travelfam7700

(I figured I would start a new topic, sorry to bombard.)

I am booking 2 round trip tickets. Between my husband and I, we have enough points for each of us to get one way free. Two questions:

1. It seems like we need to each book two one way tickets, since we only have enough to cover part of our trip in points, is that true? So we would pay one way in points, and one way with cash.
2. I am shy by about 50 points to cover my ticket, whereas my husband has several thousand more than me. Does he need to transfer some points to me? Or can we somehow use his login and access my account when booking tickets for both of us and combine our pool? (I hope my question makes sense). Or is there an easier way?

Thanks again!

NoStressHere

Booking one ways makes things easier, so I would do that. Just makes everything easier.

Unless you have certain Chase/SWA cards, transfers can be expensive.

You say you are short 50 points. Prices change often and if you check again you may see that rates went up or maybe down.

NextTrip

He can book a ticket for you with his points.

travelfam7700

He doesn't have enough to cover both of us, unfortunately. He has 12k and I have 7k. The tickets are in the 7k range.

m907

There are ways to accrue small amounts of points through their survey panel and online shopping portal. I don't know how long it takes though.

joshua362

This might be one of those rare cases when it makes sense to buy a small amount of points

travelfam7700

Conclusion! It ended up being cheapest to spend $20 for him to transfer 2000 points to me (cheaper than me purchasing the same amount for $60). The transfer went through instantly and I was able to get both of our one way tickets for free! Very happy with that.

Now for our return visit, I am very tempted to use Spirit. It is nearly 50% of the price of SWA, even with us paying for luggage.

pgh234

Get a few WN credit cards and companion passes. It makes this calculus so much easier. I never run out of WN points. Lol