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<p>[QUOTE="tmount, post: 814610, member: 152"]</p><p><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/04/image-2.jpeg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/04/image-2.jpeg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></p><p></p><p>I’m not sure how widely known last week’s Southwest Reservation System Issue was, but I did happen to see random mentions about it on twitter. Thinking back to the flight my wife and I took on Sunday where <strong><a href="http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/can-save-seat-southwest/">folks were saving seats rows away with their bags</a>, </strong>I do recall the A List section of the boarding line seemed pretty thin. My wife even commented that she got a worse boarding number than me with no status (hah!), and when she boarded between A and B, that her A List status didn’t even show. Luckily the gate agent was amenable.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><strong>Last Week’s Southwest Reservation System Issue</strong></strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://thepointsguy.com/2017/08/southwest-elites-lose-priority-boarding/"><strong>The Points Guy</strong></a> reported that Southwest had an issue with their reservation system: </p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“As a result, A-List and A-List Preferred members have had to manually check in 24 hours in advance of their flight, resulting in B and C boarding positions. Southwest has since sent out an email to its elite members”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>Even worse, it appears that status has been removed from future reservations as well. So, <strong>check your reservations!</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><strong>Points for Last Week’s Southwest Reservation System Issue</strong></strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>As I mentioned, my wife experienced this issue. At the time, we didn’t really know that it was so widespread. Just figured with <a href="http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwests-reservation-system-upgrade/"><strong>Southwest’s Reservation System Upgrade</strong></a> that there was some gremlin. Learning that it was more widespread, we probably should have called and asked nicely for something. But we didn’t — only so much time in the day. </p><p></p><p>Much to my wife’s surprise, last night she received the below e-mail, coming with it, 1,500 Rapid Rewards points that count toward status!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/08/Southwest-Res-Sys-Outage-1-740x685.png" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/08/Southwest-Res-Sys-Outage-1-740x685.png" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></p><p></p><p>Its not a lot of points, but it is certainly a nice tangible gesture. </p><p></p><p><strong><em>Did you experience any issues with Southwest last weekend? Did you receive a similar e-mail? </em></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/receive-points-last-weeks-southwest-reservation-system-issue/">Continue reading...</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="tmount, post: 814610, member: 152"] [IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/04/image-2.jpeg[/IMG] I’m not sure how widely known last week’s Southwest Reservation System Issue was, but I did happen to see random mentions about it on twitter. Thinking back to the flight my wife and I took on Sunday where [B][URL='http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/can-save-seat-southwest/']folks were saving seats rows away with their bags[/URL], [/B]I do recall the A List section of the boarding line seemed pretty thin. My wife even commented that she got a worse boarding number than me with no status (hah!), and when she boarded between A and B, that her A List status didn’t even show. Luckily the gate agent was amenable. [SIZE=5][B][B]Last Week’s Southwest Reservation System Issue[/B][/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://thepointsguy.com/2017/08/southwest-elites-lose-priority-boarding/'][B]The Points Guy[/B][/URL] reported that Southwest had an issue with their reservation system: [INDENT] “As a result, A-List and A-List Preferred members have had to manually check in 24 hours in advance of their flight, resulting in B and C boarding positions. Southwest has since sent out an email to its elite members” [/INDENT] Even worse, it appears that status has been removed from future reservations as well. So, [B]check your reservations![/B] [SIZE=5][B][B]Points for Last Week’s Southwest Reservation System Issue[/B][/B][/SIZE] As I mentioned, my wife experienced this issue. At the time, we didn’t really know that it was so widespread. Just figured with [URL='http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwests-reservation-system-upgrade/'][B]Southwest’s Reservation System Upgrade[/B][/URL] that there was some gremlin. Learning that it was more widespread, we probably should have called and asked nicely for something. But we didn’t — only so much time in the day. Much to my wife’s surprise, last night she received the below e-mail, coming with it, 1,500 Rapid Rewards points that count toward status! [IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/08/Southwest-Res-Sys-Outage-1-740x685.png[/IMG] Its not a lot of points, but it is certainly a nice tangible gesture. [B][I]Did you experience any issues with Southwest last weekend? Did you receive a similar e-mail? [/I][/B] [url="http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/receive-points-last-weeks-southwest-reservation-system-issue/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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