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Oct 17, 2007 | 4:45 pm

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yanxfann

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Here's a way to Convert 25K Starpoints into 3 Free SWA Roundtrips

In their "Transfer to Airline" options SPG doesn't offer conversion to Southwest Airlines but for those that want SWA flight credits what follows is a way (I admit it's somewhat complex) to convert 25K *points into 50 Rapid Rewards credits - that's 3+ roundtrips and halfway to Companion Pass:

1. Redeem 25K *points into Amtrak Guest Rewards points 1=1 (must be transfered in blocks of 5,000)
2. Transfer your 25,000 Amtrak points into 125,000 Choice Hotel Points (must be transfered in blocks of 5,000 Amtrak points, 5,000AGR=25,000CHP)
3. Transfer 125,000CH into 50 Rapid Rewards credits. 5,000CH=2RR credits; 16 RR credits = 1 free RR roundtrip (or two 1-ways)

Note: This wasn't my original idea, I'm just piggybacking on the great idea presented by ClimbGuy in this post from the Southwest forum: http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=747057

Last edited by yanxfann; Oct 17, 2007 at 7:40 pm Reason: Edited due to rgm18 pointing out a better conversion option