FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - [REVISED] Southwest Airlines Card 50,000 Bonus Points, $2k spend

Nov 15, 2011, 7:53 pm

#389

meecal

Join Date: Feb 2004

Programs: IHG Spire Elite; Hyatt Platinum; SPG Preferred+; Club Carlson Gold; SW CP

Posts: 674

Quote:

Originally Posted by booyaa

For those wanting to qualify for the CP in 2012 and have gotten the (personal and business) cards, are you activating it now and then wait till Jan to make the first purchases? Or are you waiting till Jan to activate and make first purchases?

I am leaning towards activating now and confirming the offers now on my cards, and then wait till Jan to make the purchases since ideally, I should not get the points until statement closes with first purchase on it.

I have not activated the cards yet. I might do so in the next couple days though. Would hate for Chase to somehow kill the account because the card was never activated and thus lose out on the promo. The rep I spoke with said that wouldn't happen but we've all had a rep give us bad info at some point.