Does anyone use the companion pass? Tying to decide between UA and Southwest

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Yeah! It's great!

D1, how does that work logistically? Do you fly home from your client Thursday's then pick up your SO and go to your destination Sunday? Just confused how'd that work for a travelling consultant

Southwest is awesome. Wife loves traveling on points and the companion pass.

Less valuable if you travel every week, but doing as you mentioned OP saves you two nights at a hotel each weekend you travel.

It's great!! Still have to pay taxes for the companion though, which can run high on international flights. For domestic flights the taxes are generally <$10

Taxes are 5.60 on domestic flights. I've literally gotten thousands of dollars of value out of my companion pass and I've had it <6 months (I'm so excited that it is good through 2018!!!)

Also southwest points go super far, as long as you book in advance. Last minute, they will screw you over, so Delta/United/AA are a better bet for the last minute flights.

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