Sam's Club Members: $500 Southwest Gift Card

dirtpeople

Apr 25, 2025 3:00 PM

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I got 2 $500 southwest like for 430 when they first had sale in 2023 year end.. I eneded up not travelling and stuck with them.. its like loosing 5% APR interest on 1000 the more I hold on to it.. but will have to somehow use it in near fiture... I rem when I see this deal..

You only spent $860, so you're not losing 5% on $1k.

Your interest on $860 would't be anywhere near the $140 savings yet, so you're still up. Go book a flight(s). Opportunity cost is one thing, and everyone loses on idle cash at the rate of inflation.

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dirtpeople

Apr 25, 2025 3:30 PM

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Glad Southwest is getting rid of included bags, I don't think carry-on passengers should subsidize checked bags.

Conversely, I'd like an airline to experiment by disallowing carry-ons altogether or charging extra. Carry-on passengers are the reason it's such a time suck to board and deplane. They should have to stand in the jetway and hand cash to all those who walk off wtihout a carry on. Perspective.

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MikeG69

Apr 25, 2025 3:40 PM

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Conveniently starts 7 days after Southwest will begin to charge for bags

Incorrect information. You are off by 1 month.
Per SWA website.
We will not charge standard checked bag fees for your first or second checked bag for any reservations booked and ticketed or changed on or before May 27, 2025

DrRad

Apr 25, 2025 3:41 PM

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Quote from dirtpeople

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Conversely, I'd like an airline to experiment by disallowing carry-ons altogether or charging extra. Carry-on passengers are the reason it's such a time suck to board and deplane. They should have to stand in the jetway and hand cash to all those who walk off wtihout a carry on. Perspective.

Wouldn't really make sense. Even when a plane is boarded and ready the tower still hasn't given the green light to taxi. No time would be saved. Even deplaning time wouldn't be faster because people still exit row by row (and still wait to collect bags). Now if they have the option to priority deboard to select passengers without any luggage, I'd be all over it.

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dirtpeople

Apr 25, 2025 4:16 PM

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Wouldn't really make sense. Even when a plane is boarded and ready the tower still hasn't given the green light to taxi. No time would be saved. Even deplaning time wouldn't be faster because people still exit row by row (and still wait to collect bags). Now if they have the option to priority deboard to select passengers without any luggage, I'd be all over it.

Makes all sorts of sense. Ground control is not a factor because it's a constant in all equations. That's out of everyone's control. But boarding time could be reduced by what, 5-10 minutes, meaning they wouldn't need to start boarding as early. The variable is even greater when deplaning because people are constantly moving up/back the aisle trying to access their carryons from the overheads, because we all know space might not be readily available in someone's direct overhead. And flying economy there's always those girls whose personal item is as big as their carry-on, and then they're fumbling with their sharper image neck pillow, hoodie, and whatever creature home comforts they needed while on the flight. If you fly with any regularity you know exactly what I'm talking about. Deplaning is the worst part of flying if you're anywhere behind the wings. But as I've gotten older, my seats have moved closer to the front of the plane. I do agree that if they had select seating and deplaning of some sort for luggage-less passengers, I'd be all over it. My trips to Hawaii are almost carefree these days, backpack under the seat, deplane quickly, and the Turo ride is waiting for me at the curb. Life is hard sometimes.

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108man

Apr 25, 2025 7:44 PM

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To each their own.

I'm agreeing with you here. No reason to for that response.

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bjamm

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Conveniently starts 7 days after Southwest will begin to charge for bags

Must book before May 28th. Anything booked before will have current free bags

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jomarrod

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You should be able to apply a gift card as payment for packages that are booked directly through Disney. I use them as a way to get a discount on annual passes (which are so stupidly expensive that any little bit helps!)...

How many of these Disney GC are you allowed to use for the purchase of annual passes, per transaction?

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Kumicho

Apr 28, 2025 3:07 PM

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Quote from dirtpeople

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Conversely, I'd like an airline to experiment by disallowing carry-ons altogether or charging extra. Carry-on passengers are the reason it's such a time suck to board and deplane. They should have to stand in the jetway and hand cash to all those who walk off wtihout a carry on. Perspective.

Southwest accomplished this by offering free checked bags, since it encouraged people to check their luggage. Their overhead bins were always FAR less crowded and getting on/off the plane always took far less time than when I've flown other airlines. Part of the easy of getting on was their open seating, which is also going away...

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Kumicho

Apr 28, 2025 3:25 PM

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KumichoApr 28, 2025 3:25 PM

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Quote from DrRad

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Wouldn't really make sense. Even when a plane is boarded and ready the tower still hasn't given the green light to taxi. No time would be saved. Even deplaning time wouldn't be faster because people still exit row by row (and still wait to collect bags). Now if they have the option to priority deboard to select passengers without any luggage, I'd be all over it.

