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)
Feb 21, 2019, 8:20 pm
#1651
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1
2/15 DP x2
2/15 Amex PRG $100 Southwest eGC, reimbursed 2/20
2/15 Amex Hilton Aspire $250 Southwest eGC, also reimbursed 2/20
2/15 Amex Hilton Aspire $250 Southwest eGC, also reimbursed 2/20
Feb 22, 2019, 10:18 am
#1652
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: Hyatt - Explorist
Posts: 2
2/19 Amex Hilton Aspire (mine) $250 Southwest eGC, reimbursed 2/21
2/19 Amex Hilton Aspire (wife's) $250 Southwest eGC, reimbursed 2/21
2/19 Amex Hilton Aspire (wife's) $250 Southwest eGC, reimbursed 2/21
Feb 23, 2019, 12:34 am
#1654
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 21
Personal Plat
Purchased $200 SW GC on 2/19
Credit posted 2/21
Purchased $200 SW GC on 2/19
Credit posted 2/21
Feb 23, 2019, 12:27 pm
#1656
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 2
Also can confirm I was reimbursed for all 3 SW cards purchased on 1/31 (Gold and Plat) on 2/20.
Feb 25, 2019, 6:23 am
#1657
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 19
Business Platinum
$200 GC x 1
2/19 Posted
2/21 Reimbursed
$200 GC x 1
2/19 Posted
2/21 Reimbursed
Feb 25, 2019, 10:02 am
#1659
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 1
Personal Platinum
$200 GC x 1 purchased 2/22/19
Posted (no longer "pending") 2/25/19
Airline benefit of $200 shows used 2/25/19
ETA: Credit shows posted 2/24/19 but didn't show up online until 2/26/19.
$200 GC x 1 purchased 2/22/19
Posted (no longer "pending") 2/25/19
Airline benefit of $200 shows used 2/25/19
ETA: Credit shows posted 2/24/19 but didn't show up online until 2/26/19.
Last edited by Coaliesquirrel; Feb 27, 2019 at 5:33 pm Reason: added additional info
Feb 25, 2019, 1:29 pm
#1660
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 140
Good to know SW is still working for airline credits. changes mine over from AA yesterday and just picked up $200 SW eGC. hopefully i'm as lucky as everyone here. Thanks
Feb 25, 2019, 10:33 pm
#1661
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 3
Aspire
$250 GC x 1
2/17 Purchased
2/19 Posted
2/21 Reimbursed
Transaction shows 2/20 Reimbursed
$250 GC x 1
2/17 Purchased
2/19 Posted
2/21 Reimbursed
Transaction shows 2/20 Reimbursed
Feb 26, 2019, 10:34 am
#1662
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: AAdvantage Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 132
Used to have AA as my airline choice but after reading in flyertalk that post Feb 7, 2019 purchases of GC are not processing here is what i did. first read Flyertalk forum for WN to see what the datapoints were 
Chat with Amex rep and changed to WN on Feb 21 (morning).
Bought 100$ E-Gift Card on Feb 22.
Credit posted Feb 24.
Thanks flyertalk members!!
Chat with Amex rep and changed to WN on Feb 21 (morning).
Bought 100$ E-Gift Card on Feb 22.
Credit posted Feb 24.
Thanks flyertalk members!!
Feb 26, 2019, 12:21 pm
#1663
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Programs: UA Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 149
AX Hilton Aspire:
2 x $125 GC, purchased 2/21, reimbursed 2/23
2 x $125 GC, purchased 2/21, reimbursed 2/23
Feb 27, 2019, 11:06 am
#1664
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Programs: UA Silver, AA Gold, Marriott LTTE, HHonors Gold, IHG Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 40
Amex Plat: $200 GC, purchased 2/21, reimbursed 2/23
Feb 28, 2019, 12:44 pm
#1665
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 140
Amex Plat: $200 SW eGC, purchased 2/25, reimbursed 2/27