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Southwest Companion pass for 2024-25

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Southwest CompanionPass
1. Get Southwest Performance Business credit card for 80000+5000 points after spending $5000 in 3 months
2. Get one of the personal credit cards to get 50000+1000 points after spending 1000 in 3 months
The above 2 cards will get you 136000 Southwest rapid reward points qualifying you for a companion pass.
The bonus points are posted on the statement date following your spending requirements are met. Therefore, make sure to complete spending requirements and combined $5000 spending ONLY AFTER your December statements so that the points are awarded/posted in January and then the companion pass will be good for 2024-25. If you time it properly you can get the pass effective Jan 4 or 5

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rkg1051a
10-28-2023 at 04:47 PM.
10-28-2023 at 04:47 PM.
Quote from gsurti :
Advice needed!
I've chase personal and business CC from past year end. I would like to refer my wife for both cards at the end of next year. Can I send her referrals for both cards via my business or personal card? I am trying to find out if I can close one of my cards before annual fees is slapped and still get the referral points next year.

Yes, you can refer her for both sw/chase cards from any sw/chase cards, personal or business.
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Xtremeth
10-28-2023 at 06:06 PM.
10-28-2023 at 06:06 PM.
Quote from fromsoca23 :
No, the annual fees are not waived for any of the cards. I can't recall it ever was either and I've been at this for quite some time too. I know some cards do waive it for the first year, but not the Southwest cards.

Just call in and ask for a promotion, they've refunded me my annual fee and sometimes more every year
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annestrauss
10-28-2023 at 06:11 PM.
10-28-2023 at 06:11 PM.
Quote from Xtremeth :
Just call in and ask for a promotion, they've refunded me my annual fee and sometimes more every year
Nope…..
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Xtremeth
10-28-2023 at 07:05 PM.
10-28-2023 at 07:05 PM.
Quote from annestrauss :
Nope…..

I received 150 this year and 70 last year, maybe your spending or something doesn't qualify
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cruisinfanatic
10-28-2023 at 07:16 PM.
10-28-2023 at 07:16 PM.
Quote from ScarletLanguage7069 :
Is the annual fee waived for the first year?
No, but you can spend what you need to the first month, wait for the points to show up in your RR account. The fee will be returned if you cancel right away
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m6284505
10-29-2023 at 12:59 PM.
10-29-2023 at 12:59 PM.
I have an older Chase Southwest business card and I tried to cancel it earlier this year but the rep gave me a $100 credit (covers yearly $99 fee) and I got the 6,000 yearly bonus points.
Would I be able to cancel the current business card and then get a new business card like 30 days from now?
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bru_that
10-29-2023 at 01:32 PM.
10-29-2023 at 01:32 PM.
Quote from annestrauss :
Nope…..
as a retention offer after holding the card for a year, yes actually. But not as a 1st year thing.
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jhsu1027
10-29-2023 at 02:00 PM.
10-29-2023 at 02:00 PM.
Sorry, I'm new to this.

Once you get 135,000 points, are you using those points to buy the companion pass or do you just get the companion pass as a bonus on the side and you can still use the 135,000 points yourself?

With all those RR points, can you transfer it to someone else?

Thank you!
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robby2217
10-29-2023 at 07:39 PM.
10-29-2023 at 07:39 PM.
Will the referral bonus points qualify for companion pass?
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rkg1051a
10-29-2023 at 08:05 PM.
10-29-2023 at 08:05 PM.
Quote from robby2217 :
Will the referral bonus points qualify for companion pass?

Yes, referral bonuses are part of qualifying points.
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rkg1051a
10-29-2023 at 08:11 PM.
10-29-2023 at 08:11 PM.
Quote from jhsu1027 :
Sorry, I'm new to this.

Once you get 135,000 points, are you using those points to buy the companion pass or do you just get the companion pass as a bonus on the side and you can still use the 135,000 points yourself?

With all those RR points, can you transfer it to someone else?

Thank you!

Earning 135000 RR points qualify you and get you the companion pass automatically. You still have those 135000 RR points in your account and you can use those points to pay for the flights. You can buy your own flight with points and carry the companion free with you costing only the taxes of generally $5.60 per passenger each way.
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BubBowen
10-29-2023 at 08:31 PM.
10-29-2023 at 08:31 PM.
Quote from jhsu1027 :

With all those RR points, can you transfer it to someone else?
No, but you can buy their tickets with your points!

Bub
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xaZnxbOyx
10-29-2023 at 11:13 PM.
10-29-2023 at 11:13 PM.
did you guys get approved right away for the personal card (75k bonus points currently)? mine said they'll notify by me by mail? I already got the sw performance business about a week ago (which I got approved for instantly). Any data points would be helpful
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predation
10-30-2023 at 08:51 AM.
10-30-2023 at 08:51 AM.
Are the business and personal completely different?
last time i got the personal business was back in 2018. cancelled the personal card about a week ago and going to wait until beginning of december to reapply (30 day cool down).
for the business i closed that account back in 2019 probably. so its been a minute since i got bonus for the business. can i apply for the business card now and get the bonus?
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ap360
10-30-2023 at 11:21 AM.
10-30-2023 at 11:21 AM.
I am looking to apply for one of the SW personal cards, which one should i get for a casual traveller with maybe one or two trips with SW per year?
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