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In case you haven't heard, Southwest Airlines is celebrating its 50th birthday. In honor of the milestone, the LUV airline is offering various deals and giveaways for Rapid Rewards members.
For example, now through June 17, members can enter to win up to a million Rapid Rewards miles through their Wanna Get Away Sweepstakes. You can enter here once a day, every day, until June 17.
Today (June 11) — for one day only — Southwest is giving all co-branded cardholders the opportunity to earn 50x Rapid Rewards points. The offer is good on up to a $100 spend and must be made on qualifying Southwest purchases.
The Details:
- June 11, 2021 and is for one day only.
- Begins at 12:00 AM EST and ends at 11:59 PM EST.
- Offer is available to all Southwest co-branded cards.
- Cardholders can earn 50 Rapid Rewards points per dollar spent on up to $100 (5,000 points) for any qualifying Southwest purchase.
- Qualifying purchases include flights, inflight purchases, Southwest gift cards, Rapid Rewards points center, and Southwest Vacations packages.
- Bonus points will count towards a Companion Pass
- Does not count towards A-List or A-List Preferred qualification
- Points may take up to 8 weeks to post.
Eligible Southwest Credit Cards
Southwest notes that “any Rapid Rewards® Credit Card” is eligible for this promotion. So, all 7 Southwest credit cards issued by Chase are eligible.
Our Take
After a recent devaluation, Southwest Rapid Rewards points are currently worth between 1.3 and 1.5 cents per point. That means you're getting between 65 and 75 cents in value per $1 you spend on Southwest purchases today. But, what keeps this from being an earth-shattering deal is the $100 spending limit.
Still, this offer is a great way to earn a nice chunk of Rapid Rewards points — up to 5,000 to be exact. And since these bonus points count towards the Companion Pass, it makes the deal even better for those pursuing it. If you're an eligible cardholder, don't forget to take advantage of this great deal today!
Will you be hopping on Southwest's promotion?
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Hope to see Southwest expand to Canada one day like JetBlue.
I thought this was great until I read that it only applies to Southwest purchases. Since I always fly on points and don’t need to buy any, no love here. Also no love from the current “contest”. Three of us have entered every single day and won absolutely nothing.
Just took advantage of this! Thank you so much for the FYI. It doesn’t say anywhere but I do hope that you don’t have to actually click on the link to book the flight. I assume just using the card today will suffice for the promotion.
Woo hoo! Thanks for posting this. 5,000 bonus points for me.
I dropped by the blog today to look at credit card offers and saw this post about this fantastic Southwest offer! I would have totally missed this offer had you not written about it. SO THANKS! And, Happy 50th Birthday Southwest.
Is the $100 maximum per card or per Rapid Rewards account?
I’ve always wondered what happens to the points for these kind of promotions if you cancel or refund your tickets….
Does anyone know if you can use BOTH the personal and business card for double?