Southwest has cut the amount of points you earn by flying with them by a lot for Wanna Get Away fares.
| Prior | Now |
|---|---|
| Wanna Get Away – 6pts per $1 | Wanna Get Away – 2pts per $1 |
| Wanna Get Away Plus – 8pts per $1 | Wanna Get Away Plus – 6pts per $1 |
| Anytime – 10pts per $ | Anytime – 10pts per $1 |
| Business Select – 12pts per $1 | Business Select – 14pts per $1 |
To make the changes even worse the earning rates affect flights that have already been purchased that haven’t occurred yet.
Hat tip to bazingy-benedictus
It’s over Johnny, It’s Over ! 😠Southwest cutting spree!
Did you really think this comment was so funny that you had to repeat it in three separate SW posts?
Just received an email that Southwest is going to start charging for checked bags.
Starting 5/28 only A-list preferred and those paying for business select seating will get 2 free checked bags. A-list and those who have a Southwest credit card will get 1 free checked bag. All others will pay.
Those 3 month free companion offers comes with a cost =X
So if ticket prices remain the same this increased the price of WGA 5.2%?
this is why airline status is crap unless you get it automatic with a credit card. Go with the cheapest is usually the best for average traveler. Transfering points from a travel card.
#SouthWorst
Southwest’s new slogan: We’re still better than Spirit.
Much of the time I was doing WGA+ for the free same day change privileges anyway (just book the cheapest flight of the day and change it to the flight you want the morning of, if you don’t have issues with a middle seat, which I normally don’t since I fly Southwest for flights shorter than 2 hours). I earned most of my points from Chase transfers and not from flying, and I think most people earned more points from the card.
But you risk not being able to get on the flight you want if it is sold out
True, but on the days I fly I almost never get a sold out flight, and I generally fly city pairs with eight flights or more a day. I wish Southwest would treat alternate airports as the same city, which would be handy for SFO/OAK/SJC or LAX/LGB/BUR/SNA/ONT where I am indifferent to what airport I land at, but oh well.
wait…. it’s the same price?????
, I don’t fly SW much since they are domestic only. on my return flight on southwest recently, maybe 60 passengers in whole flight, 40 of them were either sitting on wheelchairs or with fake knee plaster to board early. once they got in, all of them stretched their legs and exited upon landing without any issue.
Somehow I have the feeling that Tim is not an accurate reporter.
Probably not, as the number of gate lice was likely closer to 50 than 40.
Southwest is the only one who can get away with this…! Literally getting away from a near plane crash with another plane