In my previous experience, you will receive an email a few days after you complete your travel saying that you have earned the companion pass.
Then, in January, you'll get another email stating that the Companion Pass is now active.
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09-07-2024
11:39 AM
09-07-2024
11:39 AM
I don't even know anything about the $75 travel credit.
But, is that on the higher tier card(s) maybe?
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09-07-2024
11:33 AM
09-07-2024
11:33 AM
Shoot, I wish I would have thought of this before I cancelled the January flight for my expected companion.
Well I booked it on points so...I suppose it wouldn't do any harm to re-book it for now.
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Well I ended up cancelling and rebooking as was suggested.
The good news is my outgoing flight actually came down since last night, to $75, so it was really only $15 more.
I did end up booking a later return flight, as it cost less. But I intend to keep an eye on my original flight. I'm okay either way. My original flight was at 5:30 am, and I wasn't really too eager to get up for that early a flight. But, it did get me home earlier; the flight I ended up selecting is about 6 hours later, so that's a bit of a bummer. But....I'll keep an eye on it.
The only major bummer, which I completely forgot about, is I had booked Early Bird for this flight. So, essentially, I lost out on that. Now, I got it reimbursed via my card, so it's not like it came out of pocket. And still worth it for the savings in January. But....still hate to miss out on Early Bird.
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09-05-2024
08:21 PM
09-05-2024
08:21 PM
I have no clue where you are seeing this. I looked for this everywhere under my Chase account. Went into Rewards Dashboard.
I don't see it anywhere.
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Just to clarify, I wouldn't have to re-book my January flight, correct? I would just cancel the one flight, and then I could add it to the already existing flight booked?
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I have some upcoming Southwest flights booked, but the Companion Pass promo came out, and now I am thinking of what I want to do.
I currently have an October flight. With this flight, I paid $61 one way and appx 3,500 points for the return flight. If I cancelled my flights and rebooked, I would be paying $120 and 8,100 points....or $120 for the return flight. I could change my flight time and the prices would be a little bit cheaper. So, I'd be spending appx $130 extra on my current flight.
But, herein lies the tradeoff. We have a flight booked for January to California. So, it would be during the Companion Pass usage period. Right now, it's $300 round trip, so we could save $300. So, I'd still come out ahead.
The only issue I have is...we wouldn't be able to book the Companion Pass's flight until it's activated, and I think I would worry, what if the flights sell out? I know it's not likely to happen, but....I would still worry.
But, then I thought maybe I could just find a cheap flight somewhere. Fly in and fly out.
Thoughts?
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One question I have is.....are you absolutely sure that someone you know may not have used those points somehow? Is it at all possible?
I only ask because a friend of mine had her credit card "hacked." And she went through the whole process. And the credit card company gave her a similar vague response like you are receiving. That they could not tell her who used the card, but that it did not appear to be fraudulent.
Ultimately, after weeks of this, it came to light that her husband at the time was doing some shady things. He was buying stuff, and returning it for cash, and using cash for drugs and so on and so forth.
The point is....my friend was stunned. She was so insistent that she had been hacked. When she was asked by the company if there was anyone who could possibly be using her card, she emphatically told them no.
Anyway, their vagueness and non-urgency about this whole situation makes me wonder if this is a similar situation.
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11-26-2023
08:06 AM
11-26-2023
08:06 AM
I am not in the market for another credit card, I'm really not.
I did receive a Southwest Credit Card offer, which I do receive from time to time, and I typically pitch. However, this offer seems really, really decent.
A small caveat- I am not a huge traveler. I do love to travel, but...with work and all that, I don't travel as much as I'd like. But, that said, it has more to do with the consistency. Last year, I traveled 4 or 5 times for short weekends. This year, however, my travel consisted of a beach vacation (drove) and an overseas vacation, which was obviously not Southwest.
I have some trips in mind for next year, but nothing in stone just yet.
I've been somewhat interested in a Southwest card for a while, but I don't anticipate going for Companion Pass or anything. I've been waiting for an amazing deal to come along, but nothing has really piqued my interest until now.
I received an offer for 50,000 points, which to be fair, not a ton of points, but it's only $1,000 spending the first 3 months, which is very doable. To me, I find 50K for 1,000 spending preferable to say 75K for 3,000 spending.
50,000 points could go a long way for me. If I look for the deals and price things out, I could find some RTs for around 14K. Conservatively, that could end up being a $450 value.
Thoughts? Would you jump on this 50K offer? Should I hold out for a better one?
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07-19-2020
08:23 AM
07-19-2020
08:23 AM
I have done many flight changes over the year and never run into this before. Is this normal? I had a flight, which the total price comes to $140. I was needing to change it. So, there were some flights I was looking at which if I was booking as a new flight, they were $49-$59 each way. Yet for some reason, when I tried to change my flight to those same flights, it was saying +$20 or + $10 or whatever. How is that possible? Like I said, I've done many flight changes before, and they have always came out to the same price in comparison to what a new booking would be.
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07-25-2019
04:57 AM
So, I was under the impression that there really isn't any way to tell how full a WN flight is. However, my mother insists that her uncle showed her on his phone how to look up how many empty seats are available. Of course, she doesn't remember how to do it. And, like I said, I was pretty sure that this wasn't an option. Is there some secret trick that I am unaware of?
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07-25-2019
04:48 AM
We are getting ready to leave on a flight, and we are traveling with my 4-year old nephew. 3 of us got an A boarding pass, but the 4 year old got a B boarding pass. I know there is the option to wait for Family Boarding. But, what are the chances that they will allow the 4 year old to board with us? Obviously, he can't wait and board by himself, not that we would let him, but still. Probably just one of us would wait with him; and honestly, I don't mind. I just didn't want to try it and cause any issues at boarding if it wasn't allowed. Next question would be: does the child need to be IN the stroller to be checked at the gate? I only ask because it would probably be easier for the 2 people NOT boarding with the child to handle the stroller and what not, versus 2 people boarding, and then 1 person dealing with boarding with a toddler and the stroller situation.
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