Originally Posted by
ave1024
But if my ultimate goal was to keep accumulating SW points, using one of these two Chase cards doesn't really give me any advantage over just continuing to use the SW RR card. The only advantage is the flexibility of pulling the points out as cash vs. moving them to SW RR. Unless I am missing something? A PP said there was no benefit of continuing to use SW RR card after achieving CP for the remainder of the calendar year. Trying to see how this is the case. Thx.
The advantage is you will earn points at a higher rate. The Southwest cards only earn 1point/$ with the exception of charges to Southwest which earn 2pts/$. Using the other cards will get you a minimum of 1.5pts/$ for regular spend and 5 pts/$ in bonus categories. These points can be transferred over and used just the same. The only downside is they are not CPQ points. But if you have already earned the companion pass, it doesn't matter.