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It normally  takes several days for pending charges to fall away. ... View more

Hi can you also give me the information on accessing pay stubs. ... View more

Maybe the points gods are watching out for you.  Buying points, especially on Southwest, rarely makes sense.  Southwest points are always worth less than what you pay for them.  Some other airlines occasionally have sales where you get a deal, but not Southwest.  The new booking option that allows you to book with points and cash is also a bad deal, but probably makes more sense than just buying the points so just use that if you are short on points.  I have not done the exact math to compare the two options since both are just bad options overall when compared to paying 100% with points earned and not purchased.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

@ramosg what part of these screens is not clear about the cost to transfer points?     --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

The combination of a backpack and a soprano ukulele is perfect for spontaneous adventures and impromptu jam sessions wherever you go. ... View more

We see people gaming most any system put in place. This is just one such example. I have been in line with a veteran of war that could easily legitimately qualify for pre board but he would not have it. He was pretty outraged at the people he saw clearly gaming the policy. This was going on with emotional support dogs as well. To the people that do this, shame on you. ... View more

This is no longer the case… TSA policy is now “Children between the ages of 13 and 17 who will be traveling on the same reservation as an enrolled parent or guardian may also access the TSA PreCheck® lanes, provided the children have the TSA PreCheck® indicator on their boarding pass. ” ... View more

Yeah,  I flew with 3 family members and flight was delay and they transferred us to new flight and of course we lost our early bird boarding position    The day after ( today ) other 3 of my party all got notification from SW that they are being sent $100 for their inconvenience.  NOT me.  So I call and got major run around.    They told ME to apply for a consideration..   NOT FAIR SW.  ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.   Is it my age or race?   Steven   ... View more

Have you tried it? Loved it? Not a fan? Let's dish out our opinions like we're at a foodie's potluck! ... View more

They usually treat vape pens like e-cigarettes, so you might want to pack it in your carry-on bag to avoid any issues with checked baggage. As for protecting it, keeping it in his pocket sounds like a solid plan. Also, if you're into browsing smoking gear, check out www.smokeday.com. They've got some cool stuff! Wishing you both a smooth journey. ... View more

@jcusackjr wrote: Costco has the SW airlines gift cards on sale again, $449.99 for  $500 gift card!  @jcusackjr  Thanks for the tip!     I checked it out and my Costco also showed an additional $20-off e-delivery on top of the $50-off deal for today. That added up to 14%-off my next $500 worth of Southwest flights in addition to any Southwest %-off or low-fare promos.   SOLD!   Travel Tip: Most Gift Cards are delivered within 1-2 hours of purchase but could take up to 24-48 hours of processing time for the e-delivery. Keep those redemption codes in a safe place so nobody else uses them. I store these and any flight credit confirmation codes securely in a password manager. ... View more

@SWAsince98 wrote: An interesting scenario that taught me a lesson but may be helpful to others going forward. I recently booked a Wanna Get Away fare with points and added my wife as my Companion. I thought that if I added Early Bird we would be placed together in the boarding process. On the outbound flight it worked perfectly with A29 and A30 assigned. However on the return I also had Early Bird and checked in about 22 hours before our flight to check our boarding position and I was A44 and she was B48 so we had 60+ people between us. Since she and I always take a window and center seat this wasn't an issue but still slightly disappointing and I was surprised that it worked for one leg and not the other.   It is supposed to work the way you described it for your first trip, and regardless of EBCI, and fare type except that we know it doesn't work for Business Select fares only.     ... View more

Hold up... You're canceling your Chase credit card, which earns points, but doesn't store them, to protest a lack of security on your Southwest account which actually stores the points. OK, sure. 🤦 It certainly doesn't achieve your goal of not leaving your points in an "unsecured" account. An account which isn't actually unsecured, it's just not as secure as you would like.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

It used to be easy to print a boarding pass from the phone but Southwest has made it much harder to find. Here what to do:   Do or redo check-in Tap check standard bags On the next screen, scroll down and look carefully. In small print it says “view full site.” Tap that. On the full site, check in again. You should get the screen that asks if you want to print your boarding pass. It used to be you could go directly to the full site to get a printable boarding pass, but now, trying to go to the full site automatically flips you back to the mobile site, from which you cannot print a boarding pass. Using the method above, you stay on the full site and can print the boarding pass from your phone. I did it from an iPhone, but it probably works from any phone. ... View more

