Need idea/help getting A-List before Y/E (Shy 1 flight/2k points)...
Dec 16, 2018, 6:12 am
#1
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Need idea/help getting A-List before Y/E (Shy 1 flight/2k points)...
In short, I have taken 24 flights this year and need only 1 more before year-end but have no travel plans. Also, I have 33,035 of the 35,000 points required.
Unfortunately, I can't apply for SW credit card and don't have an active one at present.
Any suggestions on how else I can meet the requirement before year-end?
Unfortunately, I can't apply for SW credit card and don't have an active one at present.
Any suggestions on how else I can meet the requirement before year-end?
Dec 16, 2018, 7:07 am
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In short, I have taken 24 flights this year and need only 1 more before year-end but have no travel plans. Also, I have 33,035 of the 35,000 points required.
Unfortunately, I can't apply for SW credit card and don't have an active one at present.
Any suggestions on how else I can meet the requirement before year-end?
Unfortunately, I can't apply for SW credit card and don't have an active one at present.
Any suggestions on how else I can meet the requirement before year-end?
In the deep past there have been some promos for Tier points, but have not heard of any for years.
Dec 16, 2018, 7:13 am
#4
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Dec 16, 2018, 8:17 am
#5
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It’s been an option the past few years. Buying TQP’s for 2019 A-list
It’s also insanely expensive.
But it is an option for some folks, though I did not get that email and I do not see it in my account under “promotions.”
Dec 16, 2018, 10:44 am
#7
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Just a reminder for if you decide to fly, you can book two one ways and use points (if you have them) for the return flight. No need to spend cash for two segments when you only need one.
Or, of course, if you want to take a new year's trip leaving in December and returning in January, you could book two paid one ways and have one segment count for 2018 and one for 2019.
Speaking of new year's, if you do book a round trip, make sure you don't time it so that you fly out in December and return in January. I believe both segments would end up credited to 2019, defeating the whole purpose.
Or, of course, if you want to take a new year's trip leaving in December and returning in January, you could book two paid one ways and have one segment count for 2018 and one for 2019.
Speaking of new year's, if you do book a round trip, make sure you don't time it so that you fly out in December and return in January. I believe both segments would end up credited to 2019, defeating the whole purpose.
Dec 16, 2018, 11:25 am
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Searching OPs post history ("help me with this, help me with that" 
), it looks like he's in Tampa. You could do TPA-FLL-TPA on 12/30 or 12/31 for ~$100 and 7,000 points on either day with short layover, could get it done in 3 hours total. Do it on 12/31 at night and watch the fireworks from the sky!
Could also do the same thru ATL on 12/23, 12/25, 12/29
), it looks like he's in Tampa. You could do TPA-FLL-TPA on 12/30 or 12/31 for ~$100 and 7,000 points on either day with short layover, could get it done in 3 hours total. Do it on 12/31 at night and watch the fireworks from the sky!Could also do the same thru ATL on 12/23, 12/25, 12/29
Dec 16, 2018, 11:43 am
#9
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I know points don't post until you complete travel of both segments but are segments posted the same way for sure? I can't check it's been years since I booked a round trip.
Dec 16, 2018, 11:50 am
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Points or cash. No big difference in value. I have family that wants to use my points since they are "free". They seem to miss the fact that when I run out of points that THEY used, I then have to pay cash.
It does make a difference when working on A-List - cash is king in that case. I would surely book one way segments though. And, in the above scenario, if the OP just wants to get that trip and not stay anyway, book a return flight an hour or two after arriving in FLL.
It does make a difference when working on A-List - cash is king in that case. I would surely book one way segments though. And, in the above scenario, if the OP just wants to get that trip and not stay anyway, book a return flight an hour or two after arriving in FLL.
Dec 16, 2018, 1:48 pm
#11
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Maybe someone flying a year end round trip this year can let us know how it ends up posting.
Dec 16, 2018, 3:46 pm
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Then again, if you travel solo and really do not care too much about boarding order, or last minute changes... A-List would not be worth anything.
Dec 16, 2018, 5:16 pm
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You could log in here and see if Southwest gives you an offer for purchasing the remaining TQP though my guess is that it'd be at least several hundred dollars (and more expensive than a single flight): https://www.southwest.com/account/ra...uy-tier-points