Speaking of swa

[irish]

has anyone noticed the new EARLY BIRD charge on SWA.? i travel on SWA quite frequently. most times, the trips require at least 1 stop over as they do NOT offer non-stop to my destination. this morning i was booking a trip requiring a stop over in BWI. now they are charging the " EARLY BIRD" FEE of $12.50 on BOTH
legs of the trip. so, while they don't charge a fee for bags, they HAVE, increased the cost of the flight in addition to the higher cost of airfare.

 

[Luanne]

That price was increased awhile ago. So, yes I've noticed it. I still think it's a good trade off for not having to pay for up to TWO checked bags. And if you don't want to board early, you don't have to pay.

 

[scootr5]

has anyone noticed the new EARLY BIRD charge on SWA.? i travel on SWA quite frequently. most times, the trips require at least 1 stop over as they do NOT offer non-stop to my destination. this morning i was booking a trip requiring a stop over in BWI. now they are charging the " EARLY BIRD" FEE of $12.50 on BOTH
legs of the trip. so, while they don't charge a fee for bags, they HAVE, increased the cost of the flight in addition to the higher cost of airfare.

That must be recent, because I just flew a week ago and had a connecting flight. I was only charged once for the EBCI.

 

[Luanne]

Ooops, didn't see that the charge was for both legs of the trip. The flights I've taken recently on SW have all been nonstop. Maybe there has been a change recently.

 

[scootr5]

Ooops, didn't see that the charge was for both legs of the trip. The flights I've taken recently on SW have all been nonstop. Maybe there has been a change recently.

I would think if there had been a change like that it would have been discussed over at flyertalk, but I haven't seen anything.

OP, are you saying that you were flying something like LGA->MDW->LAS and you were charged $12.50 for each leg ($50 round trip)?

 

[mdurette]

I don't think this is accurate. I have a trip planned so I went into SW and started the process of being EBCI. It was only going to charge me $12.50 for my one way that has a stop.

Maybe OP has round trip purchased, that would cause the $25 charge. Or maybe two travelers on one reservation. Or did you purchase the two segments separately?

I also frequent flyertalk....no mention there and they would have been all over this kind of increase.

OP...double check your account. You shouldn't have the double charge

 

[icydog]

cancelation fees SWA?

As long as we are discussing SWA I have another question. My son in law probably will not be able to fly with us in Sept to Orlando. Can I cancel and retain the value of the ticket?

 

[Blues]

As long as we are discussing SWA I have another question. My son in law probably will not be able to fly with us in Sept to Orlando. Can I cancel and retain the value of the ticket?

Yes. A couple of caveats:

1. The credit is only good for a flight for him. Can't be transferred.

2. To make use of the credit, the new flight must COMPLETE within one year of when the old ticket was PURCHASED.

Bob