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[Oliverio Gallman]

Forthe first time ever (or at least that I can recall!) I have earned Companion Pass status. Hooray for me! The problem is, I don't have a regular companion--I'm not married, I don't have a steady, I don't have a kid. I do have a cat but at age 19 he's tired of flying, and I kinda doubt you'd let me use my companion pass on a cat (though really, you should--cats are less trouble than most passengers!).

I understand that I can designate anyone and then change that designation twice during a calendar year, but that's not particularly useful. Have you considered adjusting this perk for those of us who are unlikely to find ourselves companion-ed?

They don't call us the Love Airline for nothing, you know! Over on the blog side of the Community, we've got quite a few stories of people who jumped on a plane and met the love of their life in the seat next to them.

Congratulations on earning your Companion Pass! At this time, there isn't an alternative to the CP, but I feel confident that you'll find someone to share those adventures with - and I hope you'll come back and give us the details when you do!

From the advent of flying until the late 1970s, it was perfectly reasonable to assume that the majority of your frequent fliers were male, likely businessmen flying for work, and that they would enjoy the ability to take their wives along with them from time to time. It was fairly unusual for a single anyone to be a frequent flier.

My suggestion is that Southwest take a look at the demographic information available and consider whether an alternative to Companion Pass might be a good idea. Right now it would be far more valuable to me to have an automatic upgrade to business select and free wifi, for example, or have the ability to select a different companion for each of my trips (as then I could travel with friends).

Based on my own survey of the CP holders that I know personally, the demographics may have changed somewhat from the old days based on what I see on these boards, but I'd need to see the actual numbers before deciding that it wasn't still a great fit for most CP holders. I'm not sure how much it will have shifted in percentage terms.

To offer a devil's advocate argument - the CP is a benefit to customers that let's say historically flew with a spouse - the spouse enjoys flying (mind did the past several years!) and that locks you in to Southwest!

The customer retention argument wouldn't be as strong if you can change the companion at will, there is some balance between making it a benefit to the CP holder and also enhancing customer retention to the airline. A program that favors spouses, domestic partners, children, parents, or BFF's makes much more sense for Southwest than one that allowed a new person every time.

I'll make a counter proposal for this thread though: what if the CP allowed nomination of a primary and an alternate person at one time so that you didn't have to switch back and forth and had flexibility of either/or companions. I think a policy like this would help drive the CP holder to take as many or more flights on Southwest which seems to be one of the goals.

You can actually change your designated companion 3 times per calendar year. So that gives you one more opportunity, for a total of 4 possible travel partners per year. I'm also currently enjoying my first year of companion pass.

I'm right there with you, sistah, except that my Companion Pass status is within my grasp. Thanks for making SWA aware of the rules not fitting our marital status - gotta believe there are many many more of us among SWA's loyal passenger base. Glad to learn from the other blogger that we can change companion names 4 x per year, so that helps. Hopefully SWA will show their awesomeness once more by changing their policy to not discriminate against us single people who don't have a consistent companion.

Thank you for sharing your dilemma, as I am also single. This is the first time I received the Companion Pass too. Yay! It's definitely harder to enjoy this pass with the limited amount of changes for the pass. I also love Southwest as I've always flown with them. Southwest would be amazing if they considered the growing population of single women who have no kids and love to travel!

I'm not only single, but have 2 kids. Why on Earth can I not make my children my companions and actually be able to plan in the future? From what I can see now I have to cancel any existing reservations with 1 companion to make reservations for a 2nd companion.

For instance, if I have a trip to take my son somewhere, but also want to take my daughter elsewhere I can't have 2 reservations pending simutaneously. Please correct me if I'm understanding this incorrectly, because as is I don't understand how ANY single person could make travel arrangements?

Companion pass allows you to designate one person who will be your companion. It can be anyone you choose. You are allowed to change the companion to another person, and you can make the change up to three times during the year.

Then depending if you were traveling with one or the other you could change it periodically to get the extra free ticket strategically - knowing that under the current rules you wouldn't be able to swap them while you have reservations in place.

In that situation where you see a few times per year to change it, I'd recommend to book the non-CP child on points to hold a spot. If the flight becomes sold out, you have a backup plan to change CP prior to the flight and call to have the points flight canceled (which you get returned to your account without the restrictions of a travel fund) and re-issued as a companion.

I then configure it to use a filter of Test Cases, and the resulting pie chart looks like below. The total count (200) matches the number of Test Cases in the filter, so I know that's a view of Test Cases, however I cannot find a way to show those statuses on a Test Case report. In reality, those statuses actually align to Test Runs, and my assumption is that the pie chart is taking the status of the latest Test Run on any given Test Case to derive the Test Case status in this form. Does anybody know the field name of that status so I can use it in a tabular report? Or is it possible it's calculated on the fly and not available elsewhere? If I choose Status in a tabular report, I only see Open/Closed values (the true Test Case-level Status), and that's not what we are interested in.

Unfortunately I'm not sure--that's what I'm trying to figure out. I'm not even sure if the value is being stored, or if it's being derived on the fly. Unless you're asking about at the Test Run level--then I believe it's the Status field.

As an example, if Test Case A had three Test Runs, and the status of those Runs (in chronological order) were Failed, Failed, and Passed, this Dashboard seems to be resolving the Test Case status to Passed. I'd rather have that in a report (like a two-dimensional report), but I can't seem to find the field at the Test Case level.

I have actually since found it is also available in a Report, but I need it in a Dashboard and am not able to find it there. In the Report (a Test Lists report), the field name is Status, but so is the actual Test Case Status (I want the Status on the right in the Dashboard, not the Status on the left):

Interestingly though, the field is not shown in the Columns dropdown (only the one Status field is shown...this leads me to believe maybe it's calculated on the fly and not actually a field I can access on the Dashboard):

As you progress through the application process, you'll receive important notifications and critical alerts. Applicants are responsible for monitoring these notifications and following up on any required actions. To view your notifications, click View My Notifications on the left side of the application dashboard.

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This status indicates that your transcript is still being processed and has not been posted to your application yet. On average, it takes up to five business days for your transcript to post to your application from the date we receive it.

Companion Pass is the benefit that allows you to choose one person to fly with you, free of airline charges (does not include taxes and fees from $5.60 one-way) unlimited times whenever you purchase or redeem points for a flight.

Fly 100 one-way qualifying flights in a calendar year and earn qualifying points3 for every dollar you spend on a qualifying flight. You can also earn qualifying points by booking a hotel or renting a car through one of our partners.1

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