change of plan-options
Aug 21, 2012, 1:57 am
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Dublin,Ireland and Nice France
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change of plan-options
Hi folks,
Sorry for the noobie question.
I've a flight in november,a basic sale fare,that I won't now need on this trip.
Can I park it for a year? And if so is it a year from the original booking or from the original date of flying?
Can the full value of it go into a credit file(like virgin does) for accessing at another new booking?
If so how does that work?
(Unfortunately,the flyertalk mobile app doesn't work well with search as it sends you to the web,rather than inside this app.Same with links in the app)
Thanks in advance
Sorry for the noobie question.
I've a flight in november,a basic sale fare,that I won't now need on this trip.
Can I park it for a year? And if so is it a year from the original booking or from the original date of flying?
Can the full value of it go into a credit file(like virgin does) for accessing at another new booking?
If so how does that work?
(Unfortunately,the flyertalk mobile app doesn't work well with search as it sends you to the web,rather than inside this app.Same with links in the app)
Thanks in advance
Aug 21, 2012, 2:39 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 75
Hi folks,
Sorry for the noobie question.
I've a flight in november,a basic sale fare,that I won't now need on this trip.
Can I park it for a year? And if so is it a year from the original booking or from the original date of flying?
Can the full value of it go into a credit file(like virgin does) for accessing at another new booking?
If so how does that work?
(Unfortunately,the flyertalk mobile app doesn't work well with search as it sends you to the web,rather than inside this app.Same with links in the app)
Thanks in advance
Sorry for the noobie question.
I've a flight in november,a basic sale fare,that I won't now need on this trip.
Can I park it for a year? And if so is it a year from the original booking or from the original date of flying?
Can the full value of it go into a credit file(like virgin does) for accessing at another new booking?
If so how does that work?
(Unfortunately,the flyertalk mobile app doesn't work well with search as it sends you to the web,rather than inside this app.Same with links in the app)
Thanks in advance
Next time, when you purchase a new ticket, you can apply the travel fund (along with any SW gift card or LUV vouchers) during the checkout/payment process.
If you cancel a trip in which you paid with two (or more) travel funds with different expiration dates, the resulting new TF will have the expiration of the oldest fund.
Aug 21, 2012, 2:31 pm
#4
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
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The travel fund is identified by the original confirmation code.
Buy one-way, one-person tickets. That minimizes the mixing of new and old money, since mixed money becomes old money, with the earlier expiration date. There are other reasons to book one-way tickets, primarily ease of replacing one direction only with a lower fare.
Buy one-way, one-person tickets. That minimizes the mixing of new and old money, since mixed money becomes old money, with the earlier expiration date. There are other reasons to book one-way tickets, primarily ease of replacing one direction only with a lower fare.
Aug 21, 2012, 4:26 pm
#6
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These funds are tied specifically to the person on the original ticket.
Aug 23, 2012, 3:54 am
#7
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 75
It's not written as a policy, buy Southwest allows extension of 6 months for an expired Travel fund, with a $75 fee deducted from the expired TF. The remaining funds is issued as a Voucher, which can be used by anyone.