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 10, 2015, 9:49 am
#541
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: All
Posts: 27
I like the fact that I can look at this thread and confirm that it's still working before I purchase gc's. With your suggested change, if there are no recent reports of failures and no one is reporting successes then you are forced to assume that all is well, I would rather know that it was still working as of X date.
Nov 11, 2015, 2:29 pm
#542
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: Paying student debt and traveling when i can
Posts: 312
$200 SW gift card purchases on Oct. 30 w/Amex Plat through SW website. Credited by amex on Nov. 10th.
Nov 13, 2015, 12:44 pm
#543
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 44
I purchased one $100 gift card on 10/16. Still no credit on my AMEX platinum account.
Any suggestions on what to do? Should I continue to wait?
Any suggestions on what to do? Should I continue to wait?
Nov 13, 2015, 3:16 pm
#544
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: All
Posts: 27
11/7 $100 Soutwhest gift card purchase reimbursed 11/13 on my Amex PRG.
Nov 19, 2015, 3:38 pm
#545
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 7
100$ SW GC purchased 11/10 on PRG, reimbursed on 11/14.
Do NOT forget to enroll the airline before purchasing GC
Can purchase as soon as you enroll, no wait necessary.
Do NOT forget to enroll the airline before purchasing GC
Can purchase as soon as you enroll, no wait necessary.
Nov 29, 2015, 7:33 pm
#546
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 113
$100 SW Gift Card with my Gold via link from wiki on Nov 21st and saw the credit on the 24th.
Nov 30, 2015, 6:36 pm
#547
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,265
Is there a way to find out how much credit I have remaining or should I just call AMEX?
Thanks
Thanks
Last edited by pkerr; Dec 1, 2015 at 10:10 am
Dec 8, 2015, 1:57 pm
#548
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 34
anyone gotten credit lately? $44 x 1 gc purchased on Dec 3. No credit yet.
Dec 9, 2015, 5:24 pm
#549
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 69
$100 gift card bought on Dec 1 - still waiting for credit. Amex PRG
Dec 9, 2015, 6:15 pm
#550
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2
$100+ gift card purchased on December 5. Still not reimbursed.
Dec 10, 2015, 8:38 pm
#551
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1
Purchased $100 GC. Charge posted on December 3rd. Still not reimbursed.
Dec 11, 2015, 6:52 am
#552
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Flyover Country
Posts: 157
It looks like another backlog in their system. I have 4 legit Early Bird fees from Dec 1 that have not been credited either. I'm going to give it another week before chatting them about it.
Dec 11, 2015, 9:19 pm
#553
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SMF
Posts: 1,251
$100 gift card charge on 12/7. No reimbursement yet.
Also used it pay for PreCheck on 12/6 and haven't seen the credit for that either. I'm guessing its a backlog issue again.
Does the credit have to post in 2015 to be counted for this year or does the original charge just have to post in 2015?
Also used it pay for PreCheck on 12/6 and haven't seen the credit for that either. I'm guessing its a backlog issue again.
Does the credit have to post in 2015 to be counted for this year or does the original charge just have to post in 2015?
Dec 13, 2015, 12:39 pm
#554
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: DL PM, HH DM
Posts: 24
$100 charged on 12/3 and still no credit. Good to see that it may just be a backlog in their system.
Dec 14, 2015, 6:08 am
#555
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 47
$100 gc bought on 12/3. Reimbursement posted on 12/13.
