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Southwest is back with another round of “Week of Wow”-style promotions for Rapid Rewards members. This time, you can earn bonus points in two easy ways. First, you can get 3,000 bonus points when you book a two-night (or longer) stay at eligible properties through the Southwest Rapid Rewards Hotels portal, or earn up to 5,000 bonus points on select Carnival cruises booked through Southwest Cruises.
Here’s a quick rundown of the current bonus point offers and how to make the most of each one.
Earn 3k Bonus Points on 2+ Night Southwest Hotels Bookings
Through December 1, 2025, Southwest is offering 3,000 bonus points on eligible hotel bookings of two nights or more. To earn these bonus points, you’ll need to book an eligible stay through the Southwest Hotels promo page and complete it by March 31, 2026. The catch is that this bonus is only available for hotels marked with a bonus badge.
The promotion doesn’t apply to stays that are partially or fully canceled, so you’ll need to complete the booking as planned to earn the 3,000 points.
Southwest also doesn’t clarify whether this offer can be used more than once, so your results may vary if you book multiple qualifying stays.
Up to 5k Bonus Points on Select Southwest Cruise Bookings
If your travel plans include time at sea, Southwest is offering up to 5,000 bonus points on select cruises booked through the Southwest Cruises portal. This offer is fairly limited and applies only to Carnival Cruises voyages departing between December 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026 (though the terms also reference May 31). The booking window is open through November 21, 2025.
Here’s how the bonus points break down:
- 3- to 5-night sailings
- 1,750 bonus points on interior staterooms
- 2,000 bonus points on oceanview staterooms
- 2,250 bonus points on balcony staterooms
- 2,500 bonus points on suites
- 6-night or longer sailings
- 3,500 bonus points on interior staterooms
- 4,000 bonus points on oceanview staterooms
- 4,500 bonus points on balcony staterooms
- 5,000 bonus points on suites
Final Thoughts
More often than not, Southwest’s Week of Wow spells new ways to earn Rapid Rewards points on eligible travel bookings. And for a limited time, you can earn 3,000 bonus points on eligible two-night stays booked through Southwest Hotels and up to 5,000 bonus points on Carnival Cruise Line voyages booked through Southwest Cruises.
If you're in need of some more Southwest points, these are decent offers to keep in mind. Or, if you want to earn a bigger stash of Southwest points, now's an excellent time to get a new cardholder bonus:
- 2X points per $1 spent on Southwest® purchases
- 2 points for every $1 you spend at gas stations and grocery stores on the first $5,000 in combined purchases per anniversary year
- 1X point per $1 spent on all other purchases
- 4X points per $1 spent on all Southwest® purchases
- 2X points per $1 spent at gas stations and restaurants
- 1X point per $1 spent on all other purchases
- 4X points per $1 spent on Southwest® purchases
- 2X points per $1 spent at gas stations and restaurants
- 2X points per $1 on hotel accommodations booked directly with the hotel
- 2X points per $1 spent on rideshare
- 1X point per $1 spent on all other purchases
For rates and fees of the cards mentioned in this post, please visit the following links: Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card (Rates & Fees), Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card (Rates & Fees), and Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card (Rates & Fees)
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Help! Yesterday (October 5), I found several hotels in Nashville giving 5,000 Rapid Rewards bonus points. And today, none! Just the regular points. Yesterday, about 25% of the Nashville hotels in my search had written below the hotel name, “5000 bonus points”, and what today says “Earn xxxx points per stay” was 5000 points greater yesterday. I am searching for the same three nights, 12/13/25 to the morning of 1/3/24.
I can’t find out how to contact Rocket Travel by Agoda.
If you see this message after October 6, never mind.
Will the points earn on the hotel stay count towards earning a Companion Pass?
Yes! Southwest lists specific activities that don’t qualify, and hotel bookings isn’t on the list:
Is this on top of what the card already earns?
Just read the fine print and it’s 6x no matter what your current card is offering. It is not “on top of” what you are getting.
That’s right. This boosts your earning to 6X from whatever your card’s typical earning rate is.
From the T&C: “During the Promotional Period you will qualify and earn a total of six points for each $1 spent with any Rapid Rewards® Credit Card, on up to $500.00 in total purchases, made directly with Southwest Airlines®, including flight, inflight, Southwest® gift card, Rapid Rewards Points Center, and on Southwest Vacations® packages (“Qualifying Purchases”). That’s four bonus points on top of the two points already earned on Qualifying Purchases made with the Rapid Rewards Plus or Employee Credit Cards. That’s three bonus points on top of the three points already earned on Qualifying Purchases made with a Rapid Rewards Priority or Premier Credit Card. That’s two bonus points on top of the four points already earned on Qualifying Purchases made with a Rapid Rewards Performance Business Credit Card. That’s five bonus points made with any remaining Rapid Rewards Credit Cards.”