People often ask what the value of Standard Awards is. I have a perfect illustration.

I found out yesterday my wife and I have to attend a funeral across the country on Friday.

Yesterday evening I was able to book 3 of the 4 flights on Standard Awards and the remaining one using Airtran A+Biz. The cost is equivalent to 48,000 points. The lowest available fares would have been $1,581 or 145,862 points.

This morning when I checked and discovered some new lower points fares for one of the flights. I could cancel the Airtran Flight and book a different Southwest flight for about 12,500 points. I may do that and save the Airtran credits for future Standard Awards.

I just thought you might be interested.