 I am a US Army Retiree of 20+ yrs.  But I don't expect pre-boarding privileges.  ... View more

Nice! What can I say, your welcome!  ... View more

Hey would you say this still applies to the recent 2024 promo? I spoke to a worker on the phone and she said any change will void it. She also said she has seen it happen before.  ... View more

skhagger,    I just had your same exact experience with transferring points to a friend. They charged me $450 😂 for transferring 45000 points to a friend. Let me know if you would like to connect outside of a southwest community. There are several people like us that have posted here and who knows how many have not even posted. Although I am not retired, I don't have any extra money as either.    Bea     ... View more

@rlabardi wrote: Southwest is misleading passengers when they call it Early Boarding! Don't worry - the lawyers have read that and it is called "Early Bird Check In"     ... View more

@honduh8 wrote:   Well the rules have changed since 2020. ESA's a no longer allowed.   You certainly have the right to fly with your service dog, and by your description of your situation you do need a service dog.   I hope you find a way to control your seizures, but if not you do have your 130 pound friend there to help out. A very good friend indeed.   All the best to you...   ... View more

Never worked for those I know that tried. Curiouus to follow tho! ... View more

I am a software consultant with a number of VPNs to different clients.   My own OpenVPN using port 1194 UDP does not work (the main one I need). Forti Client using SSL VPN port 10443 works. Windows VPN using SSTP works. ... View more

Hey @stewarkt, it sounds frustrating to deal with those .ICS file issues when using Outlook on Mac. Editing the file directly is a clever workaround, but it would be much more convenient if the calendar entry showed the correct times instead of defaulting to an all-day event. ... View more

A lifetime pass on WN doesn't make sense IMO. It is after all, a LCC that is not aligned with any major airline alliances, it doesn't even have interline agreements with any other airline and it uses its own proprietary reservation system than using the major ones like Amadeus Altea or SITA.    You're right that had you gone with AS, your miles and status would've mattered long term as they're now part of the oneworld alliance. Your lifetime status on AS would've allowed you to use your miles to book flights on JAL, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, etc. and it would've granted you lifetime lounge access to all these airlines as you traveled around the world in your retirement.    But if WN had lifetime status and points, it wouldn't make much difference. At best you can go to Aruba, only on WN, no lounges, no other airline partners, etc. And I don't see WN making any upgrades to their system, starting interline agreements or even joining any of the airline alliances. Maybe they can start their own LCC alliance and team up with RyanAir or AirAsia, but that's another major hassle in itself and highly unlikely in itself also.  ... View more

Also, when I saw the other comments, it was a bunch of knuckleheads arguing over something a flight attendent messing up a soda, which can happen with any airline. ... View more

I cant even watch TV. I have an iPad 9 with updated IOS. It was working last year, but did not work in February or 2 days ago. I get on the app, choose a movie, click on "Watch" and nothing happens. Same with TV. My wife's iPhone 11 got on fine, no problems. what is going on?!? ... View more

@dfwskier wrote: @PDXMusicman wrote:     Second, Southwest tries to upsell EVERYONE to buy the A1-A15 boarding spots - including people that lmight already have A16. There's no conspiracy to give people bad boarding spots so that SW can upsell them. As I understand it the business is going quite well, definitely no need to do that.   There are too many variables here @PDXMusicman with number of A-List people, EBCI tickets, etc. that even if you were the first one to check in it can vary quite a bit.   You are doing everything that you can and I hope you get good results more often than not with your method.   A B-number may be common on flights with many A-list passengers.     ... View more

I notice SW employees pre boarding often as I fly SW 8 to 10 times a month and very much agree it sends the wrong message to paying customers. When I asked an employee why this is permitted they said it’s “contractual”. I agree that employees need to get on plane like rest of us (only if their job depends on it, not to get home) but not preboarding. If they get a ticket, they are guaranteed a seat and wait in line like rest of us.  Throughout my life my employers have required employees to park furthest from the entrance for a simple reason: customers should be inconvenienced last, not first.  I encourage SW to examine this practice and do what is best for the customer.  ... View more

I also just attempted to log in again and for the first time in days it succeeded Not sure what changed but perhaps my email to customer relations finally made an impact Regards Goku to             ... View more