Standby List Order now shows in App
Feb 23, 2018, 8:25 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 41
Standby List Order now shows in App
Maybe this has always been there but I just noticed this today when trying for a standby on an earlier flight today. The SWA app on the iPhone alerted me that I was on the standby for the earlier flight and what my number was on the list was. Has this always been there?
Waitlist order
Homepage in app
Waitlist order
Homepage in app
Feb 27, 2018, 2:43 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
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Feb 28, 2018, 12:26 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 438
Correct, during the test only worked if you were flying between two test cities such as DAL-SAT.
But as the user above pointed out, as of today all stations are live! Still only works in the area around the airport.
But as the user above pointed out, as of today all stations are live! Still only works in the area around the airport.
Feb 28, 2018, 3:06 pm
#9
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,240
Yup, can confirm that I can see it right now at a station that wasn't one of the initial test sites. You do need to allow the app to use your location though (in case you're like me and disable the app location by default). One nit pick downside is that it doesn't seem like there's an automatic refresh, or pull down to refresh ability on the standby list - you have to close the standby list page then re-open it again .[EDIT - I was wrong on that, you can pull down to refresh]. But I'm just glad that it's finally part of the app now! I feel more comfortable walking around the terminal while waiting to see if I clear or not. (Also pleasantly surprised to see a Southwest IT "improvement" that so far seems to be working!)
Last edited by ryw; Feb 28, 2018 at 3:20 pm
Feb 28, 2018, 5:20 pm
#10
Join Date: Oct 2001
Programs: LTP, PP
Posts: 8,698
Utterly shocked that a non revenue generating IT enhancement made it to the top of the production list so fast! My only guess is great pressure from the employee union so standby-ers would stop pestering the gate agents repeatedly...