Originally Posted by
dealhunter32
When you book a normal Southwest ticket it fills in the information from your Rapid Rewards profile under "Who's Flying?" for Passenger 1. This information can be changed. With the Companion Pass, based on responses here it seems changing any of the information for Passenger 1 would block the companion pass from being used. Is that right?
Booking a ticket and using the Companion Pass are two distinct and different things. You can buy a ticket with cash or points for just about anyone you please. That's why it lets you change the info for passenger 1.
None of that in any way affects who "owns" the Companion Pass. That's a separate transaction.
Originally Posted by
dealhunter32
However, Southwest is fine with you booking award tickets for other people with your points as long as the CP is not used?
Hopefully you are no longer confused. Again, booking for someone else and using the CP are two entirely different things. They are different benefits and used in different ways.
Originally Posted by
dealhunter32
If you would have read what I wrote I was identifying that Southwest had prevented that loophole already.
Obviously the consensus is that I am an scammer from the regular commentators here. This is pretty sad for asking a legitimate question. I suppose everyone here would argue it is not a legitimate question. But then you have the same members of this forum running scams and committing crimes in the money laundering forum (e.g., manufactured spending).
The terms and conditions for the CP state that it is earned by the Member and to use it the member and the companion must be traveling together.
I think what you are asking is if Jim Smith earns the CP, can Jim Smith then call Southwest and say "I'd like to change the name on my RR account to Tim Jones. Oh, and by the way, my birthdate is changing too." The name change could happen and I suspect that WN would probably want to see a copy of a legal document showing the name change, if they'll even do it. The birthdate I would think would be a problem.
The reason you are seeing responses that might imply some scamming is not because you asked the question (nothing wrong with asking if you don't know the answer). It's because you then came at it from some other angles and talked about loopholes and wouldn't seem to accept that you cannot do what it seems you are asking.
And just to be clear, manufactured spending is neither a scam nor money laundering. Buying a $1000 worth of groceries or a $1000 worth of gift cards are both legitimate purchases. Nothing in law or credit card rules says that I can only do one or the other. Neither is there anything that prevents me from cashing out those gift cards if I choose to do so.