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Is southwesthotels.com considered an OTA? I'm guessing so, but I am still asking. ... View more

@jlthompson0522 There's always the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the page.  I personally would choose the email or snail mail method.    --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

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@dealm8ker wrote: You guys are not addressing my issue.  I earned Companion Pass in 2019 AND 2020.  To earn it in  2020, I spent over $100,000 on the Southwest Credit Card.  If I had known that the 2020 Companion Pass was going to be worthless, I would have spent that money on my Disney card and would have earned at least $1,000 in Disney Dollars.  I actually lost money by earning Companion Pass in 2020. No need to double post.  That just complicates matters.   You haven't "lost" any money.  Your 2020 pass isn't "worthless".  You're just mad that they extended the pass for free due to Covid.  Oh well.  Life goes on.  You made over $1600 in RR points.  Last I checked, that's worth more than $1000 in Disney dollars.   Yes, you weren't able to game the system to maximize your benefit due to Covid, and SW extending the 2020 CP for free.  So you're EXACTLY where you'd have been had Covid not hit.  And yet you're complaining?   Next time, I suggest you dig out your crystal ball and see what the future has in store.  This way, you'll maximize your benefit, and not get mad when someone gives you something free that you already worked for.    Or you could just think about things more realistically.  That's what I do.  (I also have that "worthless" 2021 CP) ... View more

@Jsmjeff wrote: please dont speak for everyone. I have be flying. Wow,  so you admit you HAVE been flying with the CP, and you're STILL complaining that you're not getting a good enough extension?    @Jsmjeff wrote: I earned my companion pass for 2021 in April of 2020. Worked very hard at it. Have not been able to take advantage of the extra benifit do to the virus. I sure hope Southwest takes another look and offers an exstension. Thank you Jeff Hmm,  here you said otherwise.   You can understand my confusion.    I'm sorry if you thought I was trying to speak for you.   I wasn't.   I don't really understand that level of greed,  so my comments wouldn't really apply to you.    My apologies.  ... View more

Yeah,  ironic that giving people a year to gain status, and then giving them the rest of the current year free,  as a bonus,  has created this conundrum.   If there were never any overlap,  people would feel less cheated.    And I wish there weren't three threads on the same topic ... View more

Such great news...Yay!  Thank you @NicoleAshley  ... View more

This thread expands on what chgoflyer said   https://community.southwest.com/t5/Rapid-Rewards/Covid-Bonus-Points/m-p/109200#M6656     ... View more

I am amazed that you already earned a 2021 CP pass in 2 months in 2020?!  Did you use your southwest card to buy a house?  I do agree with your point though, you are 100% right.   ... View more

Yeah I mean it's only fair, right?  I urge anyone in this situation to reach out to SWA to let them know. It may have just been an oversight that they will correct, but more likely to do so it they hear from people about it.   Whether your CP ends on 12/31/2020 or 12/31/2021, we're all in the same boat right now with not being able to use the CP time we earned. But only one of the above groups benefits from an extension to 6/30/2021. Not to mention anyone who already earned CP before COVID19 hit this year did so with 125,000 points...and now it's going to require 100K because of the 25K CP point bonus benefit. So basically it's more points and we don't get an extension lol.  ... View more

 @ beavermba I agree with your premise from an earning standpoint but also disagree overall that it shouldn't matter to those who have CP thru 2021 because it needs to be considered from the standpoint of benefits timeline. We're all losing time we earned right now equally, whether your pass expires at the end of 2020 or the end of 2021. Everyone is grounded for the most part now.    Extending the pass benefits thru June 30, 2021 is a great move by SWA to help offset the time pass holders are missing right now, for those whose pass expires at the end of the year.   But for those of us who earned their pass this year before COVID19, it does nothing because we already earned our benefits thru 12/32/2021. So under the current announcement, people in this boat get nothing for time they're missing...time they earned. And on top of it, these people earned 125,000 points for it...and the 25K CP point refund coming our way also doesn't really matter since we earned it already.  Basically people who earned CP this year between 1/1/20 - present are left out.  ... View more