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Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus, Premier, & Priority Credit Cards: Earn Expired

75k Bonus Points
w/ $3k Spent in First 3 Months
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Chase is offering the following: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months with the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus, Premier, & Priority Credit Cards.

Thanks to community member JFalc for finding this deal.

The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card offers the following benefits. The annual fee is $69.
  • Limited Time Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.
  • 3,000 anniversary points each year.
  • Earn 2X points on Southwest® purchases.
  • Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
  • Earn 2X points on internet, cable, and phone services, and select streaming.
  • 2 EarlyBird Check-In® each year.
  • Earn 1 point for every $1 spent on all other purchases.
  • All points earned count towards Companion Pass®.
The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card offers the following benefits. The annual fee is $99.
  • Limited Time Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.
  • 6,000 anniversary points each year.
  • Earn 3X points on Southwest® purchases.
  • Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
  • Earn 2X points on internet, cable, and phone services, and select streaming.
  • 2 EarlyBird Check-In® each year.
  • All points earned count towards Companion Pass®.
  • No foreign transaction fees.
The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card offers the following benefits. The annual fee is $149.
  • Limited Time Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.
  • 7,500 anniversary points each year.
  • Earn 3X points on Southwest® purchases.
  • Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
  • Earn 2X points on internet, cable, and phone services, and select streaming.
  • $75 Southwest® travel credit each year.
  • 4 Upgraded Boardings per year when available.
  • No foreign transaction fees.
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Chase is offering the following: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months with the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus, Premier, & Priority Credit Cards.

The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card offers the following benefits. The annual fee is $69.
  • Limited Time Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.
  • 3,000 anniversary points each year.
  • Earn 2X points on Southwest® purchases.
  • Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
  • Earn 2X points on internet, cable, and phone services, and select streaming.
  • 2 EarlyBird Check-In® each year.
  • Earn 1 point for every $1 spent on all other purchases.
  • All points earned count towards Companion Pass®.
The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card offers the following benefits. The annual fee is $99.
  • Limited Time Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.
  • 6,000 anniversary points each year.
  • Earn 3X points on Southwest® purchases.
  • Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
  • Earn 2X points on internet, cable, and phone services, and select streaming.
  • 2 EarlyBird Check-In® each year.
  • All points earned count towards Companion Pass®.
  • No foreign transaction fees.
The Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card offers the following benefits. The annual fee is $149.
  • Limited Time Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.
  • 7,500 anniversary points each year.
  • Earn 3X points on Southwest® purchases.
  • Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
  • Earn 2X points on internet, cable, and phone services, and select streaming.
  • $75 Southwest® travel credit each year.
  • 4 Upgraded Boardings per year when available.
  • No foreign transaction fees.
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SWA has announced that, starting in 2023, Southwest is raising the qualifying benchmark for the Companion Pass from achieving 125,000 qualifying points to 135,000 qualifying points in the same calendar year.

You can earn it through credit card spend points, but you can also earn it through other ways such as referral points for referring people to get the card and/or spending through the spending portal or spend partners. In years past, I have gotten the companion pass pretty early in the calendar year with one card's large bonus + referral points from a few people who signed up.

If you are targeting the companion pass, get the card now, but remember not to complete the full initial spend of $3,000 until late December 2022 or Jan 2023 -- and after your December billing statement closes (but still before the 3 month window from when you were approved). This is so you get the bonus in 2023. Then do other things in 2023 to get to 135,000 qualifying points, and you will have a companion pass for the rest of 2023 and all of 2024.
Yes! The best plan is the qualify to earn the companion pass in early 2023 and the CP goes the rest of the year and all of 2024!
Yes, but you should make sure both bonuses hit in early 2023 (instead of one bonus hitting in late 2022 and one hitting in early 2023)...Track your spending.

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GeorgeF2737
11-03-2022 at 07:33 PM.
11-03-2022 at 07:33 PM.
Why are folks trying to get the business card? Two of the non-business cards gets you 150k points which is enough for companion pass. Am I missing something here?
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AJDemineh
11-03-2022 at 07:34 PM.
11-03-2022 at 07:34 PM.
Quote from GeorgeF2737 :
Why are folks trying to get the business card? Two of the non-business cards gets you 150k points which is enough for companion pass. Am I missing something here?
You can't get two personal Southwest cards anymore.
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BubBowen
11-03-2022 at 08:39 PM.
11-03-2022 at 08:39 PM.
Quote from GeorgeF2737 :
Why are folks trying to get the business card? Two of the non-business cards gets you 150k points which is enough for companion pass. Am I missing something here?
Yes... only 1 personal card is allowed at a time, which is why you do 1 personal and 1 business.

Cheers...

Bub
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BubBowen
11-03-2022 at 08:41 PM.
11-03-2022 at 08:41 PM.
But did you read that starting Jan 1st, 2023, anyone with a Southwest Rewards card will receive 10k Companion Pass Boost points. Cannot be redeemed as Rewards Points, but they do could towards CP and offset the 10k increase.

Only a single 10k boost per account holder per year.

Cheers!

Bub

Quote from JFalc :
SWA has announced that, starting in 2023, Southwest is raising the qualifying benchmark for the Companion Pass from achieving 125,000 qualifying points to 135,000 qualifying points in the same calendar year.

