Sep 17, 2014, 10:45 am
Last edit by: Tanic
Reminder: you must enroll and select Southwest as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase.
Some have suggested the need to wait several hours or even a day before making the purchase, but there are also several DPs that worked without waiting that long.
(BTW, you will often hear people refer to Southwest as WN. WN is the IATA code for Southwest Airlines. SW is the IATA code for Air Namibia.)
Caution: As of late July 2019, reports are that direct gift card purchases are no longer being reimbursed.
To purchase click here: https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html Caution: Do NOT login to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account when making the purchase.
What does appear to work is buying flight tickets less than $100, OR using gift cards to get the charged amount down to less than $100.
Always read the last few pages to get up-to-date DPs.
Some have suggested the need to wait several hours or even a day before making the purchase, but there are also several DPs that worked without waiting that long.
(BTW, you will often hear people refer to Southwest as WN. WN is the IATA code for Southwest Airlines. SW is the IATA code for Air Namibia.)
Caution: As of late July 2019, reports are that direct gift card purchases are no longer being reimbursed.
What does appear to work is buying flight tickets less than $100, OR using gift cards to get the charged amount down to less than $100.
Always read the last few pages to get up-to-date DPs.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: WN (2011-2019)
Jul 21, 2017, 6:33 am
#976
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,951
Jul 21, 2017, 8:51 am
#977
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: any
Posts: 3
my 2nd one for $100 also work just fine.
7/16 - Purchased Southwest $100 e-GC
7/18 - $100 credit posted.
good luck all
7/16 - Purchased Southwest $100 e-GC
7/18 - $100 credit posted.
good luck all
Jul 21, 2017, 9:04 am
#978
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Diners Club
Posts: 35
7/15 added SW as the selected airline for both cards
7/16 - Purchased Southwest 2x $100 e-GC on personal plat
7/16 - Purchased Southwest $100 e-GC on PRG
7/18 - 2x $100 credit posted on plat
7/18 - $100 credit posted on PRG
7/16 - Purchased Southwest 2x $100 e-GC on personal plat
7/16 - Purchased Southwest $100 e-GC on PRG
7/18 - 2x $100 credit posted on plat
7/18 - $100 credit posted on PRG
Last edited by notalent; Jul 21, 2017 at 9:07 am Reason: Adding details
Jul 21, 2017, 6:21 pm
#979
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: AMEX MR, Southwest, HH Diamond, M Life, Hertz, Amtrak
Posts: 39
AMEX Premier Rewards Gold Card
7/13 - Selected Southwest as airline.
7/13 - Purchased Southwest $100 e-GC
No credit posted as of 7/18, I am starting to believe this does not work.
The majority of others have seen the reimbursement within 2 days, I have yet to see anything.
7/13 - Selected Southwest as airline.
7/13 - Purchased Southwest $100 e-GC
No credit posted as of 7/18, I am starting to believe this does not work.
The majority of others have seen the reimbursement within 2 days, I have yet to see anything.
You might call AMEX to see if they can manually credit.
Jul 23, 2017, 1:45 am
#980
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 1
Charles Schwab Platinum
7/04 - Added SW as airline
7/16 - Purchase of Southwest $100 e-GC posted
7/18 - $100 credit posted
7/19 - Purchase of Southwest $100 e-GC posted
7/21 - $100 credit posted
7/04 - Added SW as airline
7/16 - Purchase of Southwest $100 e-GC posted
7/18 - $100 credit posted
7/19 - Purchase of Southwest $100 e-GC posted
7/21 - $100 credit posted
Jul 30, 2017, 5:58 pm
#981
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 1
07/27 -Purchased SW $100 GC
07/29 -Transaction posted
07/30 - $100 Credit posted
07/29 -Transaction posted
07/30 - $100 Credit posted
Aug 2, 2017, 1:25 pm
#982
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver
Posts: 21
$200 e-gift card reimbursed
Purchased a $200 Southwest e-gift card a day or two after registering Southwest as chosen airline.
