Southwest continues to battle Alaska Airlines in California with a second $29 flash sale. Travel T or W 2/27/18 – 5/23/2018 for $29 or approximately 1000 points. Points price drops to 750-ish for very late departures in LAX-OAK and possibly other markets. Your $29 cash fare will earn you a whopping 83 points plus the all-important segment credit.
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$29 2-day California Sale
Separately from the $29 sale you should check your favorite city pairs for low points redemption prices on flights departing after 10 PM. In the LAX-OAK market those late flights are pricing at 55 points per dollar of base fare. This is a new best redemption rate in history for Rapid Rewards points.
Caveat: If you buy a late night flight but use your A-list status to standby for an earlier flight, expect your ticket to be re-fared at the normal 72 points per dollar, erasing your time of day savings. This is an eminently fair policy, assuming that it's policy and not just a software limitation.
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Point Breaks come to Rapid Rewards? Was 60, now 55 points per dollar!
Californians have all the luck. A few Californians who applied for the Rapid Rewards Visa with 60k bonus points around November 1, 2017 received an unexpected gift: A Companion Pass good through 2018. Apparently the database sweep for Companion Pass credit card applicants flagged these accounts in addition to the accounts of people who applied for the 40k plus Companion Pass offer. If you live in California and you applied close to the end of the expiration of the 60k offer last year, check your Southwest account for a surprise package! See
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The next schedule extension is now expected on Feb 15, 2018 for travel through Oct 1, 2018.