04-12-2018
01:50 PM
04-12-2018
01:50 PM
@Mmck42 wrote: All fair replies, thanks folks. Great to see a healthy forum here. I'm honestly not looking for any special treatment or rule bending, but just wanted to warn others, as I hadn't noticed this on other promotions (Southwest or otherwise...and I just checked Marriott Hotels, for example, who does require one to stay within the promotional period, and register prior to any stays, but NOT to book a stay only after registering - that's a SW one-off as far as I can gather). @DancingDavidE - I did pull ahead two round trip flights to see family to fit within the promotion timeline, and chose Southwest as my (and additional family members) carrier, despite a higher cost. So yes, I did do something differently than I would have otherwise, including gaining a sense of loyalty respect from SW for noticing that in the past 6 months I've been choosing them more often than the other carriers I fly. That's fair @Mmck42, thanks for clarifying. There was another thread on this topic a while back, and there were a lot of people asking a similar question and atlhough many of us thought the intent was certainly new bookings with register then book, the wording wasn't clear and I'm sure you weren't the only one that went ahead with previously scheduled flights. It's too bad that you didn't catch that thread, one of the people called to confirm and had a definitive statement that it was "register then book" and I don't know if they charged ahead without re-booking or not based on the language, or if they re-booked based on that call to Southwest.
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