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Southwest Airlines: Buy Round Trip Flight, Get Companion Pass (Valid 1/6 - 3/6/25)

(Book by 9/5, Travel by 11/20/24)

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Southwest Airlines offers its Rapid Rewards Members (free to join): Purchase a Round Trip or 2 One-Way Flights and Travel by 11/20/24, and get a Companion Pass for Free when you register for the promotion. Must book flight(s) by 9/5//24. Companion Pass is valid on flights between January 6, 2025, and March 6, 2025.

Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for sharing this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Log in and Register for the promotion (you must include your Rapid Rewards number during booking)
  2. Purchase one round trip or two one-way flights between September 3-5, 2024
  3. Travel by 11/20/24
  4. Companion flies free with you from January 6, 2025, to March 6, 2025
    • Note: Now you can pay with cash, points, or Cash + Points

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Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This offer matches our +149 Frontpage Deal from March.
  • Review the offer page for the complete terms and conditions.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by serra | Staff
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Southwest Airlines offers its Rapid Rewards Members (free to join): Purchase a Round Trip or 2 One-Way Flights and Travel by 11/20/24, and get a Companion Pass for Free when you register for the promotion. Must book flight(s) by 9/5//24. Companion Pass is valid on flights between January 6, 2025, and March 6, 2025.

Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for sharing this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Log in and Register for the promotion (you must include your Rapid Rewards number during booking)
  2. Purchase one round trip or two one-way flights between September 3-5, 2024
  3. Travel by 11/20/24
  4. Companion flies free with you from January 6, 2025, to March 6, 2025
    • Note: Now you can pay with cash, points, or Cash + Points

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This offer matches our +149 Frontpage Deal from March.
  • Review the offer page for the complete terms and conditions.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by serra | Staff

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It means what it says. You and companion can fly anywhere together from Jan through March 2025 if you book a solo RT flight before 9/5 and take that solo trip before 11/20/24.
Not sure if being funny or not...


Initial flight to earn the companion pass has to be booked between 9/3-9/5 and that flight flown before 11/20. Once that is done, the companion pass is added to your account and you can designate someone to be your companion on future trips.

Then, if you decide to book a flight between the dates of 1/6 and 3/6 of 2025, your companion flies free* with you.
Just found this:

"We love offering this Companion Pass promotion because it allows our Members to experience one of the many benefits of our award-winning Rapid Rewards program," said Jennifer Bridie, Vice President of Marketing at Southwest Airlines. "Earlier this year, we launched Cash + Points, giving our Customers extra flexibility to make their points go further. And now, for the first time, Members can use their Rapid Rewards points, a combination of cash and points, or other eligible forms of payment to book qualifying flights that count toward this Companion Pass promotion." (my emphasis added)

https://swamedia.com/releases/rel...-promotion

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Sep 3, 2024
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danny_lamchops
Sep 3, 2024
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Quote from pkp413 :
We are unable to register you for this promotion. Please contact a Southwest Airlines Customer Service Representative for assistance at 1-800-I-FLY-SWA (1-800-435-9792).
This happened to me when going through the links provided in the post.

I was able to activate the promotion by logging into my SW account, click on "Rapid Rewards" near the top (next to Trip, Payment, Profile), and the offer should be on the right side titled "Wanna bring a friend for free every time you fly? Learn how to register"
Sep 3, 2024
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ShrewdBreakfast349
Sep 3, 2024
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Can it be 2 one way trips (one for account holder and second for a friend), or 2 OW/ 1 RT trip needs to be by rapid rewards account holder?
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serra
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it's on their home page, not sure why some of you cannot register (??) Frown maybe clear cache/cookies? idk?
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Quote from Shadowx055 :
Very interesting, I booked a roundtrip flight from SJC to Denver for November last month for $121.96. When I check the same flight today it's $187.96, if I cancel, get the credit, and rebuy I'll have to put out $65 more. But when I click change flight and rebook it, it says + $0 so both legs of the flight. I wonder if that change still qualifies as a booking.
I'm interested to know as well so I can rebook two of my flights this way.
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startedfromthebottom
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Quote from serra :
it's on their home page, not sure why some of you cannot register (??) Frown maybe clear cache/cookies? idk?
I'd suggest logging directly to the website, and use the link under special offers (Flight). I was getting the same error when using the link in the app. Going directly worked for me.
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CementCan
Sep 3, 2024
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seems like you can change flights and have it qualify.

Q: What changes to a reservation would disqualify a flight from qualifying for promotional Companion Pass through this offer?
A: Any change to a reservation that falls outside of the promotional requirements (enrollment date, booking date, travel date, etc.) will disqualify the flight from this promotion. In other words, flights must be purchased, and/or changed during the promotional period and the new flight(s) must be flown between September 3-November 20, 2024 to meet the terms and conditions of this promotion

Does anyone know how to tell if it went through?
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thejerseydevil
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Quote from synthesis77 :
so, basically "buy 2 get 1 free" with a lot of hoops. got it.
No.

Buy one round trip flight now (or 2 one-ways)
Get a companion pass for 3 months - which can be BOGO on all your flights during that time.
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synthesis77
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Quote from thejerseydevil :
Get a companion pass for 3 months - which can be BOGO on all your flights during that time.
you can use the companion pass more than once? is that normal? that's better then, so, starting at 33% off and asymptotically approaching 50% off the more flights you can cram in…
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Quote from Shadowx055 :
Very interesting, I booked a roundtrip flight from SJC to Denver for November last month for $121.96. When I check the same flight today it's $187.96, if I cancel, get the credit, and rebuy I'll have to put out $65 more. But when I click change flight and rebook it, it says + $0 so both legs of the flight. I wonder if that change still qualifies as a booking.
I do not believe a flight change constitutes a "booking" especially if nothing changes. You can try, but I do not believe it'll work.
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Quote from synthesis77 :
you can use the companion pass more than once? is that normal? that's better then, so, starting at 33% off and asymptotically approaching 50% off the more flights you can cram in…
Yes, companion pass simply means that any time you fly during the 3 month period, your companion also gets to fly w/ you for free (except for taxes).
But you can only book that free companion flight starting in Jan when SW system updates for your companion status. The way around that is to book those flights now and pay for the companion's ticket (do not book wanna get away fares for your companion, those are non-refundable). You can book wanna get away, and your companion as any time fare. Then when January rolls around, you call up SW and tell them to add your companion for free, or do this in the app and then cancel your original companion flight.
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Quote from Thorin78 :
Yes, companion pass simply means that any time you fly during the 3 month period, your companion also gets to fly w/ you for free (except for taxes).
But you can only book that free companion flight starting in Jan when SW system updates for your companion status. The way around that is to book those flights now and pay for the companion's ticket (do not book wanna get away fares for your companion, those are non-refundable). You can book wanna get away, and your companion as any time fare. Then when January rolls around, you call up SW and tell them to add your companion for free, or do this in the app and then cancel your original companion flight.
Let's call it more of a 2 month term. Sure it spans 3 months but look at the dates and February is a short month so it's even less.
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what are some cheap one day turnaround trips from bay area, ca?
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If you book a ticket and not board the flight do you still get companion fly free?
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Quote from serra :
if you don't know what "companion fly free" is, then you don't travel much.

anyway, there's a ymmv chase offer for southwest i posted a while back. use that if you have it and if you are paying with cc.
That's not a fair statement... I fly all the time, both internationally and domestically, and I wasn't sure what this offer was. As a note, I never fly SW though...

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