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Southwest Airlines offers Rapid Rewards Members (free to join) who Register for Promotion more Ways to Earn and Maintain A-List and A-List Preferred Tier Status through 2023.
NOTE, click here and click "Register Now" under "More Ways to Earn Tier Status has Landed" then click "Get Registered" on next page to qualify.
Ways to Earn:
NOTE, click here and click "Register Now" under "More Ways to Earn Tier Status has Landed" then click "Get Registered" on next page to qualify.
Ways to Earn:
- Reward Travel Counts
- Reward flight segments from Jan. 1 through Sept. 19, 2022, will be applied toward tier status segment requirements so Members can continue to enjoy the benefits and rewards they love and value. No registration is necessary for Members, and qualifying reward flight segments were automatically added to Members' tier progress on Sept. 13. Customers can view changes in the "My Account" section on Southwest.com.
- Earn With New Reward Travel
- Rapid Rewards Members who register and purchase Southwest flights using Rapid Rewards points through Nov. 30, 2022, can now earn flight segment credits that count toward A-List or A-List Preferred tier status through 2023. The flight segment will appear in "My Account" within 72 hours after the flight is completed.
- Earn Double Tier Qualifying Points
- Register for this promotion and purchase Southwest qualifying flights, and travel through Nov. 30, 2022, to earn double tier qualifying points toward A-List or A-List Preferred tier status for 2023.
- Earn A-List Status by Simply flying 25 qualifying one-way flights or earn 35,000 tier qualifying points in a calendar year.
- Benefits:
- Priority boarding
- 25% earning bonus
- Same-day fare change
- Priority Lane and Express Lane
- Dedicated A-List member phone line
- Same-day standby
- No open seats for a same-day change? No problem. Talk to a Southwest Gate Agent at the airport to add you to the standby list for an earlier flight.
- More Info
- Earn A-List Status by Simply flying 50 qualifying one-way flights or earn 70,000 tier qualifying points in a calendar year.
- Benefits:
- Priority boarding
- 100% earning bonus
- Free In-Flight Wi-Fi
- Same-day fare change
- Priority Lane and Express Lane
- Dedicated A-List Preferred member phone line
- Same-day standby
- No open seats for a same-day change? No problem. Talk to a Southwest Gate Agent at the airport to add you to the standby list for an earlier flight.
- More Info
Editor's Notes
Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- Offer Terms:
- All Rewards flights are subject to availability and taxes, fees, and other government or airport-imposed charges of at least $5.60 per one-way.
- Tier qualifying points are earned on flights paid entirely with dollars, LUV Vouchers, gift cards, or travel funds, and with no portion of the purchase price paid for with Rapid Rewards points. Only qualifying activity will be eligible for flight credits.
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Community Notes
About the Poster
Southwest Airlines offers Rapid Rewards Members (free to join) who Register for Promotion more Ways to Earn and Maintain A-List and A-List Preferred Tier Status through 2023.
NOTE, click here and click "Register Now" under "More Ways to Earn Tier Status has Landed" then click "Get Registered" on next page to qualify.
Ways to Earn:
NOTE, click here and click "Register Now" under "More Ways to Earn Tier Status has Landed" then click "Get Registered" on next page to qualify.
Ways to Earn:
- Reward Travel Counts
- Reward flight segments from Jan. 1 through Sept. 19, 2022, will be applied toward tier status segment requirements so Members can continue to enjoy the benefits and rewards they love and value. No registration is necessary for Members, and qualifying reward flight segments were automatically added to Members' tier progress on Sept. 13. Customers can view changes in the "My Account" section on Southwest.com.
- Earn With New Reward Travel
- Rapid Rewards Members who register and purchase Southwest flights using Rapid Rewards points through Nov. 30, 2022, can now earn flight segment credits that count toward A-List or A-List Preferred tier status through 2023. The flight segment will appear in "My Account" within 72 hours after the flight is completed.
- Earn Double Tier Qualifying Points
- Register for this promotion and purchase Southwest qualifying flights, and travel through Nov. 30, 2022, to earn double tier qualifying points toward A-List or A-List Preferred tier status for 2023.
- Earn A-List Status by Simply flying 25 qualifying one-way flights or earn 35,000 tier qualifying points in a calendar year.
