Old-style RR round trip awards, speculation about expiry/reinstatement?
Aug 22, 2015, 1:48 pm
#1
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Old-style RR round trip awards, speculation about expiry/reinstatement?
These have always been able to be renewed after expiry with a fee, since inception, even though Southwest never officially acknowledged it.
Any ideas on whether it will happen this year? My email query to Southwest just got a form-letter non answer. I've got quite a few of these and don't really want to roll the dice on losing them. I was a little overzealous in turning points into awards.
Any ideas on whether it will happen this year? My email query to Southwest just got a form-letter non answer. I've got quite a few of these and don't really want to roll the dice on losing them. I was a little overzealous in turning points into awards.
Aug 23, 2015, 10:50 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
Pretty sure they want all of those old Standard Awards gone as soon as they can. Anyone who has one now created it after RR 2.0 started by transferring Airtran credits. In about 2 months the only ones still remaining will have been manfactured using seeds created for that purpose.
Aug 27, 2015, 7:37 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2003
Location: VA
Programs: Marriott: LTP
Posts: 387
That leaves 1- OW ticket that expires in May left.
Aug 27, 2015, 7:58 pm
#7
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Yes, availability does seem to improve a bit in the last week before travel. A useful trick is to book the flight you want with points (or even cash) and swap for a standard award if and when you can.