Southwest has the quickest turnaround times in the industry, and prior CEOs had stated that getting rid of checked bags would cost the airline because it would have cost more money in time lost than it would have brought in in baggage fees.
I hope that Southwest fails miserably in all of this so it's a lesson to any other company who wants to try to piss off all of it's customers in search of a slightly higher profit margin.

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DrRad

Apr 28, 2025 3:37 PM

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Southwest has the quickest turnaround times in the industry, and prior CEOs had stated that getting rid of checked bags would cost the airline because it would have cost more money in time lost than it would have brought in in baggage fees.
I hope that Southwest fails miserably in all of this so it's a lesson to any other company who wants to try to piss off all of it's customers in search of a slightly higher profit margin.

That was true when they hedged on fuel costs. That ship has sailed. They'll save way more now by not having to carry an extra 50-100lbs per passenger and getting people to pay more. They'll also capture more value passengers by competing with Spirit/Frontier. I'm excited about their future.

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bollingerr

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How many of these Disney GC are you allowed to use for the purchase of annual passes, per transaction?

The cards can be combined on Disney's gift card site, up to $1000 per card. Multiple gift cards may be used to purchase annual passes, but you will need to call in and have a cast member "ring you out" as opposed to checking out online (which has a limit of 1 gift cards may per transaction).

Kumicho

Apr 28, 2025 4:41 PM

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That was true when they hedged on fuel costs. That ship has sailed. They'll save way more now by not having to carry an extra 50-100lbs per passenger and getting people to pay more. They'll also capture more value passengers by competing with Spirit/Frontier. I'm excited about their future.

Lol, they're specifically trying to charge people WAY more money to fly. That's why they're implementing all of these changes, they're trying to compete with AAL, Delta, UA, etc. Unfortunately they're losing all of their folksy charm that people put up with because they didn't charge extra for bags, or have first-class seating, or different boarding groups that purposefully make you feel bad for booking a cheaper fare. I'm pretty sure their number of passengers is going to go down, it just depends on whether the fact they're charging people more will make up for it or not.
I used to drive an extra hour to fly Southwest because they were different than the other big 3. Now? I just checked flights for Thanksgiving and they're just as much as everybody else, and will have the bullshit bags, assigned seating, etc. Why the heck would I keep flying Southwest if they're no better than anyone else??

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dirtpeople

Apr 28, 2025 4:53 PM

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Quote from Kumicho

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Southwest accomplished this by offering free checked bags, since it encouraged people to check their luggage. Their overhead bins were always FAR less crowded and getting on/off the plane always took far less time than when I've flown other airlines. Part of the easy of getting on was their open seating, which is also going away...

Don't know when the last time or how often you fly, but there's virtually no difference between SW and any other airline that includes carry-ons as part of the fare. I've seen no difference between Jetblue, Alaska, SW, American, etc. and the carry on situation when boarding or deplaning, unless the flights are half empty. I will say I fly American the least, so take that for what it's worth, and when I fly, seems like my routes tend to be full. People don't want to go to baggage carousels if they don't have to.

SW's problems go far beyond the actual plane experience- it's an outdated business model and they had abicus-wielding drunk monkeys running their paper tiger operations behind the scenes. Niceties get a company so far. When you become beholden to investors you get what you pay for. As a customer, I'm not pissed.

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Kumicho

Apr 28, 2025 6:46 PM

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Quote from dirtpeople

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Don't know when the last time or how often you fly, but there's virtually no difference between SW and any other airline that includes carry-ons as part of the fare. I've seen no difference between Jetblue, Alaska, SW, American, etc. and the carry on situation when boarding or deplaning, unless the flights are half empty. I will say I fly American the least, so take that for what it's worth, and when I fly, seems like my routes tend to be full. People don't want to go to baggage carousels if they don't have to. SW's problems go far beyond the actual plane experience- it's an outdated business model and they had abicus-wielding drunk monkeys running their paper tiger operations behind the scenes. Niceties get a company so far. When you become beholden to investors you get what you pay for. As a customer, I'm not pissed.

Not sure, but in my experience it's easily a good ~5-10min quicker when getting off from the middle of the plane. And Southwest itself has credited their "bags fly free" policy with faster loading and unloading times, so it's not just anecdotal.
Southwest was successful because they weren't solely focused on maximizing short-term profits over long-term growth. They didn't have big, splashy profits one quarter, then have to go begging for a bailout from the government the next. They built their business on a dedicated group of customers who loved them and were willing to overlook things like having to travel farther for a flight, older planes, etc. Now they've pissed all that away in the hopes of getting other clients to pay more. Will it work? Who knows. They've definitely lost me as a customer, though.

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