification? Would buying Southwest gift cards move me closer to qualification? What if I am already above the credit card annual 15,000 point limit? I fly Southwest nearly every week so I would certainly use the gift cards next year. If I upgrade some of my Wanna Get Away fares that I have already booked through year end, will I get additional credit towards Companion Pass? I seem to recall that any charges to my Southwest card will only count as of the billing cycle posting date which will be in early December. Subsequent purchases will not then count towards qualification, right? (Assuming I have room under the annual cap) As qualifying for Companion Pass is going to be a close call (but very valuable for me), I want to make sure I take whatever action I need in time for it to matter. It would even be worth it for me to take a couple extra flights to wherever if that put me over the top but I would want to make sure that those flights did put me over. Thanks for answers and suggestions!
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