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Costco Members: $500 Southwest Airlines eGift Card (Email Delivery)

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: $500 Southwest Airlines eGift Card (Email Delivery) on sale for $429.99.

Thanks to Community Member alamak for sharing this deal.

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  • About this deal:
    • This price matches our +78 Frontpage Deal from last month.
    • Redeem Online, At Ticket Counter Or Call 1-800-I-FLY-SWA
    • Valid Only For Southwest Airlines Flights
    • Delivered Via Email
    • Item is Non-Refundable
    • Limit 2 Per Membership
    • $20 savings is valid through through 12/25/23 or while supplies last.
  • About the store:
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: $500 Southwest Airlines eGift Card (Email Delivery) on sale for $429.99.

Thanks to Community Member alamak for sharing this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price matches our +78 Frontpage Deal from last month.
    • Redeem Online, At Ticket Counter Or Call 1-800-I-FLY-SWA
    • Valid Only For Southwest Airlines Flights
    • Delivered Via Email
    • Item is Non-Refundable
    • Limit 2 Per Membership
    • $20 savings is valid through through 12/25/23 or while supplies last.
  • About the store:
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here

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Troublestylist
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You can always buy a ticket and cancel it. Then the amounts are stored in your account. They never expire and if you buy anything above the cheapest fare y can transfer them to others.
jaylom
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Heads up that Southwest doesn't allow you to add these to a wallet or account for future use. You have to wait until you're actually booking a flight to use them, so don't forget you bought them!
e_honda
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Typically it will be your choice and they'll just give you a flight credit.

Example: I had a 2 stop flight (SJC -> Vegas -> O'hare -> Tampa). After landing in O'Hare a little bit late, I found out the connecting flight to Tampa was cancelled.

I noticed the Southwest app automatically scheduled me for a flight the next day. I went to the ticket counter and asked for other options. I was told there was a flight from Midway -> Tampa about 3.5 hours later on the same day. I accepted and they just printed me the ticket. They didn't charge me for this.

It was about a $47 Lyft ride to go from O'hare to Midway. I was told by another passenger they would reinburse you for the cost of the ride. So I took a screen shot of the ride receipt and submitted an online claim to get reimbursed for the fee. A couple weeks later Southwest gave me a $150 travel credit.

I imagine that if you stayed at a local hotel, they'd probably give you the same or similar reimbursement.

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duhjoker
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Costco members 12/12/23 - 12/25/23 only. $500 E-gift card for $430. While supplies last

Product Details

Limit 5 Per Membership

Give the Gift of a Destination. No fees. No Expiration. Easy to redeem online, by phone or at the airport.

Includes:
Item is non-refundable
One (1) $500 E-Gift Card, delivered via email

Terms & Conditions:
A Southwest® Gift Card may only be redeemed at southwest.com®, on the Southwest Airlines® Mobile Apps and Mobile Website (only for initial flight booking), by calling Southwest Airlines at 1- 800-435-9792 (1-800 I FLY SWA®), or at Southwest Airlines ticket counter locations for Passenger air travel and other qualifying products and services
A complete set of terms and conditions is available at Southwest.com/giftcard
A maximum of three (3) Southwest Airlines Gift Cards can be applied per passenger on each reservation. If your purchase exceeds the amount available on the three Southwest Gift Cards, additional payment is required
A Southwest Gift Card is not valid for the purchase of Southwest Airlines Vacation Packages, cargo, hotel, rental car, Southwest Airlines merchandise, Southwest Airlines group tickets, EarlyBird Check-In, oversized and excess baggage fees,
Gift Card is nonrefundable and not redeemable for cash or credit except where required by law
Gift Card is not replaceable if lost, stolen, or destroyed. Protect this card like cash
For balance check, call 1-866-393-2081
Activation or use of Southwest Gift Card constitutes acceptance of all terms and conditions on southwest.com

