I had an old Southwest Award Credit valid for a one-way trip. It was set to expire on November 4th, so I began to look for flights to book in the next week or so for future travel. What I quickly learned was that the ticket had to be purchased for a flight that took place prior to the expiration! Well, that wouldn’t work.
So how do you extend your Southwest Awards? Airtran and Southwest are in the process of merging, but have not completed the process. So you can transfer Southwest credits to Airtran and then back to Southwest.
Why would one want to do this? I transferred a one-way credit for 8 Airtran A+ Credits:
I then transferred back to Southwest Credits:
If you do this with a round-trip ticket, you will extend the expiration date by a year! If you only have a one-way, you will have to spend just over 9,100 points to “buy” a second one-way and receive a round-trip reward. That’s what I wound up doing. End result? Extending that award by 12 months. Not bad!
Award extended for an entire year!
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