Originally Posted by
rsteinmetz70112
There does seem to be a small grace period at least for A-List and A-List preferred. I have flown on January 1 and 2 and received A-List benefits which were more than I was technically entitled to. I'm not sure how it works. I think it may be when your boarding position is assigned before the end of the year. The same thing may apply to CP. I'm pretty sure January 3 is too late.
I'd be interested in other's experiences.
Essentially the same as yours.
As best as I can recall, it seems like there was historically a bit more "slack" in truing-up the A/A+ status from old year to new than what has been reported with CP EOW expiration.
Given that for the most part CP bookings occur in-advance of the travel date(s) and that EOW is typically busy, SWA's automation also seemed pretty much on-point when it comes to booking a Companion year-end/year-beginning overlap.... all SWA IT jokes temporarily aside for the moment
There was a period a few years back (prior to the FL assimilation) where the EOW resetting of RR accounts took several days and was often quite messy. As best as my old memory can recall, the past couple of years have been pretty uneventful in that regard (relatively speaking).