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)
Nov 8, 2017, 1:34 pm
#1006
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 1
Amex Platinum, set to WN on 10/27, $200 Southwest GC purchased on 11/1, $200 Fee reimbursed on 11/3.
Nov 9, 2017, 11:43 am
#1007
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 345
PRG
set via chat on 10/27, purchased $100 on 11/4, $100 reimbursed 11/9 (it was posted 11/9 but date says 11/8)
set via chat on 10/27, purchased $100 on 11/4, $100 reimbursed 11/9 (it was posted 11/9 but date says 11/8)
Nov 14, 2017, 1:08 pm
#1009
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
How do I choose my airline with a PRG card? The link in the wiki errors out when I login, and the link looks like it's for Platinum cards only.
Nov 14, 2017, 1:46 pm
#1010
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,192
Nov 14, 2017, 3:19 pm
#1011
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
We’re sorry. The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.
We're sorry. Our systems are currently unavailable to process the airline selection for your Card at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your interest and your Card Membership.
Nov 14, 2017, 6:41 pm
#1012
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,192
Don't know why I didn't think of that... Unfortunately it's not working. Also tried the 2nd link which looks like the link for the new Amex site design and that failed too. Also it wouldn't let me add another new card that arrived today to my online account. Amex IT is turning into Citi IT.
We’re sorry. The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.
We're sorry. Our systems are currently unavailable to process the airline selection for your Card at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your interest and your Card Membership.
We’re sorry. The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.
We're sorry. Our systems are currently unavailable to process the airline selection for your Card at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your interest and your Card Membership.
You can always call in to declare your airline.
Nov 14, 2017, 11:46 pm
#1013
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 13
Don't know why I didn't think of that... Unfortunately it's not working. Also tried the 2nd link which looks like the link for the new Amex site design and that failed too. Also it wouldn't let me add another new card that arrived today to my online account. Amex IT is turning into Citi IT.
We’re sorry. The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.
We're sorry. Our systems are currently unavailable to process the airline selection for your Card at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your interest and your Card Membership.
We’re sorry. The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.
We're sorry. Our systems are currently unavailable to process the airline selection for your Card at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your interest and your Card Membership.
Last edited by trentblase; Nov 18, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Nov 15, 2017, 8:06 pm
#1015
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 81
Amex Biz Plat
11/10 - Bought one $200 gift card
11/14 - $200 credit posted
11/10 - Bought one $200 gift card
11/14 - $200 credit posted
Nov 16, 2017, 9:08 pm
#1016
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 33
11/6 - Bought refundable $260 airfare. Ticket itinerary came across into American Express online account, and not surprisingly, no credit ever came for that.
11/11 - Bought $200 gc
11/15 - $200 credit posted.
11/11 - Bought $200 gc
11/15 - $200 credit posted.
Nov 20, 2017, 7:14 am
#1017
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,281
I'm assuming everyone is buying these GC's from the airline WEB site?
Nov 20, 2017, 7:15 am
#1018
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,281
Nov 26, 2017, 4:18 pm
#1019
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Programs: Marriott/SPG Plat.
Posts: 3
AMEX PRG DP
11/22 - $100 SW GC purchased
11/24 - $100 AMEX credit posted
11/22 - $100 SW GC purchased
11/24 - $100 AMEX credit posted
Nov 27, 2017, 6:13 am
#1020
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 7
Business Platinum
11/22 -- $200 GC Purchased
11/24 -- $200 Reimbursed
11/22 -- $200 GC Purchased
11/24 -- $200 Reimbursed