- Benefits:
- Priority boarding
- 25% earning bonus
- Same-day fare change
- Priority Lane and Express Lane
- Dedicated A-List member phone line
- Same-day standby
- No open seats for a same-day change? No problem. Talk to a Southwest Gate Agent at the airport to add you to the standby list for an earlier flight.
- More Info
- Earn A-List Status by Simply flying 50 qualifying one-way flights or earn 70,000 tier qualifying points in a calendar year.
- Benefits:
- Priority boarding
- 100% earning bonus
- Free In-Flight Wi-Fi
- Same-day fare change
- Priority Lane and Express Lane
- Dedicated A-List Preferred member phone line
- Same-day standby
- No open seats for a same-day change? No problem. Talk to a Southwest Gate Agent at the airport to add you to the standby list for an earlier flight.
- More Info
Editor's Notes
Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- Offer Terms:
- All Rewards flights are subject to availability and taxes, fees, and other government or airport-imposed charges of at least $5.60 per one-way.
- Tier qualifying points are earned on flights paid entirely with dollars, LUV Vouchers, gift cards, or travel funds, and with no portion of the purchase price paid for with Rapid Rewards points. Only qualifying activity will be eligible for flight credits.
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The easiest way bar none is to see if you can get a Southwest business card + Southwest Personal card if you qualify for both. If you don't think you have a business, look into applying for business cards on travel blogs, flyertalk, or r/churning for advice. You might be surprised how much easier it is than it sounds. Also ensure you're under the 5/24 rule. If you're close to breaking the rule, apply to the business card first. You don't need to apply for both at the same time either, but you should time them so you're bonuses post as early in the calendar year as possible. Applying now and getting the bonus in Nov/Dec is probably the worst thing you could do, as you'll only get about 13 months out of it, opposed to reaching the CP spend in say March, where you'd get close to two years out of it.
If you're still dubious on business cards after reading about them, get the personal card during an increased bonus promo and put as much spend on your Southwest card as possible and as fast as possible. If you have some money saved you can buy gift cards for future purchases you know you'll make (grocery, gas, etc) ahead of time to hit it sooner if needed. You could look into MS but those tactics can make some people uncomfortable, including myself. Sign up for the Southwest dining portal, and also make as many purchases as possible through the Southwest shopping portal (these cont toward CP).
Just make sure any CP point info you read is recent, as they have dropped some CP qualifying methods - notably the Marriott vacations packages back in the day. Point transfers do not count toward CP. I think referrals still count toward CP but fact check me on that, which can range from 10-20k. Southwest Hotels and Car rentals should as well. I think the shopping portal helps the most depending on your spending habits, but it will be very tough to reach (assuming you don't MS) without at least 1 credit card app.
I got it last December and it took me maybe 3-4 months to get that spending.
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The best trick I had was booking hotels via Southwest Hotels for work. Often, they'll show 3 to 5 recommended hotels with bonus points in the search results. At times, the bonus points will be anywhere from 1k to 15k if you book that particular hotel! And, cheating your company's expense dept., the Southwest Hotels checkout allows you to pay for additional points (on top of the bonus points I already mentioned) and will tack it onto the nightly hotel rate so expense report auditors won't know you've paid extra for points. Sneaky sneaky. SW Hotels points do count towards companion pass, but not for A-list status. Status is earned and designed for business travelers.
The best trick I had was booking hotels via Southwest Hotels for work. Often, they'll show 3 to 5 recommended hotels with bonus points in the search results. At times, the bonus points will be anywhere from 1k to 15k if you book that particular hotel! And, cheating your company's expense dept., the Southwest Hotels checkout allows you to pay for additional points (on top of the bonus points I already mentioned) and will tack it onto the nightly hotel rate so expense report auditors won't know you've paid extra for points. Sneaky sneaky. SW Hotels points do count towards companion pass, but not for A-list status. Status is earned and designed for business travelers.
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Hopefully they'll run a similar promotion next year and my wife will be able to get companion pass.
We also couple it with Costco $500 southwest giftcard for $450. For additional savings. We also got enough points to fly for free this upcoming feb for all of us + companion pass.
Don't forget to refer your SO to the credit card to get extra SW points
I got it last December and it took me maybe 3-4 months to get that spending.
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