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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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predation
12-02-2023 at 11:43 PM.
12-02-2023 at 11:43 PM.
Quote from SociableSink5865 View quoted comment :
book a couple business select fares. would cost $1666 since each $1 gets 12 points.
if you have A List Preferred, it would only be $833 spend at 24 points/$1.

Signup for a southwest credit card: 50,000 points for $1000 spend.

Already have the credit card? Refer 2 friends: each one that signs up earns you 10,000 points.

Or like others have said: Pre-pay taxes or property tax which if you did the full $20k would cost ​about $400 for the processing fees.

I thought that property tax payments aren't valid towards the bonus points? Someone mentioned Costco gift cards do
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rpesta
12-03-2023 at 04:22 PM.
12-03-2023 at 04:22 PM.
Quote from rkg1051a View quoted comment :
Just to clarify some confusion out there.
To qualify for 24-25 companion pass, minimum 135000 points need to be posted to your southwest account after 1st January. The bonus points post on the statement date following your spending requirement is met for the specific card. Therefore, you MUST complete the spending requirements only after December statement. Your statement dates maybe different for each card, so pay attention to each card and its statement date. Since just the bonuses (80k/60k+75k) are enough to qualify for the pass you don't need spending points to post in 2024. You can start spending as soon as you get the card, just don't meet the spending requirement before Dec statement.
Hope it clarifies a bit.
I made a very big mistake and accidentally hit the spending threshold not even 5 days before my December statement, so got the bonus for the Business card, but not yet the Personal card. Is there any way to salvage this?
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jennifer2084
12-04-2023 at 08:43 AM.
12-04-2023 at 08:43 AM.
I was turned down for a personal card because I didn't realize that my bonus was earned 12/20/21. I am planning on waiting but I would really like to go ahead and get it now since I have almost met my spend on the business card (I know, I am waiting until 1/1/24).

I applied for the same card as I had before. If I apply for a premier or preferred would I get approved now? I realized that I applied for the business and was approved even though I received my bonus in 2022 but it was a different card level (premier vs. preferred)
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rkg1051a
12-04-2023 at 04:22 PM.
12-04-2023 at 04:22 PM.
Quote from rpesta View quoted comment :
I made a very big mistake and accidentally hit the spending threshold not even 5 days before my December statement, so got the bonus for the Business card, but not yet the Personal card. Is there any way to salvage this?

The only thing you can do is try to get the personal card bonus before December end and thus qualify for atleast 23-24 pass
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joogle
12-04-2023 at 06:06 PM.
12-04-2023 at 06:06 PM.
Business card was rejected should have applied for it first and then the personal one
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redwing634
12-04-2023 at 06:32 PM.
12-04-2023 at 06:32 PM.
Quote from joogle View quoted comment :
Business card was rejected should have applied for it first and then the personal one
Doubt that was the reason. We did personal first, then business a couple weeks later. Approved after a couple days, without having to contact them.
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predation
12-05-2023 at 08:35 AM.
12-05-2023 at 08:35 AM.
Can anyone chime in on purchasing southwest points? will these purchases go towards the bonus pts?
They've got a pretty good deal going right now for 50% off
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SociableSink5865
12-05-2023 at 02:06 PM.
12-05-2023 at 02:06 PM.
Quote from predation View quoted comment :
Can anyone chime in on purchasing southwest points? will these purchases go towards the bonus pts?
They've got a pretty good deal going right now for 50% off
purchased points dont count toward companion pass. the purchase amount would earn some points that would count though.
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avatar13
12-05-2023 at 02:27 PM.
12-05-2023 at 02:27 PM.
Quote from joogle View quoted comment :
Business card was rejected should have applied for it first and then the personal one
Try calling the reconsideration line. Sometimes it can be as simple as moving funds around from other Chase cards. If you have too much credit with them they can deny new card openings. Or maybe they just need some info about your business. When I first applied for the business card many years ago I had to call in to provide some info about my business, although I didn't get a rejection it was just "thanks for applying, we will let you know" sort of message.
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predation
12-05-2023 at 02:35 PM.
12-05-2023 at 02:35 PM.
Quote from SociableSink5865 View quoted comment :
purchased points dont count toward companion pass. the purchase amount would earn some points that would count though.
Sorry if I confused, I may have worded incorrectly.
lets say I pay $900 for 18000 points. the $900 would count towards the minimum spend for the bonus points right?
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cheapodeal
12-06-2023 at 04:35 PM.
12-06-2023 at 04:35 PM.
If I apply now for Business and next week for Personal card, I'll mostly get companion pass in March/April, is that right?

Or Feb/March if I use card for 5K and 1K sooner, right?

Also, my wife already have those cards. Can she refer me and I still get those extra points?
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rjones85
12-06-2023 at 04:39 PM.
12-06-2023 at 04:39 PM.
Quote from predation View quoted comment :
Sorry if I confused, I may have worded incorrectly.
lets say I pay $900 for 18000 points. the $900 would count towards the minimum spend for the bonus points right?
Pretty sure the $900 spending would not count, but the 18000 points could go towards the companion pass.
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bru_that
12-06-2023 at 05:03 PM.
12-06-2023 at 05:03 PM.
Quote from predation View quoted comment :
Sorry if I confused, I may have worded incorrectly.
lets say I pay $900 for 18000 points. the $900 would count towards the minimum spend for the bonus points right?
Sure, but that is a flat out horrible use of $900.
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bru_that
12-06-2023 at 05:04 PM.
12-06-2023 at 05:04 PM.
Quote from rjones85 View quoted comment :
Pretty sure the $900 spending would not count, but the 18000 points could go towards the companion pass.
You've got it reversed. The spend counts toward earning the card's signup bonus; the purchased points are not companion pass-qualifying points.
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thelouisman
12-06-2023 at 08:46 PM.
12-06-2023 at 08:46 PM.
Hi all! Signed up for both the personal and business cards today so I can get the companion pass. Hoping to get some clarty here though about my experience...and have questions answered.

1. I was approved instantly for the personal ($20,000 spending limit). Requested expedited delivery of card immediately after and was granted.

2. The weirder part that I'm hoping for feedback on: I did the business card immediately after. Once again, I was immediately approved, which I was surprised by considering how many people on this thread seem to have to call or wait for approval. Anyway, the weird part was I was only given a $5,000 credit limit, which is very low. Especially considering I was given a credit limit of 20K for the personal earlier today. Did I do something wrong in my answers when applying? I have never applied for a business card before.

Anyway, that's my experience. I am buying a new car next week and plan to just have the dealer charge these two credit cards for amounts slightly below the spend required to hit the card/mile bonuses. Then put the cards away until January 1st and then do the other charges required to hit the spend levels required that day.

That said -- I also need to get the companion pass as early as possible in January.

Do I need to contact chase and have them set the payment due date as January 1st or 2nd? Or did I apply too late (December 6) for both cards to be able to do this and still get the companion pass in early January?

Sorry for the newb questions.
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