How to Earn a Southwest Companion Pass in 2 Easy Steps

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You can quickly earn the Southwest Companion Pass in two easy steps. With the Companion Pass, you can bring a partner, family member, or friend, and they get to fly with you for free!

Sign Up for a Southwest Card

Sign up for a Southwest card.

All of the three personal Southwest cards are offering a bonus of a Southwest Companion Pass and 30,000 points when you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months. Update: The credit card offer in this post is no longer available. The new offer is 85,000 points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first three months of opening your account. 

This means you can earn a Companion Pass from only one card!

Not sure which Southwest card is right for you? Here's how to decide which Southwest card to get.

Complete the Minimum Spending

You earn the Southwest Companion Pass and 30,000 points after you complete the minimum spending requirement.

Using your credit card to pay everyday expenses is an easy way to meet your minimum spending.

You can use your travel rewards card to pay things like your rent or mortgage, cable, cell phone, car insurance, student loan, and groceries.

If you have to pay taxes, you'll earn miles and points when you pay with your credit card.

You can also buy grocery store, gas station, Netflix, and restaurant gift cards. You can purchase them as gifts or use them later.

There are lots of creative and unusual ways to meet the minimum spending.

Pro-tip: This pass is valid through February 28, 2023. 

But you extend your Southwest Companion Pass through December 31, 2024 with a few tricks like earning Southwest points without flying.

Here's how to choose a Southwest Business card.

Conclusion

During this limited time offer, you can earn a Southwest Companion Pass fast.

It's simple two step process that lets your companion fly for free with you every time you fly on Southwest.

First, get one of the three personal Southwest cards: Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card, Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card, or Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card.

Then meet the minimum spending of $5,000 on purchases in the first three months. Update: The credit card offer in this post is no longer available. The new offer is 85,000 points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first three months of account opening.

Are you going to earn a Southwest Companion Pass in two easy steps?

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10 Comments

  1. I love Southwest! When I used to fly all the time they were my favorite airline! Now I like them even more!

  2. The Southwest Companion Pass sounds like a great way to save money on airfare! I wish they flew to my area.

  3. Southwest is our favorite airline. We have talked about getting their credit card. It seems so worth it!

  4. Great tips for earning a Southwest Airlines companion pass. I earned a few in my previous career and love the free travel option. Agree, it is totally worth it!!

  5. I need to think and consider getting this but probably not now. Hopefully everything will be fine in the coming months and everything will be back to normal. Oh how I miss traveling. This is really a good deal!

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