How to Redeem:
A Southwest Gift Card may only be redeemed at southwest.com®, on the Southwest Airlines® Mobile Apps and Mobile Website (only for initial flight booking), by calling Southwest Airlines at 1- 800-435-9792 (1-800 I FLY SWA®), or at Southwest Airlines ticket counter locations
Print the page with the Gift card number and security code (PIN) and bring to any Southwest Airlines ticket counter, or by calling Reservations at 1-800-I-FLY-SWA
For online redemption, after you have selected your flights and input Passenger information, use the Gift Card as a form of payment
Click on 'Apply Travel Funds' under the 'Do you want to apply travel funds?' section
Input Gift Card number and security code (PIN) in the designated location and click the button 'Apply Funds', this will deduct the amount on the Gift Card from the total
If a balance is left you will need to use another form of payment to pay the remaining balance

https://www.costco.com/.product.1..._Southwest
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Dealhunterforu
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Bought it 2 days back and used it. Will they price match?
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kfpanda
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Quote from Dealhunterforu :
Bought it 2 days back and used it. Will they price match?
Yes they will
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kevzz01
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Quote from kfpanda :
Yes they will
Bought from sams club for $449. Can they price match costco?
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CornPopThuggzMatta
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And as an added free bonus, you will probably get a two-night stay in an airport terminal not of your choice.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank jaylom

Heads up that Southwest doesn't allow you to add these to a wallet or account for future use. You have to wait until you're actually booking a flight to use them, so don't forget you bought them!
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Troublestylist
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Quote from jaylom :
Heads up that Southwest doesn't allow you to add these to a wallet or account for future use. You have to wait until you're actually booking a flight to use them, so don't forget you bought them!
You can always buy a ticket and cancel it. Then the amounts are stored in your account. They never expire and if you buy anything above the cheapest fare y can transfer them to others.
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Troublestylist
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Having both credit cards, I'm ambivalent.

3% cash back with Costco, or 3 points per dollar. Theoretically the Chase points are worth about 4%

But if I wait until January, all points go towards next year's companion pass
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DogAndPony
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Quote from Troublestylist :
You can always buy a ticket and cancel it. Then the amounts are stored in your account. They never expire and if you buy anything above the cheapest fare y can transfer them to others.
I had not thought of that.

If I buy a more expensive ticket for myself and cancel to get the credit on my account, can I then later buy tickets for someone else? Or will the credit only be good for myself?

I don't want to stock up on $1000+ of SWA credit and then not be able to use the credit for others in my family.
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Quote from Troublestylist :
Having both credit cards, I'm ambivalent.

3% cash back with Costco, or 3 points per dollar. Theoretically the Chase points are worth about 4%

But if I wait until January, all points go towards next year's companion pass
Wait, if I buy a ticket and then refund it for credit I get to keep the points toward a CP? That doesn't sound right.
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Troublestylist
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Quote from DogAndPony :
I had not thought of that.

If I buy a more expensive ticket for myself and cancel to get the credit on my account, can I then later buy tickets for someone else? Or will the credit only be good for myself?

I don't want to stock up on $1000+ of SWA credit and then not be able to use the credit for others in my family.
Yes. The new rules allow you to transfer funds to others. Anything other than base fare. You don't buy the ticket for them. You initiate a transfer to their RR account.
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Troublestylist
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Quote from DogAndPony :
Wait, if I buy a ticket and then refund it for credit I get to keep the points toward a CP? That doesn't sound right.
Any funds spent on the SW credit card earn points. Refunding the ticket for credit doesn't affect that.

So yes, you could buy a ticket today and get CP credit towards this year.... currently 4 points per dollar i think. Whether you cancel it or not. When you use the credit you will get more points directly from SW for flying the flight (6 or more points per dollar). But those will credit towards next year's CP and A list.

Don't confuse credit card rewards points and flying rewards points. The rules and rates are different.
Last edited by Troublestylist December 12, 2023 at 12:38 PM.
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Rangrez
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Quote from kevzz01 :
Bought from sams club for $449. Can they price match costco?
Mostly No but it's worth a try.
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DogAndPony
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Quote from Troublestylist :
Yes. The new rules allow you to transfer funds to others. Anything other than base fare. You don't buy the ticket for them. You initiate a transfer to their RR account.
Cool. Might load up then. It seems like every time I fly swa is when the gift cards are not available on Costco
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k.vidya.sagar
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Quote from CornPopThuggzMatta :
And as an added free bonus, you will probably get a two-night stay in an airport terminal not of your choice.
Where we can confirm this?
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