08-14-2024
10:04 AM
@05bardic wrote:
So politics isn't relevant to any conversation, yet you felt the need to add in your political opinion immediately after that statement. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. How about just getting the conversation back on topic without creating unnecessary drama?
It's weird to me that when someone even hints that they believe in basic human rights, someone comes along and says they are making a political statement. These are, indeed, strange strange times.
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My estimate is 50% of preboard people are simply abusing the system and are parasites.
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04-08-2024
11:51 AM
04-08-2024
11:51 AM
You are incorrect. This is the story. I requested the police report from the airport because I, too, felt certain I was missing something. I received it last week. The report states the young reporter did not want me removed from the flight and did not feel threatened. This additional information only confuses me more.
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12-24-2023
08:07 PM
12-24-2023
08:07 PM
I have been on the phone with multiple agents today, to include speaking to two agents here at the airport. What a pain.
TSA’s official stance is any minor 17 and younger can go through TSA pre-check with their parent PROVIDING the airline puts the pre-check on the minors ticket. They do not care if it’s on one reservation, two reservations. backwards reservations, upside down reservations, whatever. The only policy they have is that the airline confirms the minor is in fact related to the TSA approved parent/guardian.
Southwest’s policy and/or the way they have programmed the computers ONLY allows Southwest to put the pre-check on minors traveling under the same reservation number… and if your minor is the companion then per Southwest policy and/or computer system they will be assigned a separate reservation number… so you are correct, if your minor is your companion, then your minor will never receive the TSA pre-check based upon the way Southwest has structured it’s policy and computer system.
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08-19-2023
03:56 PM
08-19-2023
03:56 PM
No they cannot be connected. One reason is that the boarding position has already been sequentially established. They are not going to rearrange the boarding positions just so that your ticket can be connected.
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To answer your question, you could write to the CEO of the airline:
Robert Jordan, CEO
Southwest Airlines
P.O. Box 36647 Dallas, Texas 75235
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02-09-2022
11:02 AM
02-09-2022
11:02 AM
@TheMiddleSeat wrote:
There's no magic way to get a cash refund for any amount currently held in a travel fund.
--TheMiddleSeat
And I'm not exactly trying to get a cash refund for the travel funds. All I was saying was that if for any reason I had to cancel the original ticket, I could get the cash that was paid for it back but I already knew I wasn't ever going to get the travel funds back in cash... just wanted to make that clear. It would probably prove useless in the end, but at least it'd be using the travel funds for something rather than nothing.
I have enough credits now to where I can actually switch that particular flight to Business Select and it won't cost me anything at all and I'd be using nearly all of my credits. For some reason, the system is not letting me do it. I get all of the way to the end and get a weird error message after I hit confirm. Any idea why that is? Am I only able to change fare types if I'm changing BOTH flights on a round trip ticket? That's the only thing I can think of.
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If you are pre-boarding, you are allowed to have one person pre-board with you. I saw this enforced a couple of weeks ago. Someone was pre-boarding in a wheelchair, and they had like 6 people who tried to pre-board with them. They got really upset when they were told no. "Never heard of such a thing", they said. However, last week, I saw an elderly lady pre-board with a child of maybe 3 or so on her lap with what I presume to be the child's mother, and the gate agent simply asked if was her grandson and smiled. It is a matter of just what is reasonable. If your concern is just getting three seats together, and you want to pre-board because the child is autistic, and you want to get settled in with her, just ask. That won't be a problem, and, again, gate agents will be reasonable if you are. Remember that the child will have to wear a mask on the plane. If they ask, make sure you say they can. Do not be ambiguous or say anything other than a firm yes.
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@grapefan wrote: To take this discussion one step further, suppose I buy a ticket for my son (using either my points or a credit card), and then he needs to cancel that flight. Does he get the travel funds or do I? Points and credit card are two very different things in this scenario. When you buy a ticket using points for yourself or anyone else, if cancelled the points just go right back into your Rapid Rewards account. (And points never expire.) If you buy a ticket for yourself or anyone else using a credit card, if cancelled the amount paid becomes Travel Funds usable only by the passenger named on the ticket. (Also note that Travel Funds expire one year from the date of purchase, and that all travel must be completed by then.)
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