Husband and wife combining Westjet dollars for a single trip?
Aug 9, 2017, 1:28 pm
#1
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Husband and wife combining Westjet dollars for a single trip?
My husband and I both have Westjet $ that expire next year. He has many more than me and we would like to use them on one trip.
Can we combine them on a booking where both of us are flying?
thanks!
Can we combine them on a booking where both of us are flying?
thanks!
Aug 9, 2017, 7:05 pm
#2
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Mar 1, 2018, 11:57 pm
#3
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Can anyone let me know if combining dollars has actually worked? I called in last night and the agent told me my boyfriend and I couldn't combine our dollars (him: about $400, me: $60) and that I could only use my own $60 to cover my flight. I was too tired to HUCA (over an hour wait!) but I'm just curious what other people's outcomes have been calling in?
I ended up booking online through my boyfriend's account and we were able to come out $50 cheaper than had we booked separately (which was what the phone agent suggested).
I ended up booking online through my boyfriend's account and we were able to come out $50 cheaper than had we booked separately (which was what the phone agent suggested).
Mar 2, 2018, 7:27 am
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Can anyone let me know if combining dollars has actually worked? I called in last night and the agent told me my boyfriend and I couldn't combine our dollars (him: about $400, me: $60) and that I could only use my own $60 to cover my flight. I was too tired to HUCA (over an hour wait!) but I'm just curious what other people's outcomes have been calling in?
Mar 2, 2018, 8:41 am
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I've had no issues calling in and using the dollars from our family's multiple accounts to buy tickets for me, my wife and kids all travelling together. The limitation that the agents always tell me is that they will only permit a maximum of two methods of payment for any one passenger - i.e. credit card and WJ$.
Mar 2, 2018, 9:57 am
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Mar 2, 2018, 11:26 am
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I've had no issues calling in and using the dollars from our family's multiple accounts to buy tickets for me, my wife and kids all travelling together. The limitation that the agents always tell me is that they will only permit a maximum of two methods of payment for any one passenger - i.e. credit card and WJ$. So you can use anyone's WJ$ to pay for someone else's ticket, but I don't think you can use WJ$ from more than one account on the same ticket, as you will still have to use a credit card to pay the taxes that the WJ$ won't cover. Hypothetically in your case, I imagine you could use your boyfriend's dollars to pay for your ticket, but you couldn't use BOTH his dollars AND your dollars towards your ticket.
Mar 8, 2018, 10:52 am
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We recently booked family tickets and I was allowed to use my WJ$ to pay for my son's companion ticket although he was travelling with my husband not me. So for that transaction, we used a CC to pay for the taxes and fees, dh's WJ$ to pay for his ticket, and my WJ$ to pay for my son's fare. I was surprised. Different tickets on the same transaction with a total of 3 payment types, but only two payment types applied to each ticket. But I wouldn't have been allowed to use some of my WJ$ to pay for a ticket that was already using some of dh's WJ$.