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@DanielS_1996 Not sure what type of file you linked but it isn’t viewable. Interested to hear what the agent told you though.  ... View more

I found a reasonably priced RT late last night to a city not in the north and close enough to home I could rent a car and drive back if we actually got stranded by another SWA meltdown.   Thanks to @jazzpilot56, @TheMiddleSeat, @dfwskier, & @DancingDavidE for your helpful posts and comments.  My adventure-loving 5yo and I beat the sun to Tampa and are grabbing bfast before our return flight this morning.     ... View more

@TheMiddleSeat i agree that would be awesome. Thanks to another poster I found flights to make the RT I needed at a price I felt wasn’t outrageous to keep my status so I booked it. I am currently waiting in TPA waiting for my return flight and turned this into an early morning adventure for my travel-loving 5yo. ❤️  ... View more

@dfwskier thanks for the heads up, i started checking when I saw your reply and at first there wasn’t much there but by the end of the day I found myself the roundtrip I needed!  ... View more

@jazzpilot56 that’s awesome they extended you. I unfortunately have not been extended yet. ... View more

@bec102896 Thanks for sharing this, i got this email too and last night I was revisiting it, but $875 for the points I need seemed way more than if I just bought upgraded boarding for all my flights next year. I love the dedicated a-list option for the phones and the fly by but I could also get pre-check for free with a new credit card. I’m crazy loyal to SWA and would prefer to just get a-list but i have a hard time justifying $875 for the sake of status ya know?  @DancingDavidE that’s an inventive suggestion to just hang at the airport. Unfortunately i have a 5yo who has to come with me and he wouldn’t be so keen on that for more than an hour or two. Plus with him I need to ensure we can get the return flight (he’s my companion so he always flies with me). Thanks for the suggestion though, and I agree the purchase option for points is way overpriced if you need more than a 1k-ish. ... View more

Yeah I really hope they would extend the qualifying window or comp the gap for those of us who are so close, but I know they don’t have to.  I know you can buy the difference in points for at least A-list but it’s stupid expensive ... View more

@jazzpilot56 Man that’s a bummer i’m sorry to hear about your upheaval but I love your outlook! I agree I appreciate everything SWA is trying to do to get back on track. I’m also looking forward to seeing what they learn from this whole thing when it comes to scheduling planes, flight crews, investing in new technology and systems to minimize disruptions of this magnitude etc.    Lots of luck to you, I hope you get your CP!  ... View more

Thanks @dfwskier. unfortunately SWA pulled all flights offline so you can’t book anything through the end of the year right now. I actually spent an hour on the phone trying to get through to confirm what was happening and the agent I spoke with affirmed that they are not flying/booking at all this week because of the weather mess. That sounds insane to me but I’m no expert so I have no reason to think this SWA agent was making this up. If you open the low fare calendar or try to book anything for this week all flights from/to every city I tried show unavailable through the end of the year.  thanks again @dfwskier  ... View more