Southwest Rapid Rewards - Easiest, cheapest way to reset 24-month clock?
wco81
Aug 13, 12, 10:35 am
I have a few points from one flight I took. Regularly don't fly them.
Don't really want another credit card either.
Are there some easy opportunities to add a few points, through some partner program?
qwertyasdfghzxcvbn
Aug 13, 12, 11:16 am
Are there some easy opportunities to add a few points, through some partner program?
https://rapidrewardsshopping.southwest.com/
Points normally post a month or two after the transaction.
toomanybooks
Aug 13, 12, 11:46 am
Or next time you rent a car or stay in a hotel, get your partner points that way.
Or buy flowers for someone through the WN website; 1000 WN points right now as I recall and they post pretty fast, just a few days. Took 4 days for me in May when the Mother's Day offer was 1500:
05/16/2012 Retail Teleflora 05/12/2012 +1,500
lougord99
Aug 13, 12, 5:41 pm
I have a few points from one flight I took. Regularly don't fly them.
So, you buy some flowers and extend the points. Is 1 flight of points ( probably around $2-$5 dollars of points ) worth considering and your doing something to extend them?
Edit : As i think about it your points can't possibly expire before Mar. 1, 2013. Are you sure you aren't talking about RR 1 credits?
tyfabes
Aug 13, 12, 6:56 pm
You can also enroll any card you have in the Rapid Rewards Dining program. Anytime you dine at a participating restaurant, you'll earn points just by paying with your card.
It's a fairly hassle-free way to keep those points from expiring, while earning new rewards. There's also a new member sign-up bonus.
sdsearch
Aug 13, 12, 7:54 pm
Are there some easy opportunities to add a few points, through some partner program?
If you ever stay in hotels, you can earn 600 Southwest points on any hotel stay (that's $10 in WGA redemption value), and several hotel programs have at different times this year offered big (3x, 4x, 4+ x) bonuses on this. In fact, it's from hotel stays that I earn 99% of my Southwest points, not from paid flights. And then I have enough points to make every Southwest flight I take be a reward flight!
You may be able to do similarly with rental cars. But AFAIK those are the only two kinds of partner programs which recurrently seem to give promos this big (earning $30 or $40 or more value back in Southwest points on a one-night hotel stay or a one-day car rental).