You can earn it through credit card spend points, but you can also earn it through other ways such as referral points for referring people to get the card and/or spending through the spending portal or spend partners. In years past, I have gotten the companion pass pretty early in the calendar year with one card's large bonus + referral points from a few people who signed up.

If you are targeting the companion pass, get the card now, but remember not to complete the full initial spend of $3,000 until late December 2022 or Jan 2023 -- and after your December billing statement closes (but still before the 3 month window from when you were approved). This is so you get the bonus in 2023. Then do other things in 2023 to get to 135,000 qualifying points, and you will have a companion pass for the rest of 2023 and all of 2024.
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VioletHalibut9350
11-03-2022 at 09:12 PM.
11-03-2022 at 09:12 PM.
I will hold out in hopes of the companion pass offer during the spring / March. I even cancelled my SW cards in preparation of this offer happening March 2023 🤞🏽
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jordanz12
11-04-2022 at 05:38 AM.
11-04-2022 at 05:38 AM.
How long do you have to keep the card open after getting awarded the 75k points? Can you cancel right away or does it have to be open for a year or something minimum to avoid them pulling your points back?
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violet0728
11-04-2022 at 06:31 AM.
11-04-2022 at 06:31 AM.
If I already have a southwest card, could I refer my husband to get the 20k points and him also get the 75k from this offer?
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tkduke77
11-04-2022 at 06:37 AM.
11-04-2022 at 06:37 AM.
Quote from violet0728 :
If I already have a southwest card, could I refer my husband to get the 20k points and him also get the 75k from this offer?
Yes absolutely
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suprastang
11-04-2022 at 06:49 AM.
11-04-2022 at 06:49 AM.
Damn I think I'm over the 5/24 rule. Does chase ever make exceptions?
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bryantoanle
11-04-2022 at 07:19 AM.
11-04-2022 at 07:19 AM.
Quote from tkduke77 :
Yes absolutely

I'm unable to find the referral for this offer .. the offer under my account only gives 50-60k points for the new signer
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11-04-2022 at 07:56 AM.
11-04-2022 at 07:56 AM.
Quote from penguyen :
I'm unable to find the referral for this offer .. the offer under my account only gives 50-60k points for the new signer
Me too. For me, the SWA individual card from the referral link I am able to generate only gives 50k bonus to the applicant.

However, the SWA business card applicant bonus seems the same as from a referral...but not this 75k individual card deal.
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11-04-2022 at 07:58 AM.
11-04-2022 at 07:58 AM.
Quote from jordanz12 :
How long do you have to keep the card open after getting awarded the 75k points? Can you cancel right away or does it have to be open for a year or something minimum to avoid them pulling your points back?
You can cancel whenever. No length is required. Once they post the points (after you meet the initial spend), you can cancel. They do not pull back any points -- and I'm not sure it would be easy since Chase transfers points to Rapid Rewards (And I think that is why they collect the annual fee up front).
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frozenmba
11-04-2022 at 08:59 AM.
11-04-2022 at 08:59 AM.
For example, if I reach the $3,000 spend on Dec 15, the statement closes Jan 5, do i get the bonus points on Dec 15 or Jan 5 or some other date? I want to make sure I get the points in Jan to get the CP in 2023.

Quote from JFalc :
One way would be to go to the Southwest website and look at your "My account" page and "Rapid Rewards" section and filtering for "Credit Card".... You should get a little under 2 years worth of info from that. Mine goes back to Jan 2021. If there is a bonus during that time, it will show up and you will know how long to wait.

The other is Chase.com and try to login and see your old credit card statements. I think the Chase Statements go back pretty far.

[[Also, FYI, my mom applied about 8 months ago for a SWA card, and she was only about 20 months into the last bonus and they didn't give her the card, but instead sent her a letter that said she was denied because she already received a bonus within the last 24 months.
She then waited, later applied, and got the bonus. That was fortitious because if Chase granted the card after only 20 months she would have spent but not received any bonus. the denial was merciful.]]]
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11-04-2022 at 09:35 AM.
11-04-2022 at 09:35 AM.
Quote from frozenmba :
For example, if I reach the $3,000 spend on Dec 15, the statement closes Jan 5, do i get the bonus points on Dec 15 or Jan 5 or some other date? I want to make sure I get the points in Jan to get the CP in 2023.
Historically (and I have been playing this SWA companion pass game for at least 8 years now), you should be good with doing that. If the statement period is the 5th of the month, you could spend on Dec 15, and will almost certainly not achieve the bonus until your Jan 5 statement.

I have never seen a bonus not come at the time of the statement date (AFTER the statement period in which you met the threshold).

But, I'm a paranoid person, so I would never do that. I would spend up to $2,990 through Jan 1, then spend the last $10+ after January....but that is just me.
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DonTreadOnMe
11-04-2022 at 09:58 AM.
11-04-2022 at 09:58 AM.
Quote from violet0728 :
If I already have a southwest card, could I refer my husband to get the 20k points and him also get the 75k from this offer?
Not currently, but historically the same offer showing up for referrals happens a week or so later, buy not aways. I am waiting to refer my spouse
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