Certainly, as a long loyal traveler who has been using Southwest exclusively for 22 years you are aware that this is how ticketless travel funds work. When applied to a new booking, that booking takes on the earliest expiration of any funds applied. If you somehow weren't aware, then certainly you must have seen the message on the website or in the app as you applied the funds that stated this clearly. (see below) Lastly, as this is primarily a customer-to-customer forum, you'll not receive a reply here -- you'll want to reach out to Southwest directly. (Although I strongly doubt they'll make a policy exception for you.)
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You won't get much help here. We're just community members. But the painful truth about using travel funds is they all acquire the earliest expiration date if used to book one ticket. The closer funds get to expiry, the more careful you must be using small funds on trips you may cancel. If you bundle them with cash or other funds, you lose more if they do expire. Sorry for your experience.
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