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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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JFalc
11-03-2023 at 10:53 AM.
11-03-2023 at 10:53 AM.
Quote from ArseneWenger :
Does the spouse doing the referring need to have the card already? Not sure how to do this.
Yes (or at a minimum have the last 4 digits of her SWA card). The referral landing page requests the last name/last 4 digits and zip code in order to issue a REFERRAL LINK. (Sometimes you can see the last 4 digits of the card in your online chase account before the card arrives)
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CKUM
11-03-2023 at 11:44 AM.
11-03-2023 at 11:44 AM.
I got approved and a new big purchase coming. Is there any possibility of getting the card information or requesting expedite shipping of the cards ?
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rkg1051a
11-03-2023 at 12:49 PM.
11-03-2023 at 12:49 PM.
Quote from CKUM :
I got approved and a new big purchase coming. Is there any possibility of getting the card information or requesting expedite shipping of the cards ?

Yes, you can call or secure message them and request expedited processing, you will get the card in 3-4 days.
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fromsoca23
11-05-2023 at 05:32 AM.
11-05-2023 at 05:32 AM.
Just want to verify this would work......If we're running close to the deadline date to qualify and haven't spent enough, we were just going to buy Southwest Gift Cards (or other gift cards offered too) through Costco. Thanks in advance.
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joogle
11-05-2023 at 06:35 AM.
11-05-2023 at 06:35 AM.
So is the key to hit the purchase that would get the bonus points sometime in January?
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annestrauss
11-05-2023 at 08:39 AM.
11-05-2023 at 08:39 AM.
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So is the key to hit the purchase that would get the bonus points sometime in January?
The key is learning how to read
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pufnstuf68
11-05-2023 at 12:48 PM.
11-05-2023 at 12:48 PM.
For those that have applied in the last week (personal or business) what closing date did chase assign you? Trying to time it for an early Dec closing date.
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wadew
11-05-2023 at 01:06 PM.
11-05-2023 at 01:06 PM.
Quote from pufnstuf68 :
For those that have applied in the last week (personal or business) what closing date did chase assign you? Trying to time it for an early Dec closing date.

You can always chat and have them change the closing date to whatever you want. They sometimes will have to play with it cause some will only adjust the payment due date.
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11-05-2023 at 07:12 PM.
11-05-2023 at 07:12 PM.
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the key is your response adds no value then save yourself a few minutes and wasting others
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jhsu1027
11-05-2023 at 10:17 PM.
11-05-2023 at 10:17 PM.
Since the Personal Plus has 75K reward points for spending $3000 in 3 months and the Business Premier (lower tier) has 60K reward points for also spending $3000 in 3 months. Just wanted to check this combo would also get to the 135K points required for a companion pass?
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SDVeteran
11-05-2023 at 10:53 PM.
11-05-2023 at 10:53 PM.
Does the existing personal plus RR points count towards 135k points when combined with the new business card bonus 80k points.
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dealmaster98
11-06-2023 at 11:37 AM.
11-06-2023 at 11:37 AM.
Quote from joogle :
So is the key to hit the purchase that would get the bonus points sometime in January?
Yes, coz companion fare is good only for the calendar year that you qualify for. So you wouldn't want to qualify in December...
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dealmaster98
11-06-2023 at 11:40 AM.
11-06-2023 at 11:40 AM.
Quote from fromsoca23 :
Just want to verify this would work......If we're running close to the deadline date to qualify and haven't spent enough, we were just going to buy Southwest Gift Cards (or other gift cards offered too) through Costco. Thanks in advance.
I don't see why not, as it will post as a Costco purchase. Better yet, buy the Costco Shop cards, which can be used on SWA GC and others. That's what I do to meet the spend req - buy 3K of Costco Cash card and spend it over the next year. But then I meet the req right away and can put the card away.
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fromsoca23
11-06-2023 at 01:17 PM.
11-06-2023 at 01:17 PM.
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I don't see why not, as it will post as a Costco purchase. Better yet, buy the Costco Shop cards, which can be used on SWA GC and others. That's what I do to meet the spend req - buy 3K of Costco Cash card and spend it over the next year. But then I meet the req right away and can put the card away.
Thanks for the reply and answer. I was thinking about the Costco Cash cards as well, which as you mentioned, is a better idea. This way we can spend it as we go and not be locked into just one thing and can also use it for gas. Thanks again, much appreciated.
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pufnstuf68
11-06-2023 at 01:22 PM.
11-06-2023 at 01:22 PM.
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Yes, coz companion fare is good only for the calendar year that you qualify for. So you wouldn't want to qualify in December...

I was under the impression that points earned in 2023 would not apply toward the companion pass in 2024 & 2025 (assuming you were trying to get it for two years) hence my plan to start the spending AFTER the December closing date. If you earned points in Nov and Dec, but hit spend in Jan… you'd still get the bonus, but I thought the earlier points wouldn't count toward the companion pass. Somehow I thought they have a way of determining when and how the point was earned.

I guess the question is, in order to maximize the benefit… nearly two full years of companion pass, do the points need to be earned in the beginning of the year… eg 2024 (following the Dec closing date). Prior threads on this topic have implied this.
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