@commishg wrote:
It is laughable to say an acceptable solution is to transfer points to another Rapid Rewards member when that so-called solution (transfer) costs one cent per point. That means a 25,000 point transfer would cost $250. Southwest currently says 25,000 points have a value of $300 (83 points per dollar). This means that if you transfer 25,000 points to someone else, it will cost you $250 to give them $300. That's not what I call LUV from an airline that is struggling to survive a recent self inflicted nuclear disaster.
Of course the solution does not involve transferring points.
The person with the points can simply buy the ticket for the other person - thus retaining full value of the points.
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12-12-2021
03:51 PM
12-12-2021
03:51 PM
I do have A-List now which is great but the point is the extremely targeted exclusion for those that upgrade. It doesn’t make sense in my book when you allow unlimited party members to board with A-List and A-List Preferred. It’s also much more difficult to obtain the A-List status given the eligible point rules. That’s why I upgrade as often as I do. I agree that the difficulty in obtaining that status does make it ‘special’ and worthy of specific perks but I don’t believe it merits penalizing the specific few that upgrade to BS and have a CP traveling. Many of us secure and maintain that A-List status by traveling with BS tickets and in turn are frustrated doing so. Even if I am paying the higher fare primarily for the points, why should I have to give up the other benefits after already earning the elite status of a CP holder?
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