Originally Posted by
VisaW
I haven't tried doing this, because I don't fly Southwest, but if this benefit went away, I think it would have made big news on TPG and OMAAT, among others, who frequently tout it as one of the best uses of MR points.
You might want to go check out the threads on this in the Southwest forum. Southwest specifically excluded Marriott points transfers with very little lead-time. There was a big enough outrage that Southwest backed off for 6 months I do believe to let folks get one last round of CPs via TPs and hotel points transfers. But that road has now been closed off and I doubt it will ever open back up again.
But if anyone is really interested in a CP, the Southwest CC bonuses still count and with two of them in a single year can pretty much still get you a CP.