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Southwest Airlines: Earn 50 Rapid Rewards Points Per $1 Spent (Up to $100)

w/ Any Rapid Rewards Credit Card

Must Qualify

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Southwest Airlines is celebrating their 50 Years Southwest Airlines and offering 50 Rapid Rewards Points Per $1 Spent on the first $100 of Southwest Purchases w/ any Rapid Rewards Credit Card valid on June 11, 2021 for qualifying members only.

Thanks to community member pavanreddy for finding this deal

Note, offer valid for all Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Cards; please check to see if you qualify

Not yet a Southwest Rapid Rewards Member? Sign up here for free

Qualifying Purchases (include)
  • Southwest Airlines Flight/Inflight
  • Southwest Gift Card
  • Rapid Rewards Points Center
  • Southwest Vacations Packages

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  • Earn a total of 50 Rapid Rewards Points for each $1 spent w/ any Rapid Reward Credit Cards (Up to $100 in total purchases only)
  • 48 bonus points on top of the 2 points already earned on qualifying purchases made w/ the Rapid Rewards Priority, Premier, Plus or Employee Credit Cards or 47 bonus points on top of the 3 points already earned on qualifying purchases made w/ a Rapid Rewards Performance Business Credit Card or 49 bonus points made w/ any remaining Rapid Rewards Credit Card
  • Please allow up to 8 weeks after the promotional period for bonus points to post to your Rapid Rewards account
  • Offer valid only for June 11, 2021 on qualifying purchases
Additional Note
  • This bonus offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account of the primary Cardmember referenced in this offer
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Written by pavanreddy
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Southwest Airlines is celebrating their 50 Years Southwest Airlines and offering 50 Rapid Rewards Points Per $1 Spent on the first $100 of Southwest Purchases w/ any Rapid Rewards Credit Card valid on June 11, 2021 for qualifying members only.

Thanks to community member pavanreddy for finding this deal

Note, offer valid for all Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Cards; please check to see if you qualify

Not yet a Southwest Rapid Rewards Member? Sign up here for free

Qualifying Purchases (include)
  • Southwest Airlines Flight/Inflight
  • Southwest Gift Card
  • Rapid Rewards Points Center
  • Southwest Vacations Packages

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Earn a total of 50 Rapid Rewards Points for each $1 spent w/ any Rapid Reward Credit Cards (Up to $100 in total purchases only)
  • 48 bonus points on top of the 2 points already earned on qualifying purchases made w/ the Rapid Rewards Priority, Premier, Plus or Employee Credit Cards or 47 bonus points on top of the 3 points already earned on qualifying purchases made w/ a Rapid Rewards Performance Business Credit Card or 49 bonus points made w/ any remaining Rapid Rewards Credit Card
  • Please allow up to 8 weeks after the promotional period for bonus points to post to your Rapid Rewards account
  • Offer valid only for June 11, 2021 on qualifying purchases
Additional Note
  • This bonus offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account of the primary Cardmember referenced in this offer
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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https://www.southwest.com/gift-ca...STGIFTCARD

Pay with your Chase Southwest Credit Card to get the 50x points per $
Giftcards qualify. Buy a $100 gift card, get 5000 points (worth ~$50, maybe more). I'm in.
Good catch. But any risk of the transaction date falling outside the window (Friday)?

Think I'll just buy a flight... can always cancel and spend over the year

I guess this is a safe purchase.

https://www.southwest.com/gift-ca...-card.html

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Jun 8, 2021
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cdothill
Jun 8, 2021
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wondering if buying points is an eligible purchase? so, buy $105 of points (3500 points) and then get 5000 bonus points, so a total of 8500 points for $100?
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Jun 8, 2021
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Cappy123
Jun 8, 2021
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Quote from cdothill :
wondering if buying points is an eligible purchase? so, buy $105 of points (3500 points) and then get 5000 bonus points, so a total of 8500 points for $100?
That's a horrible value to purchase points at that rate. Best off buying a GC

Also, I think purchasing points may go through points.com, but I'm not sure, so it may not count

Regardless, not a good value imo
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z3niMAGiNE
Jun 8, 2021
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Quote from bothanspy :
Just FYI, November to Jan flights open for sale on 6/10. So holiday travel prices might be high initially in June. Consider buying the gift card now and watch fares
Pretty much always watch your fare price if you book far in advance. If it goes down you can "change your flight" and just reselect the same flight details and they'll refund the difference.
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ignorant1
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FYI / PSA:

Southwest Rapid Rewards points are currently valued at 1.5 cents per "The Points Guy" website, or 1.6 cents each per Nerd Wallet.

Use Southwest's 'low fare calendar' and switch between pricing in points and pricing in dollars to find the best value. Sometimes you can get an equivalent value of 1.7 cents or more.
Last edited by ignorant1 June 7, 2021 at 07:12 PM.
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JimR2075
Jun 8, 2021
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Quote from Troublestylist :
" All Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Cards are eligible".

I didn't get the email.
The terms say : " This bonus offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account of the primary Cardmember referenced in this offer. "

Thats a targeted offer.

Jun 8, 2021
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ignorant1
Jun 8, 2021
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Quote from JimR2075 :
The terms say : " This bonus offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account of the primary Cardmember referenced in this offer. "

Thats a targeted offer.

It's a matter of semantics.

Being that the offer is available to all Southwest cardholders, it is not a targeted offer.
However, it is restricted in the way the bonus points will be given to the primary account holder, not a secondary cardholder's RR account - nor can the bonus points be assigned to a different RR account.
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Jun 8, 2021
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selz202
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Quote from ignorant1 :
FYI / PSA:

Southwest Rapid Rewards points are currently valued at 1.5 cents per "The Points Guy" website, or 1.6 cents each per Nerd Wallet.

Use Southwest's 'low fare calendar' and switch between pricing in points and pricing in dollars to find the best value. Sometimes you can get an equivalent value of 1.7 cents or more.
They recently devalued so points are closer to a 1.3 cent per point value.

Still this is solid, you'll earn points when redeeming a $100 gc and I would have enough for a cheap flight from SEA to Vegas.
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rurabe
Jun 8, 2021
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$100 per RR account? or $100 per card?
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ignorant1
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Quote from selz202 :
They recently devalued so points are closer to a 1.3 cent per point value...
Not saying that you are incorrect, as they may have recently devalued their points - however I did just book a flight for 7,303 points that has a cash price of $118. That works out to 16.16 cents per point. So it's definitely a YMMV situation. It pays to shop... and look at Slickdeals a lot. Applause
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Troublestylist
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Quote from selz202 :
They recently devalued so points are closer to a 1.3 cent per point value.

Still this is solid, you'll earn points when redeeming a $100 gc and I would have enough for a cheap flight from SEA to Vegas.
The devaluation was 6%, and the previous value was about 1.6 cents, so more like 1.5 cents, or $75.

But as noted, the real value comes in not paying some taxes. So a $49 flight costs close to 3000 points, or over 1.6 cents per point.

More expensive flights are proportionately more points.
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Troublestylist
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Quote from rurabe :
$100 per RR account? or $100 per card?
Per card. Each card is only linked to one account.
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opfreak
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I'm not sure about other travel points programs, but I love how flexible SW RR are. Price goes down. rebook, and get points back. Cancel last minute. Get points back.

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IronManFan
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Quote from Troublestylist :
Per card. Each card is only linked to one account.
Incorrect
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