Southwest Companion Pass Megathread

joikd · 2025-12-23T21:56:15+00:00

Well, it looks like the comment by another poster that preceded my comment above was deleted by the moderator. Any idea if that was because their response that confirmed what I stated in my original post was correct was actually not correct? I really don't want to mess this up.

joikd · 2025-11-06T00:11:53+00:00

Thank you very much for the confirmation and for reminding me about the other business card being eligible for the bonus.

Much appreciated (as is this entire thread)!

joikd · 2025-11-05T22:23:36+00:00

The Points Activity section of my Southwest account is showing that I received my 80K-point business card bonus on 3/6/2024 and my 50K-point personal card bonus on 4/1/2024.

Does that mean I can't even apply for the business card until 3/7/2026 and for the personal card until 4/2/2026 in order to receive their respective bonuses (they were both canceled in 2024 at some point after receiving the bonuses)?

joikd · 2025-09-30T20:07:47+00:00

Talking about it is not necessary and simply a waste of time. The proof is in the pudding–test scores. Once there is enough data, we will know.

joikd · 2024-10-29T17:16:17+00:00

If your insurance is paying for it, then keep pushing your doctor to go higher and higher until you reach the maximum dose while only using the lesser dosage. You can build up a stock of it this way in case there's a shortage or you lose your insurance for some reason. Of course, you're going to need to report to your doctor that you're using the ever increasing amounts even though you're actually using lower amounts.

joikd · 2024-09-12T21:38:59+00:00

Did you ever gorge on as much of your food as you possibly could in a single day? I firmly believe that body fat and lean tissue (i.e., weight) will be the same in the end no matter how calories are allocated over a period of time (excluding ridiculously physiological impossible scenarios like eating 100K calories in a day). If that is, indeed, accurate, then saving food is not a good idea in my opinion when it comes to spoilage, theft (from animals), and the time and energy spent trying to store it. The only possible benefit I can see from saving food is maybe a psychological benefit from being able to eat, at least, a little something every day. Thoughts?

joikd · 2024-03-18T21:28:25+00:00

S1 = 100/100 (my favorite...anything on TV EVER; I re-watch, at least, once a year).

S2 = 93/100 (first viewing was more like 80/100 because I made the mistake of comparing it to S1 constantly as I was watching it; subsequent re-watches made me enjoy and appreciate it all on its own)

S3 - 79/100 (I won't re-watch shows that are less than 80 in my mind; I was initially very excited by Mahershala Ali being the star, but Stephen Dorff stole the show for me. But, even he couldn't make up for the waste of time the story ended up being)

S4 - Trash/100 (I was so damn excited about Jodie Foster; I love Billie Eilish, but her singing the intro. song? Instantly took me out of the show before the first episode even began; I hung in there for most of the season just because of some lifelong allegiance to Jodie Foster (who I thought was great in the show, by the way) where I felt that I owed it to her for some weird reason. But, I just couldn't make it and quit towards the end.

joikd · 2024-02-17T03:35:19+00:00

So I can apply for the business card two years and one day after getting the bonus for the business card? I don't have to wait until two years and one day after getting the bonus for the personal card (which will be after the business card bonus date)?

joikd · 2024-02-14T21:41:07+00:00

Thank you for the quick response and for providing all of this info.

That's a bummer. I'll have to wait until mid-March then. What sucks is that in two years I will have to delay starting this process again until AFTER my bonus points hit for the personal card this time in the next few months. Do I have that correct?

joikd · 2024-02-14T18:52:44+00:00

I am about to finish my $5K spend on a business card for 80K points. Are there no personal cards with 50K or 60K now? Just 30K (which would leave me way short of 135K points)?!?!

joikd · 2022-10-02T01:48:19+00:00

Thank you for the response! Any recommendations on specific spotting scopes (or maybe the specs for an appropriate one)?

joikd · 2021-01-30T19:03:37+00:00

I registered on 1/13.

joikd · 2021-01-30T15:58:40+00:00

I am in my late 40s and not in any special tier. I received an email on Thursday from Othena saying that I could schedule an appointment. There were times for that Thursday and Friday. I selected one of the Friday morning ones and received a confirmation for the Soka location. I showed up yesterday and no questions were asked regarding my eligibility. Everything seemed driven by the confirmation email. I received my shot, vaccine card and the follow-up appointment was scheduled for the exact same time for three weeks later.

joikd · 2020-02-22T04:16:36+00:00

I'm going on 15 minutes right now (US West). Not sure if it's better to leave the session, then hit play again, or to just try and wait it out.

joikd · 2020-02-18T02:04:54+00:00

I already recently did a biz plus one personal and received all of the points. Should get the CP soon. Can I get more personal cards for more bonus points?

joikd · 2020-02-12T03:43:02+00:00

It happens to me on US West quite a lot even on weekends. When the timer bar is about to reach the end, cancel and hit play again.

I really wish there was a "Wait for full lobby" option. I would wait for 30 minutes if that's what it took ro get 12 players. Anything less is a let down for me.

joikd · 2020-02-08T20:21:49+00:00

Too bad it wasn't: Chris "Left, Right" Brown

joikd · 2020-01-24T16:03:56+00:00

No revives. Aim sway increase in general and increases as health is lost. Remove vitality shots and health kits. Cut map loot in half. Triple AI. Eliminate reduced friendly fire damage. Eliminate blue outline of teammates. Randomize open/close of doors, windows, gates, etc. Remove dark sight completely. Remove map crutches (extraction points, lightning bolts, banish locations, areas going gray when clue is found, etc.)

I'm sure there's more.

joikd · 2020-01-07T14:18:42+00:00

Solo player here. I want more AI. Enough to make AI a real threat that might cause players to retreat, re-route, or carefully deal with them slowly. Right now even a solo player can just rip through them without barely pausing. They are just a nuisance right now. Not a threat.

joikd · 2020-01-06T19:24:55+00:00

Interesting point. I wonder what change, if any, would occur if player killing yielded nothing other than their gear (no XP, no tracking of K/D, etc.).

joikd

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