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If you're planning to head to the skies before the end of April, your Southwest Rapid Rewards points just got 25% more valuable. Southwest is offering 20% off award flights when you use the promo code SAVENOW and book flights by March 25. That means you need to act fast to take advantage of this offer.
Key Terms of This Southwest Promotion
- Book a flight with Southwest Airlines before midnight on March 25, 2021
- Travel must take place between March 23 and April 30, 2021
- Use the promo code SAVENOW with your Southwest Rapid Rewards points and receive 20% off
- Only valid on new award tickets
Southwest doesn't charge change or cancellation fees. So, you can book your flights now even if you're uncertain about your trip. If something comes up, you can cancel or change your tickets later with no penalty.
Unfortunately for travelers that already have travel booked before the end of April, this discount doesn't apply to changing existing award flights. While you can still change previously-purchased award tickets, the promo code can only be applied to newly-purchased awards. So, you may want to cancel your existing reservation and rebook it with the discount code.
Example Awards
Southwest Rapid Rewards points have a fairly fixed value. Award flights cost between 76 and 78 Southwest points per dollar of the base fare of a revenue flight. That means that when cash fares are cheap, award flights are too. That means this 20% discount just made every Southwest redemption 25% more valuable.
Here are some examples of deals we are finding:
Atlanta (ATL) to Denver (DEN) for 2,264 points one-way
Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO) for 1,974 points one-way
Chicago Midway (MDW) to Nashville (BNA) for 1,974 points one-way
New York LaGuardia (LGA) to Chicago Midway (MDW) for 3,541 points one-way
Our Take
It's nice to see these deals offered by airlines—especially on a revenue-based frequent flyer program such as Southwest Rapid Rewards.
If you need more Southwest points for a redemption, you can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to Southwest at a 1:1 transfer ratio. AwardWallet testing shows that transfers are typically instantaneous.
While it won't help you for this promotion, you can stock up on Ultimate Rewards points by signing up for the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card—which is currently offering a 60,000-point bonus after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $750 when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®.
- Enjoy new benefits such as a $50 annual Ultimate Rewards Hotel Credit, 5X points on travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards®, 3X points on dining and 2X points on all other travel purchases, plus more.
- Get 25% more value when you redeem for airfare, hotels, car rentals and cruises through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. For example, 60,000 points are worth $750 toward travel.
- With Pay Yourself Back℠, your points are worth 25% more during the current offer when you redeem them for statement credits against existing purchases in select, rotating categories
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- 5X points on Lyft rides through March 2022
- 5X points on travel purchased through Chase
- 3X points on dining at restaurants worldwide
- 3X points on eligible streaming services
- 3X points on online grocery purchases (excluding Target, Walmart, and wholesale clubs)
- 2X points on all other travel
- 1X point per dollar spent on all other purchases
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It seems still a little bit more expensive than the special discount.
Is this promotion available from Argentina? Thank you
Yes! It’s available to all Rapid Rewards members.
Hope these good deals continue later in the year. It’s going to be a free for all as people start traveling.
I don’t know if Southwest is still providing limited center seats to prevent Covid
Great information! Love getting all promotions through this blog!!!
I wish they allow rebooking of flights without having to cancel it and then book again. This just seems unnecessary.
Incredible
Again, very impressive from Southwest! Alongside Delta they’ve been generous in terms of these types of promotions
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excelente aerolinea, muy feliz de viajar con ellos!
Very nice. That’s what I need. Thanks.
I’m glad airlines are starting to have promotions for using reward points. I’m waiting for delta to have one as I have a lots with them.
So cheap price to redeem a flight ticket. Have no cancel or change fee. that’s can be allow me to lock a trip first. and if i can’t go , i can cancel this ticket without any missing.
I love SW, I ‘m going to look into this for a trip to LA.
What’s amazing price to redeem a ticket ? Cheaper than AA 5K one way trip. I’d like to buy some Southwest point to redeem a return ticket. Great
I am so happy I didn’t book yet…going to check this out right away to get this great deal. And as a side note, Southwest Airlines is one of my favorite airlines to fly.