7/29 - transaction posted
8/1 - $200 reimbursement posted
7/29 - transaction posted
8/1 - $200 reimbursement posted
Aug 8, 2017, 10:05 am
#983
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 14
I have an AmEx Premier Rewards Gold and ordered a $100 gift certificate form the SWA website on Sunday and the $100 credit showed up on my statement on Tuesday morning
Aug 9, 2017, 9:24 am
#984
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 41
8/5 - Set SWA as selected airline
8/5 - purchased $100 gift card x2
8/5 - charges post
8/7 - received $100 reimbursement x2
Amex Platinum
8/5 - purchased $100 gift card x2
8/5 - charges post
8/7 - received $100 reimbursement x2
Amex Platinum
Aug 16, 2017, 2:04 pm
#985
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: American Airlines, Delta SkyMiles, Southwest Rapid Rewards, HiltonHonors, SPG, Marriott Rewards
Posts: 2
Amex Personal Platinum:
8/12 Chose SW as my airline of choice
8/12 Bought 2 $100 SW gift cards
8/13 Used the 2 SW gift cards on an upcoming ticket and used Plat to pay remaining balance
8/15 Received 2 $100 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursements
Coding for the gift cards under "Flight Details" shows:
Ticket Number: ______
Document Type: SPD/AIR FREIGHT
Coding for the actual ticket under "Flight Details" shows:
Passenger Name: ____
Date of Departure: 09/17
Ticket Number: ____
Document Type: PASSENGER TICKET
8/12 Chose SW as my airline of choice
8/12 Bought 2 $100 SW gift cards
8/13 Used the 2 SW gift cards on an upcoming ticket and used Plat to pay remaining balance
8/15 Received 2 $100 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursements
Coding for the gift cards under "Flight Details" shows:
Ticket Number: ______
Document Type: SPD/AIR FREIGHT
Coding for the actual ticket under "Flight Details" shows:
Passenger Name: ____
Date of Departure: 09/17
Ticket Number: ____
Document Type: PASSENGER TICKET
Aug 19, 2017, 6:09 am
#986
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 18
Bought a Southwest airlines gift card on my Gold Premier Rewards card to use the $100 airline credit. It never posted a credit. I have met the minimum spend but none of my bonus points have posted yet. Do you think trying to use it too early has anything to do with it? Anyone have any luck calling about it or is it pretty clear you aren't supposed to use the credit for gift cards?
(Not the end of the world a $100 gift card is still $100 and I will still get the travel points but wanted to know before I attempt to get the credit again if that is the likely reason)
(Not the end of the world a $100 gift card is still $100 and I will still get the travel points but wanted to know before I attempt to get the credit again if that is the likely reason)
Aug 22, 2017, 11:05 am
#987
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 9
AMEX Premier Rewards Gold Card
Already had SW as my airline of choice
8/17 - Purchased $100 SW gift card
8/18 - Posted
8/21 - Received $100 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
Already had SW as my airline of choice
8/17 - Purchased $100 SW gift card
8/18 - Posted
8/21 - Received $100 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
Aug 22, 2017, 10:31 pm
#988
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: Amex Platinum, Chase Sapphire Reserve
Posts: 805
Upgraded from PRG to the new Platinum a few months ago. I had already claimed and reimbursed $100 in January on the PRG.
6/?? - Set Southwest as preferred airline
8/8 - Purchased $200 SW gift card
8/14 - $200 Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement posted
6/?? - Set Southwest as preferred airline
8/8 - Purchased $200 SW gift card
8/14 - $200 Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement posted
Aug 24, 2017, 7:15 am
#989
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: AA
Posts: 44
Ameriprise Plat
Bought 2x$100 on 8/21 (One transaction, not two)
Posted 8/23 as single transaction of $200
Credit 8/24
Bought 2x$100 on 8/21 (One transaction, not two)
Posted 8/23 as single transaction of $200
Credit 8/24
Aug 29, 2017, 1:34 pm
#990
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 615
I'm amazed at the amount of SW designated airlines.
