Who sends email? Southwest or Costco?
Sounds great for your family. In our case it is a nightmare - canceled direct flight and now option with 5 or 6 hours flights or risking to be stranded in Atlanta overnight with 45 minutes connection… We usually do not fly Southwest. Our preferred are Spirit and Delta to Atlanta (going to GaTech for the oldest has 0 problems from BWI), and Play airline for Europe (BWI again). Southwest is not that big in DC area…
Costco sends sale emails. And even if they didn’t, my wife would likely find on a banner on their website as she goes on a lot.
Not Southwest…they don’t discuss this.
All airlines cancel flights - it happens. My daughter’s BF was flying United yesterday and got cancelled. His company rebooked at $1500 on Delta.
Sometimes they happen months early like yours or times change. In this case, airlines are optimizing schedules.
Southwest is dominant at BWI and has their own terminal if I remember at DCA. Not the one the train goes to - you have to take a bus.
There is no perfect airline.
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Thanks. It looks I do not get any emails from Costco except with their Visa. Not sure that it worth with all junk emails that I already get :).
You might not be on their overall list - it’s the coupon book list i think…not sure.
i get so much crap i can’t keep my head straight - tens of deletes every night. at work too.
I will rely on you to get the next announcement about sale 
$430 for a $500 Southwest giftcard on costco.com through 10/13.
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I have seen the flight attendants actually stop this when boarding is happening. The early bird person is supposed to take ONE seat for themselves…and the flight attendants have been very firm on that on a number of flights.
Back to the subject of this thread….do these SW gift cards ever go on sale at BJs? We are not Costco members.
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Im not a SW fan and wont fly it unless absolutely necessary. Even if you check in exactly 24 hours, you’ll probably get B 30-60 - that’s been my experience. We just flew SW to see Vanderbilt because they had a non-stop t0 Nashville (flew American on way home).
Paid the $20 per person for early bird and we were still A49 and 50. That tells me if we did normal check in, we wouldve probably been B 30 and up.
Also, they didnt have any phone chargers in their seats and the worst part IMO are all the people who need “special assistance” to get on first. There were probably 10 people and none of them needed a wheel chair when we landed but got to pre-board ahead of everyone else. They call it the “Southwest miracle”.
A1-15 are always blocked for the SW version of ‘first class’ even if no one uses them. The early bird are then assigned in the order you buy them with your ticket (or later). SW credit card holders get 2 free early birds per year so they are taking up some. Also, I got a status upgrade until Dec of this year, and I think that gets me A boarding. Lots of people getting priority.
They do let those needing help (elderly, handicapped) and military board before the A’s, and you don’t need to be in a wheelchair. My mother took a wheelchair to the gate but could walk onto the plane herself. She took her last flights at age 87. My brother has only one leg and he gets on first because he likes to sit in the first row with his artificial leg away from the aisle (unless he gets a really low boarding place and then he likes to sit in the exit row, which he can’t do if he boards before the As).
I like SW. My biggest complaint is that they don’t enforce the ‘family boarding’ rules. Families with children under 4 (not 10 year olds) get to board before the Bs, but it is only supposed to be ONE adult and ONE child, not the whole extended family of 10 people. I’ve been on flights from Orlando when 30 or 40 people got on before the Bs.
Thank you. I almost missed it again!
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it’s not a bash southwest chain
Yes A1-15 is rarely used. I’m A List Preferred - so I’m always 16-30.
In the end, they get you there.
If you’re B30 or Below, you’ll 99% of the time get the aisle or window you want.
On other airlines - you pay for a seat.
Southwest is a convenience depending on where you live - in Nashville, they fly most everywhere - even Portland Maine non stop or I’m flying home from SLC on Sunday.
For those who can make it work - it’s a smokin’ deal.
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An extra 5% cash back with the Chase Freedom cards this quarter too for wholesale club purchases. Using one of those would save an additional $21.50 (at the very least; it depends on how you use UR points) per $500 SW gift card.
The flexibility with SW is unparalleled: travel funds no longer expire, and Wanna Get Away Plus fares can be transferred to another person who has a SW RR account. If you cancel 10 minutes before boarding, you get back the full amount paid as travel funds.
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Thanks for letting us know about this! I just saved some money on a definite upcoming trip.
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Shoot. That one I totally forgot…
It’s back $429. But $399 on Sams Club.
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