flight and used each person's credit from the prior flight, plus a gift card, and paid the rest with credit card. Then I cancelled the flight. My travel credit and the gift card amount were returned to me as a flight credit with no expiration. But,
1:29pm on 1/27/26 by
imadisneymom
everyone else's flight credits still expire in Feb 2026 (the original expiration date). Does anyone know if this trick is different now or in the past were folks just booking for one person?
1:30pm on 1/27/26 by
imadisneymom
This is such an interesting wiggle. Worked for you and not others. I don't think anyone has done with multiple people. I'd try again, one person at a time!
1:37pm on 1/27/26 by
Jennyhirsch
Was the majority of the other peoples flights paid the credit card or the gift card?
1:39pm on 1/27/26 by
JenniferB1975
The entire gift card amount ($50) was added to my (non-expiring) flight credit.
1:41pm on 1/27/26 by
imadisneymom
I wonder if you'd need a larger gift card to cover the amount of the other fights to get a non expiring credit.
6:16pm on 1/27/26 by
JenniferB1975
I thin when @jack did this trick he had others on his reservation. I could be wrong. Maybe he'll chime in.
8:04pm on 1/27/26 by
MarioMom
I wanted to loop back on this. I did have to book and cancel a flight separately for the members of my family to get each person a credit with no expiration. I booked a flight for my 9 year-old last week which added a separate unaccompanied..
3:44pm on 2/15/26 by
imadisneymom
minor fee of $100. When I canceled the flight, I received the balance of the flight that I paid for with my credit card a few days later. However, they never refunded the $100 fee. I had to call to have them refund it and it took the person that I...
3:45pm on 2/15/26 by
imadisneymom
spoke to awhile to find the $100 fee in her system so she could refund it. So if you have young kids, it may not be worth the hassle to use this method to get a credit that doesn't expire - especially if the credit amount is low.
3:47pm on 2/15/26 by
imadisneymom
I did this back in December for flight credits for my son & I. The flight credits were about $150 each & I used a $25 SW gift card & put about $75 on my CC. It worked for both of us. Thank you to whomever figured out the loophole. I think JJT.
5:34pm on 2/15/26 by
gopackgo
I originally picked up the tactic in a FB group and posted it over here, thanks to the Liners reporting back on how it is working! As you can imagine, most FB people are terrible at being consistent or clear in what they did, but Liners come through.
9:57am by
JJT (staff)