That is not what I was told when I just called the airline...

Who ya' gonna believe? One lightly trained CSR or the experts here on FT?

https://support.southwest.com/helpce...ansfer-as-well

I did do a google search after I spoke with her and came up with the info that as long as we rebook it will transfer. Guess the agent I spoke to has some learning to do. Thank you again for your help. Will try to go towards the end of the month.

EBCI transfers with the flight change.

For future flights, if you have companion pass you only need to purchase one EBCI ( for the holder) and the companion will board after you.

If you don't have CP save a seat, assuming one person wants a middle and you sit row 8 or further back I doubt anybody is going to cause an uproar

If you do it more than 25 hours before flight. (Otherwise it has already triggered.) That catch bit me once.

I never book refundable fares unless that is the only option. The suggestions (above and below) were for preserving your EBCI purchase and for the thousands of others who may face similar issues in the future. Looks like you got your answer. A little gratitude would be in order.

I am truly sorry I was not more repentant and grateful. I suppose my husband having heart surgery was on my mind. He got home today so I can now apologize.

There's no need to appease harsh posters. Have faith that virtually all readers ignore those posts. Best practice is not to respond to provocation, so the provocateurs will get bored and go elsewhere.

However if you want to sling mud, you can do that in the Peanut Gallery thread.

I was in the hospital for two weeks and three months in recovery, I can assure you recovering non refundable fees was last on my wife�s mind. Pretty sure my simply staying alive was her priority.

No gratitude is owed to snarky drive-by comments which amount to "You agreed to a contract of adhesion with a multibillion dollar publicly traded company; if you don't like it, build your own airline". It's the most common trope on FT and the dumbest.

EBCI and BA's policy of charging for seat selection is where having status pays off. I have never, and would never, pay for EBCI, as my travel plans change frequently and I can't stomach losing the funds for something that may not pay off.

I booked several BA flights and it was well worth having One World elite status to be able to book seats for free. The $60 to $105 cost to select a seat without status on BA was hard to stomach before I gained OW status, given how frequently I might switch flights and schedules.

What's nice on AA is they reserve some preferred seats for elites until the day of travel, so an elite like me still has some hope of a not horrible seat if I were to switch for any reason. However, on the flip side of the coin, on popular flights many of the good seats are gone in advance, such as a flight next week where I was originally way back of the plane, but managed to move up as someone else changed their flights and freed up their preferred seat.