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)
Jan 8, 2019, 2:46 pm
#1501
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: DEN
Programs: UA Silver, whatever the Amex plat gets me and somehow still IHG Diamond after 3 years of no nights
Posts: 693
Jan 8, 2019, 4:28 pm
#1502
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: TX, USA
Programs: Bonvoy Plat, Hilton Diamond, IHG SA
Posts: 140
Amex Gold
$100 GC purchased 12/28/2018
credited 12/31/2018
$100 GC purchased 12/28/2018
credited 12/31/2018
Jan 9, 2019, 8:41 am
#1504
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PDX
Posts: 469
Amex platinum. $200 GC purchased 1/4/19, credited 1/8/19.
Jan 9, 2019, 9:16 am
#1505
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 75
Hilton Aspire
1 x $250 gc
purchase posted 1/4
credit posted 1/9
1 x $250 gc
purchase posted 1/4
credit posted 1/9
Jan 9, 2019, 9:43 am
#1506
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 5
American Express Platinum
Oops! This form has the following errors
- We were unable to process your request right now. Please try again or if you continue to have difficulties, please contact a Southwest Airlines Customer Service Representative at 1-800-I-FLY-SWA (1-800-435-9792) (SW104105)
Jan 9, 2019, 8:24 pm
#1507
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 48
3 for 3!
Personal Plat
$200 GC
1/4: purchase posted
1/8: reimbursement posted
Biz Plat
$200 GC
1/4: purchase posted
1/8: reimbursement posted
Hilton Aspire
$150 GC
$100 GC
1/4: purchases posted
1/8: reimbursements posted
Personal Plat
$200 GC
1/4: purchase posted
1/8: reimbursement posted
Biz Plat
$200 GC
1/4: purchase posted
1/8: reimbursement posted
Hilton Aspire
$150 GC
$100 GC
1/4: purchases posted
1/8: reimbursements posted
Jan 9, 2019, 11:30 pm
#1508
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Fortune Wings Club Gold
Posts: 358
Biz Plat
$200 GC
1/4: purchase posted
1/8: reimbursement posted
I feel like I'm a copy of incaroads
$200 GC
1/4: purchase posted
1/8: reimbursement posted
I feel like I'm a copy of incaroads
Jan 10, 2019, 1:13 am
#1509
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 88
Oops! This form has the following errors
- We were unable to process your request right now. Please try again or if you continue to have difficulties, please contact a Southwest Airlines Customer Service Representative at 1-800-I-FLY-SWA (1-800-435-9792) (SW104105)
Jan 10, 2019, 7:04 am
#1510
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 28
Amex Gold Card
Jan 9 Credit AMEX AIRLINE FEE REIMBURSEMENT -$100.00
Jan 5 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DALLAS TX $100.00
Jan 9 Credit AMEX AIRLINE FEE REIMBURSEMENT -$100.00
Jan 5 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DALLAS TX $100.00
Jan 10, 2019, 9:15 am
#1511
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 400
AMEX Platinum
Jan 1: bought two $100 GCs (20 minutes apart)
Jan 4: reimbursement posted
Jan 1: bought two $100 GCs (20 minutes apart)
Jan 4: reimbursement posted
Jan 10, 2019, 10:45 am
#1512
Join Date: May 2002
Location: PDX
Programs: AA LT Plat, Bonvoy LTTit
Posts: 295
200 gift card
bought 1/4
credited 1/9
credited 1/9
Jan 10, 2019, 11:09 am
#1513
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: WN A-List Pref, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat
Posts: 460
Personal Plat - $200 GC: bought 1/5, reimbursed 1/9
and
Business Plat - $200 GC: bought 1/5, reimbursed 1/9
and
Business Plat - $200 GC: bought 1/5, reimbursed 1/9
Jan 10, 2019, 3:28 pm
#1514
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 75
I'm probably not reading my statements correctly but do we keep the MR points for the GC even though we get credited?
Jan 10, 2019, 3:31 pm
#1515
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,193