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

Word of warning to anyone who is tracking spending towards your bonuses on these SWA cards, returns still count towards minimum spend. Meaning, anything you buy regardless if it is returned or canceled right away it will count towards the total if it hits the card at some point. I'm currently in the process of getting screwed out of buddy pass because I made a purchase for a fridge, the order had to be modified so was canceled, then re ordered. The card shows the refund as actually hitting before the charge was even made but it pushed me over the 3k spend limit. Again, this was never reflected on the actual balance. Went from pending to refund then the actual charge showed the next day but it pushed over the 3k spend. So, whatever you buy regardless of it's canceled or not will count towards the spend. This could be taken advantage of as well if you don't wanna spend honestly, according to everything the agents have been saying you could just buy $3k worth of whatever, cancel or return it and you've met the spend. It's crazy, frustrating and cost me big.

Wonder if I can do this to manufacture some spending. Buy something expensive, collect bonus, return item.

PennyPackin, that really sucks that that happened to you. I want to give you a HUGE thank you for sharing your story. And your thoughts about it triggering even with the return/refund are correct. With the huge increase in taxes, my escrow was short over $3k, so I paid $2900 with the Southwest Chase card in December (with fees and one other small purchase that put the card around $2980). I planned to just put the card up until January to spend the rest. Well within an hour of making that payment, I talked to the tax office and to my mortgage company and found out the mortgage company paid the overage already, so I instantly had them cancel the transaction. Similar to yours, the pending and refund showed up together, so no real transaction ever hit. My available balance still showed the full card amount.

Even so, I wasn't sure if it'd trigger anything but thanks to your warning, I didn't use the card the rest of the month. In January, just in case it hadn't triggered, I paid my insurance plus some small purchases so at least I could start making my way towards the $3k minimum spend needed. But today I see that the points and companion pass are already showing on Southwest Rapid Rewards site. So again, thank you so much for sharing your story and saving me from that mistake. My only loss was the large insurance payment that could've been made with a different card offering better than 1% points since in reality only $20 more was needed in spending.

Also, for those who say the points show up in the Southwest account much sooner, mine did not. They were not there until days after the statement closed.

I was working on my companion pass-- had a business card spend close to SUB so locked it-- checked my regular card that I stupidly did not lock and P2 had paid a utility with it--grrrrr so I made returns like crazy that day-- returned way more then needed. All returns posted before closing date. Points posted Dec 21st-- I was so angry at myself for not locking card, anyway I didnt even try to call . I wonder if its too late to make an attempt

I recently closed my Chase Ink and transferred over all the points to SW. Do these points count towards companion pass?
PS: I'd be happy to share a referral link if you're looking for one.

Are we getting the CP for one year now?

Did anyone get this (I didn't)?


Effective January 2023, Members with an open Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Card on the first business day of each calendar year will earn one boost of 10,000 Companion Pass qualifying points each calendar year. The boost will be deposited into eligible Member's account by January 31st of the calendar year.

PennyPackin, that really sucks that that happened to you. I want to give you a HUGE thank you for sharing your story. And your thoughts about it triggering even with the return/refund are correct. With the huge increase in taxes, my escrow was short over $3k, so I paid $2900 with the Southwest Chase card in December (with fees and one other small purchase that put the card around $2980). I planned to just put the card up until January to spend the rest. Well within an hour of making that payment, I talked to the tax office and to my mortgage company and found out the mortgage company paid the overage already, so I instantly had them cancel the transaction. Similar to yours, the pending and refund showed up together, so no real transaction ever hit. My available balance still showed the full card amount.

Even so, I wasn't sure if it'd trigger anything but thanks to your warning, I didn't use the card the rest of the month. In January, just in case it hadn't triggered, I paid my insurance plus some small purchases so at least I could start making my way towards the $3k minimum spend needed. But today I see that the points and companion pass are already showing on Southwest Rapid Rewards site. So again, thank you so much for sharing your story and saving me from that mistake. My only loss was the large insurance payment that could've been made with a different card offering better than 1% points since in reality only $20 more was needed in spending.

Also, for those who say the points show up in the Southwest account much sooner, mine did not. They were not there until days after the statement closed.