Southwest is changing their points plan

[simpsontruckdriver]

If you have a RapidRewards points plan, you may see a spike! Apparently, they want more people in their jets, so less flights needed to go to the next level.

TS

 

[bogey21]

Living in the DFW area I used to fly SW all the time back when they were a Regional Carrier and their Frequent Flyer Program was based on segments. I earned lots of free tickets which were easy to sell. As I remember they went for around $450 each. When they switched to miles I stopped flying them...

George

 

[mdurette]

I'm a loyal SW flyer and appreciate how easy it is to work with them.
They extended my CP for a year, didn't have to do that.
They allow people to reprice their tickets when the cost goes down with no fee to do so. Free bags, free cancellation all great benefits of their program.

 

[turkel]

I have only flown them a few times. Not a fan of the cattle call and no preassigned seats but it doesn’t stop me from using them IF they fly where I want to go. Now that we are back in the OC It will be less.

 

[x3 skier]

It’s 45 minutes to my “local” Aiport and 60 minutes to the nearest SWA Airport. I check SWA and if they go to my destination and if the fares are comparable, I’ll take the extra 15 minutes (unless I fly my own plane).

it will be nice to get back to more than a bag of snacks and a cup of water for on board service

Cheers

 

[Luanne]

I have only flown them a few times. Not a fan of the cattle call and no preassigned seats but it doesn’t stop me from using them IF they fly where I want to go. Now that we are back in the OC It will be less.

I don't consider the way SW does their seating to be a cattle call any longer. Now, back in the days before they gave out boarding numbers, just boarding groups, THAT was a cattle call.

I love SW and will fly them whenever possible.

 

[b2bailey]

It’s 45 minutes to my “local” Aiport and 60 minutes to the nearest SWA Airport. I check SWA and if they go to my destination and if the fares are comparable, I’ll take the extra 15 minutes (unless I fly my own plane).

it will be nice to get back to more than a bag of snacks and a cup of water for on board service

Cheers

It's been a long time since I've received more than this.

 

[mdurette]

I have only flown them a few times. Not a fan of the cattle call and no preassigned seats but it doesn’t stop me from using them IF they fly where I want to go. Now that we are back in the OC It will be less.

Sounds like you haven't been on them for a while. The cattle call ended I think around 10+ years ago......

As for seat assignment. I don't mind it and actually prefer it. I can look around and find the people I think would be best to sit around.

 

[Sandi Bo]

I am a little confused about what they are doing. Figure I'll wait a week or so and see what happens. One family member got a letter saying, you've earned your companion pass (it didn't make sense to her), I got an email about getting 25K credit towards my companion pass - it wasn't clear if they were giving me 25K or lowering the points needed, it was confusing to me. And other family members didn't get any email. Waiting a bit for the dust to settle and see what we get.

But I do love SW and that is our first choice. Love how you can change flights, love the 2 bags free. Don't mind the boarding process. And love our companion passes (even though we haven't traveled in a year now ).

 

[mdurette]

Did you family member have a CP that expired in Dec 2020? If so, that is why she received an email because they extended it.
They are ALSO giving the boost...

 

[Sandi Bo]

Did you family member have a CP that expired in Dec 2020? If so, that is why she received an email because they extended it.
They are ALSO giving the boost...

Really, they are giving us 25K points? That seemed too good to be true (and then I laugh because we aren't travelling, so many points, no where to go). I'll have to check with my sister to see if she had an expiring CP last year (I thought she said she'd already been extended 6 mos.).

 

[mdurette]

Really, they are giving us 25K points? That seemed too good to be true (and then I laugh because we aren't travelling, so many points, no where to go). I'll have to check with my sister to see if she had an expiring CP last year (I thought she said she'd already been extended 6 mos.).

Looking at my account, it appears the "boost" is not given in points to use for flights, but in the count needed to get to a status level.
Example: for 2021 I have only "earned and received" 3071 RR points. But, if you look at my CP tracker, it states I have 28071 points towards earning my CP.

As for your sister, that must be it. My 2020 CP was extended until June 2021 too and now just extended to Dec 2021.

 

[Sandi Bo]

Looking at my account, it appears the "boost" is not given in points to use for flights, but in the count needed to get to a status level.
Example: for 2021 I have only "earned and received" 3071 RR points. But, if you look at my CP tracker, it states I have 28071 points towards earning my CP.

As for your sister, that must be it. My 2020 CP was extended until June 2021 too and now just extended to Dec 2021.

Thanks. Very confusing/oddly worded. I wonder why they just didn't lower the status level? Thanks for clarifying.

 

[x3 skier]

Same way I got A-List last year. They gave me credit for 10 flights and after I made 15 more, I was A-List.

Cheers