On Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:49:59 -0500, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 4 Mar 2021 07:46:30 -0800 (PST), trader_4
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On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 1:15:03 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:51:21 -0500,
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:22:04 -0500, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:18:02 -0500,
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:34:24 -0500, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 03 Mar 2021 01:37:49 -0500,
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On Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:35:36 -0500, micky
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OT but not politics

Last year I made a plane reservation to see my brother in Florida.

Southwest.

After I canceled it they said I had a year to use the money.

IIRC, not all the airlines make it that simple, but what do I know.

It's getting on to a year, so today I looked it up on their website, and
they had extended the expiration from March 10 to September 10, without
my doing anything. A friend had the same thing happen to her. Because
of Corona, I'm sure.

So that's good.

What's not so good is that last night I looked all over the SW website
and couldn't find a trace. It took me a long time even to find Travel
Funds, but there, without the ticket confirmation number, it's just
blankness. No indication there is anything in the fund.

It's not that hard for an organized person to find his email reservation
from a year ago, but it also wouldn't be hard for SW to just tell me
what's in my travel fund. Anyone know why they don't?


It didn't just want my password, which it already required to log in,
but the confirmation number from a particular ticket. So I had to not
just remember what airline it was, but actually find the ticket or other
correspondence to know the confirmation number, from a year ago, more or
less. What would have happened if I'd had a crash and no backup? Or I
was quarantined out of town or unable to re-enter with only my laptop
and the ticket was on the PC at home? Why don't they just tell me
what's in the Travel Fund?

What would have been if I had two or three canceled tickets, I don't
know, but I think you need every confirmation number. And I think they
show each ticket on a separate page, though how you get separate pages,
I don't know. For someone who goes on more than one trip in a month or
has children coming from different directions, etc., very easy to forget
one of your flights and that you have money on deposit and let the year
expire. Or next fall, let the 18 months expire.

And don't forget, they have your money interest-free to use as they
choose, so it's not like they're getting nothing for this.

Did you look at your "points" account?
I never screwed with Southwest, they don't have 1st class but Delta

I'm either too poor for first class, or I think I am. Can't tell which.

I hate flying and 1st class makes it more tolerable. You get through
security faster, board and get out faster, Your bags show up faster,
if there is a problem they treat you better, no bull**** about your
luggage and the flight itself is more comfortable.