Southwest Price Drops

[MarinerBride]

Sorry if this has been posted - search is down!

 

I've enjoyed RCI's policy with respect to honoring dropped prices on cruises - we've saved a lot from my persistence with checking the prices online and calling to get the new price (3 times :)).

 

I have heard that you may be able to do this with Southwest - you book the flight, then go in to change the flight online, but select the same itinerary you had before, and you end up getting a credit to your Rapid Rewards account. Has anybody had recent experience with this? We've booked departure flights because they were at their lowest, but as I keep waiting for our return flights to drop from $204, I'm afraid they will sell out due to the time of year.

[mmadhatter]

Yes, you can get credit towards future flights if price goes down. We are going from NH to Orlando and booked months ago. The price went down $200 and now we have credit for our next vacation.

[FrannyK]

Yes, this happened to us in July. We reserved our Southwest flight at $230/per person and three days later it went down to $190/pp. Just went back to website and clicked on "change flights," put in exact same flights, and ended up w/a $160 credit. The only caveat is you have to use this credit within one year from original reservation date (not trip date).

[Jacky4]

The only caveat is you have to use this credit within one year from original reservation date (not trip date).

 

If I remember correctly last year my mother had a Southwest credit that was about to expire so my sister book a flight online and typed in the booking # of my mother's credit and it allowed her to use the credit towards her flight. They don't have the same name and live in different states.

[FrannyK]

If I remember correctly last year my mother had a Southwest credit that was about to expire so my sister book a flight online and typed in the booking # of my mother's credit and it allowed her to use the credit towards her flight. They don't have the same name and live in different states.

 

WOW--that is great info to know! I will keep this in mind!

[KAWS]

Sure wish the other airlines would follow suit and do this. I booked on Air Canada and the price went up $200 pp within four days. This was almost a year out too! Called AC and talked to them, the supervisor, and wrote to them and still they wouldn't budge.

 

Then when I found out that I had mistakenly booked the wrong week for my cruise (don't ask - it was stupidity on my part), I had to change the flights and got inferior connections (had direct before) and still wound up having to pay over $200 for the luxury of changing them.

[traveler/]

Yes, with SWest you can rebook the flight and receive a credit towards another flight which must be used within 1 year of original booking date. I just did this with a flight from HOU Hobby 1 way in December and received a $48 credit.

Also consider adding SW DING feature. Alerts every day about specials.

[kathyr]

Thank you for the info regarding S.West- I just redid our tickets for an upcoming crusie and have a 200.00 credit for next YEAR!!!

thank you again,

kathyr

[travelntreats]

Thank you for the info regarding S.West- I just redid our tickets for an upcoming crusie and have a 200.00 credit for next YEAR!!!

 

thank you again,

 

kathyr

Just remember that the credit you have is good for 1 year from the ORIGINAL departure date you cancelled.....