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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 8:50 pm
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Originally Posted by nsx
Southwest's annual report says 15% of awards expire unused. Seems high to me, but FTers are atypical. Another problem with this figure is that Southwest allows you to revive an expired award, even long afterwards, for a $50 fee.
I would argue that way more than 15% of the issued credits expire because of the 16 credit requirement for the award ticket within a 12 month period.

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