Sep 17, 2014, 10:45 am
Last edit by: Tanic
Reminder: you must enroll and select Southwest as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase.
Some have suggested the need to wait several hours or even a day before making the purchase, but there are also several DPs that worked without waiting that long.
(BTW, you will often hear people refer to Southwest as WN. WN is the IATA code for Southwest Airlines. SW is the IATA code for Air Namibia.)
Caution: As of late July 2019, reports are that direct gift card purchases are no longer being reimbursed.
To purchase click here: https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html Caution: Do NOT login to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account when making the purchase.
What does appear to work is buying flight tickets less than $100, OR using gift cards to get the charged amount down to less than $100.
Always read the last few pages to get up-to-date DPs.
Some have suggested the need to wait several hours or even a day before making the purchase, but there are also several DPs that worked without waiting that long.
(BTW, you will often hear people refer to Southwest as WN. WN is the IATA code for Southwest Airlines. SW is the IATA code for Air Namibia.)
Caution: As of late July 2019, reports are that direct gift card purchases are no longer being reimbursed.
What does appear to work is buying flight tickets less than $100, OR using gift cards to get the charged amount down to less than $100.
Always read the last few pages to get up-to-date DPs.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: WN (2011-2019)
May 15, 2013, 1:09 pm
#151
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 377
A WN $200 gift card purchase and a pair of separate $100 gc purchases on an AMEX personal platinum and a business platinum posted within several days of purchase.
May 30, 2013, 11:03 am
#152
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 76
Got 4 100$ SW gift cards on 2 different platinum all reimbursed within a couple of days
May 30, 2013, 11:12 am
#153
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 204
This is only for AMEX platinum right? I have PRG
May 30, 2013, 11:54 am
#154
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: USA
Programs: All major programs
Posts: 1,403
Aug 2, 2013, 4:01 pm
#155
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: USA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriot Plat, AA,UA,DLTA, SW CP, Starwood Gold, Priority Plat.
Posts: 96
recent fees
Anyone use this recently, and have luck with reimbursement?
thanks
thanks
Aug 10, 2013, 3:42 pm
#157
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 100
I went ahead and made purchase of a $200 gift card on an AMEX business platinum, I signed up for WN as preferred airline and made purchase same day. Charge posted on 07/06/2013, and credit posted on 07/08/2013.
Aug 16, 2013, 11:29 pm
#158
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: ATX
Programs: AA LT PLT, Marriott LT PLT
Posts: 277
2 separate $100 e-gifts, back in about 4 days.
Aug 16, 2013, 11:51 pm
#159
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: UA PS, AA GLD, SPG GLD, PC PLT, CC GLD
Posts: 217
Had a $100 and $50 gift card for WN clear a few days later.
Aug 23, 2013, 6:00 am
#160
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 136
For the WN certs are you just buying them from WN's website?
Aug 27, 2013, 1:21 am
#161
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AA EXPLT, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), HHonors Gold, AMEX PLT, UA Silver, National EXC
Posts: 1,059
Aug 30, 2013, 2:32 pm
#162
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1
Bought $100 GC from southwest.com 8/24. Reimbursed 8/29.
Sep 1, 2013, 7:29 pm
#163
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AA EXPLT, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), HHonors Gold, AMEX PLT, UA Silver, National EXC
Posts: 1,059
Thanks - I put in an order or 1x $100 GC Today... lets see how it goes. I'm flying soon, so want to be able to use the card/credit for some in flight stuff, etc... too bad WN won't accept the gift card fro in flight purchases. I wonder why.
Nov 6, 2013, 7:03 am
#165
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 400
Bought two $100 e-gift cards from the website on Nov 2nd, got reimbursed Nov 5th
