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)
Jun 11, 2015, 1:46 pm
#361
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: SPG P50, Hyatt D, Hilton D, AA P, Marriot G, Hz-PC, National EC
Posts: 59
Jun 11, 2015, 2:13 pm
#362
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
Jun 12, 2015, 8:00 am
#363
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 75k, A3 Gold, AC 25k, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,043
Bought $100 gift card with my PRG, refunded within 3 days.
Jun 18, 2015, 7:29 pm
#366
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: ORD
Posts: 701
$100 purchase made on Monday. Refund received today.
Jun 29, 2015, 12:44 am
#367
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: Krisflyer, hyatt GP
Posts: 186
after i enrolled, can i purchase the gc on same day or should i wait couple days?
Thanks
Thanks
Jul 1, 2015, 11:19 am
#368
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
PRG - enrolled on 6/23, purchased $100 gc 6/25, reimbursed 6/30.
Jul 2, 2015, 8:52 pm
#369
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 77
PRG - enrolled on 6/13, purchased $100 gc 30 minutes later, still no statement credit...
Jul 6, 2015, 11:44 am
#370
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Houston
Posts: 2
Amex Platinum enrolled early June
Purchased $100 GC on 6/22, reimbursed 6/26
Purchased $100 GC on 6/29, posted on statement as pending for several days before disappearing from the statement (so obviously never reimbursed but never charged in the first place). The gift card is active with $100 on it...anyone else have this happen? My statement closed while the charge was pending, though I'm not sure if that's relevant
Purchased $100 GC on 6/22, reimbursed 6/26
Purchased $100 GC on 6/29, posted on statement as pending for several days before disappearing from the statement (so obviously never reimbursed but never charged in the first place). The gift card is active with $100 on it...anyone else have this happen? My statement closed while the charge was pending, though I'm not sure if that's relevant
Jul 13, 2015, 11:41 pm
#374
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 227
7/13 enrolled.
3h later bought $100 GC.
7/14: bought $100GC
7/16: got 2 $100 credit
3h later bought $100 GC.
7/14: bought $100GC
7/16: got 2 $100 credit
Last edited by switchyj; Jul 21, 2015 at 12:45 pm
Jul 20, 2015, 9:07 am
#375
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 19
Another data point, after I recently got an AMEX Platinum
7/14 enrolled
2h later bought $50 GC
4h later bought $50 GC
7/17 both $50 credits posted
7/14 enrolled
2h later bought $50 GC
4h later bought $50 GC
7/17 both $50 credits posted