Gotta love the credits! it is so worth checking for price reductions. I was able to book a Feb trip because I had a big SW credit to use by February 17th, from our September flights.Flying with DH for our October F&W trip, and I "check" the prices all the time. Only 1 of our fares was able to be reduced by $22 this morning, only 1 seat available at the lower flight. Hey, why not, I'll take the $22 credit, since we booked about 6 months ago, we got another reduction about a month ago, $17 each. Why not, I'll take the credit, $39 travel credit for one of us, $17 the other! Pays to watch fares!
Good for you! It all counts!Gotta love the credits! it is so worth checking for price reductions. I was able to book a Feb trip because I had a big SW credit to use by February 17th, from our September flights.
I believe that Southwest miles do expire. DH is the holder of the SW Visa card and he travels for business so not a problem with generating air miles. I do recall my DS and my Southwest reward mileage did expire because we didn't have recent trip activity a few years ago. We check in on line 24 hours and then use the resort check in on return trip and also gong down to MCO bring bags to resort counter on morning of flight indicatiing they will be sent DIRECTLY to resort by using that yellow tag provided that you receive through DME when you receive info in mail.
Thanks- can you clarify this for me? I need to check in to Southwest 24 hours before for our seats AND then go to resort AIRLINE check in the following morning To get rid of our checked luggage?I believe that Southwest miles do expire. DH is the holder of the SW Visa card and he travels for business so not a problem with generating air miles. I do recall my DS and my Southwest reward mileage did expire because we didn't have recent trip activity a few years ago. We check in on line 24 hours and then use the resort check in on return trip and also gong down to MCO bring bags to resort counter on morning of flight indicatiing they will be sent DIRECTLY to resort by using that yellow tag provided that you receive through DME when you receive info in mail.
Yes, we check in on line with SW 24 hours before our departing MCO flight, then the next morning we bring our bags to the area at the resort for airline check in. We use a carry on bag the last day if we are swimming, catch the DME 3 hours before departure time from our resort, board bus, then BEGIN planning next trip, LOL!
Another comment here - there are other (cheaper) ways to keep your points active vs the credit card. The easiest is buying something through the southwest shopping portal at Walmart or Best Buy, etc. even earning 5 points will reset the 24 month clock on all your points. This is also a useful strategy for rapid rewards accounts tied to children if they don't fly often.
