Southwest Seat Assignments, Grief and Travel: Colorado Springs, Costa Rica, and a Points Trip to Cancun
Tyler and Monique return to the Non-Rev Lounge after a delay and discuss recent travel and life updates. They recap a Colorado Springs trip for an Oscars party and Tyler’s first experiences with Southwest’s new seat assignments, including bulkhead storage frustrations, while also noting Southwest removed a policy allowing non-revs to sit in jump seats. Tyler shares a family emergency: Tawny’s mother in California was hospitalized with critically low oxygen, placed in hospice, and died in early March; the family then continued a planned Costa Rica trip to visit Hayden’s Spanish study-abroad host family, took an uncomfortable bus to Jacó, and did an unexpectedly strenuous rope-and-waterfall hike with no wildlife sightings. They describe return-travel complications (Dallas weight restriction, reroute through Miami, Global Entry/mobile passport shutdown), Tawny’s Broadway trip to see Chicago, Tyler receiving United and Delta non-rev benefits from listeners, and a separate points-based Cancun trip via Oklahoma City with major Hyatt room upgrades and unexpectedly quiet resorts.
00:00 Welcome Back Updates 01:50 Colorado Oscar Party 03:23 Southwest Seat Assignments 08:01 Jumpseat Policy Changes 10:51 Family Emergency Drive 13:41 Racing to Costa Rica 19:27 Hayden Study Abroad 21:00 Bus Ride to Jaco 25:17 Waterfall Hike Surprise 32:01 Beach Day and Sunburn 33:17 Manuel Antonio Wildlife Hopes 35:00 Heading Back to San Jose 36:40 Nonrev Chaos and Weight Limits 40:58 Miami Customs and Gate Sprint 42:00 Would You Go Again 48:38 Grief Catching Up 50:26 Surprise Delta Benefits 57:48 Spring Break Travel Crunch 58:40 Cancun Miles and Routing Mistake 01:03:20 Flight Rule Confusion 01:04:08 Revenue Standby Strategy 01:06:10 Oklahoma City Overnight 01:07:53 Kids Through Security 01:10:47 Two Resorts Plan 01:11:13 Globalist Suite Upgrade 01:14:35 Dreams Resort Perks 01:17:02 Empty Cancun Surprise 01:19:08 Points Value Breakdown 01:21:50 Name Drop Travel Hacks 01:24:33 Busiest Cancun Routes 01:26:36 Wrap Up And Sponsor
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