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I'm making a trip to visit Oldest Son and flying Southwest and wondering if I want to apply for a flight evaluation shop on the way home. If anyone has done these, would you mind sharing just how much work the report is so I can decide if I would want to tackle it after I got home from a day of travel?

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The airport shops are easy. The pay is low for just one shop, but if you don't care I would shop it. Pick out of the list a good place to eat. Ask to do the report the following day. They usually give you time.

I haven't done one, but you can see the report form on the website.

Regarding these, I have never finished the steps. I know I can look this up but offhand, do you need to finish a certain number step to do these and to see the report form? I have hesitated to continue as one of the early steps took me forever to get right.

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My impression is the shop up for consideration is actually for the flight, not just random shops at the airport(s). Although adding a few of those wouldn't be a bad idea.

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Lisa is right-I was inquiring about the Southwest flight shop. Sorry for any confusion. I don't know how excited DH would be about getting to the airport even earlier so I could complete concourse shops :-)

@LisaSTL wrote:

My impression is the shop up for consideration is actually for the flight, not just random shops at the airport(s). Although adding a few of those wouldn't be a bad idea.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt

Maybe if it's a bar shop he won't mind?

Hmmm....I might have to think about that one :-) Originally we were going to take a VERY early morning flight, but I convinced him to push it back to one just after lunchtime.

@LisaSTL wrote:

Maybe if it's a bar shop he won't mind?

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Kathy, Keep in mind that in order to do the flight shop, you have to buy the ticket through the MSC, so if you already have a ticket and don't want to buy a new one, this might not work out this time.

I have done 4 Southwest Air flight reports. They are detailed and require one to substantiate each answer. There is quite a bit one has to remember and quote. You can fill out the form on the plane but it does take a while to enter the report online.

I'm going to Florida in April and plan on doing one. I wish it fully reimbursed the ticket. They are having a sale until the 21st but will probably have another sale in a month or so. I'll wait to contact the MSC until I firm up my dates.

One thing to take into consideration with the SW shops is that you have to be a regular traveler. No rewards, no disabled travelers.

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Kathy, the reports are about an hour per leg. You need to fill out a report for each leg of the trip. Nothing difficult, just tedious. If you travel only occasionally, it's a good deal. You get no points, though -- they're booked with the scheduler's points which I suppose protects your anonymity somewhat. Plus: less expensive travel, forms are not difficult, reimbursement is very quick. Minus: you get no reward points or credit for the flight, you can't change your flight, if you get bumped you don't get the compensation, you can't preboard, you can't pay for an A seating.

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Kathy, the reports are about an hour per leg. You need to fill out a report for each leg of the trip. Nothing difficult, just tedious. If you travel only occasionally, it's a good deal. You get no points, though -- they're booked with the scheduler's points which I suppose protects your anonymity somewhat. Plus: less expensive travel, forms are not difficult, reimbursement is very quick. Minus: you get no reward points or credit for the flight, you can't change your flight, if you get bumped you don't get the compensation, you can't preboard, you can't pay for an A seating.

I concur. The reports took me about an hour for each part. Most MS reports are pretty monotonous, but these are repetitive as all hell. The advantages are very clear and obvious, though.

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