Think of all the free flights to Hawaii, Belize, Costa Rica you can take for 40,000 Southwest points. But if you snooze you’ll lose. Because today is the last day to get 60,000 Southwest Points on each of the three Southwest credit cards.
Get ready for say, “Aloha!” Southwest is announcing their Hawaii flights this week. Free flights to Hawaii? Yes, please!!
Update: The credit card offer in this post is no longer available. Check our credit card page for the latest offers.
Last Day to Get 60000 Southwest Points
All three Southwest credit cards: Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card, Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card, and Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card are offering 85,000 points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first three months of account opening.
Best of all, all these points count towards the Southwest Companion Pass. When you time it right, you can get fly free for two years!
Pro-tip: Wait until the end of December to complete your minimum spending.
Your points count towards the Companion Pass in the year they’re earned. Your pass is valid for the year you earned it and the following year.
If you wait until December to use your card, your points will post in 2018. And your Southwest Companion Pass will be valid for all 2018 and 2019 = two years.
Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card
The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card offers:
- Free checked bags (2 per person)
- 2 free EarlyBird Check-in® each year
- 10,000 Companion Pass® qualifying points every year
- 3 points per $1 spent on Southwest Airlines® purchases, vacation packages, gift cards
- 2X points per $1 spent on Rapid Rewards® hotel and car rental partner purchases, rideshare, transit and commuting, cable, internet, phone, and certain streaming
- 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases.
- 6,000 points each year on your card anniversary
- No foreign transaction fees
- All points earned from this card count toward the Southwest Companion Pass
- $99 annual fee
- Member FDIC
Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card
With the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card, you get:
- Free checked bags (2 per person)
- 2 free EarlyBird Check-in® each year
- 10,000 Companion Pass® qualifying points every year
- 2 points per $1 spent on Southwest Airlines® purchases, vacation packages, gift cards, Rapid Rewards® Hotel and Car Rental Partner purchases, internet, cable, phone, select streaming, rideshare, transit and commuting
- 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases.
- 4,000 points each year on your card anniversary
- No foreign transaction fees
- All points earned from this card count toward the Southwest Companion Pass
- $69 annual fee
- Member FDIC
Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card
The Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card offers:
- Free checked bags (2 per person)
- 3 points per $1 spent on Southwest Airlines®purchases, vacation packages, gift cards
- 2 points per $1 spent on rideshare, Rapid Rewards® Hotel and Car Rental Partner purchases
- 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases.
- 6,000 points each year on your card anniversary
- No foreign transaction fees
- All points earned from this card count toward the Southwest Companion Pass
- $99 annual fee
- Member FDIC
Why You Should Get These Cards
Southwest Companion Pass
You should get these cards if you want free flights for two years! The bonus counts towards earning the Southwest Companion Pass.
Combine the bonus on the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card, Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card, and Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card and the Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card.
So if you apply for two cards you’d earn 189,000 points and a Companion Pass. Update: Now you need 135,000 points to earn a Companion Pass.
With the Companion Pass, you can bring someone for free with you each time you travel on Southwest.
You can use the Southwest Companion Pass for unlimited flights. Feel like flying every day? You can. Only want to fly on weekends? That’s fine too.
Fly as little or as much as you like with the Southwest Companion Pass and your companion comes along for FREE!
Southwest flies to 101 cities in the US and to 10 countries:
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Turks and Caicos
And Hawaii!!!
Each of these cards is subject to Chase’s 5/24 rule. Meaning it might be hard to get approved if you’ve opened 5 new cards in the past 24 months.
Conclusion
These bonus points count towards earning the Southwest Companion Pass. If you time your spending right, you can travel for free for two years! Southwest flies to 101 US cities and 8 countries like Cuba, Jamaica, and Costa Rica.
Remember to apply by today, October 7, 2017.
Where will you travel with your Southwest points?
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