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 28, 2019, 8:23 pm
#1666
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 21
Business Platinum x 2
$200 GC x 2
2/23 Posted
2/25 Reimbursed
$200 GC x 2
2/23 Posted
2/25 Reimbursed
Feb 28, 2019, 10:42 pm
#1667
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Mountain View, CA (near SJC and SFO)
Programs: Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, and no status whatsoever on the airlines (!)
Posts: 468
Aspire: $250 on Feb 22, no reimbursement 6 days later. Probably should have been a bit more conservative... :\
Mar 2, 2019, 2:21 pm
#1668
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: IND
Programs: AAdvantage Executive Platinum, HHonors Diamond, National Executive
Posts: 1,297
Aspire
$250 GC x 1
2/27 Purchased
2/28 Posted
3/1 Reimbursed
$250 GC x 1
2/27 Purchased
2/28 Posted
3/1 Reimbursed
Mar 2, 2019, 9:18 pm
#1669
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
Mar 3, 2019, 10:32 am
#1670
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 1
WN continues to work
- Upgraded a family member’s card on 2/25,
- enrolled in WN 2/25,
- purchased $150 eGC on 2/26 and $100 eGC on 2/27
- Transactions posted on 3/1, credit reimbursement on 3/1
On 2/27 I applied for the card myself, enrolled in WN and bought a $250 eGC, on 3/1 transaction posted and reimbursement reflected.
- enrolled in WN 2/25,
- purchased $150 eGC on 2/26 and $100 eGC on 2/27
- Transactions posted on 3/1, credit reimbursement on 3/1
On 2/27 I applied for the card myself, enrolled in WN and bought a $250 eGC, on 3/1 transaction posted and reimbursement reflected.
Mar 3, 2019, 9:23 pm
#1671
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: PA
Posts: 8
Amex Gold Personal
Changed airline to WN via chat on 2/21.
2/26 - Purchased $100 eGiftCard
3/1- Benefits meter empty "You have used all of your $100 fee credit for this year"
3/2- reimbursed
Changed airline to WN via chat on 2/21.
2/26 - Purchased $100 eGiftCard
3/1- Benefits meter empty "You have used all of your $100 fee credit for this year"
3/2- reimbursed
Mar 4, 2019, 11:29 am
#1672
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: LA
Posts: 46
still working for me, bought a $200 egc a few days ago and got $200 credit today
Mar 4, 2019, 2:22 pm
#1673
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: FAT
Posts: 146
Biz Plat
2/25 $200 purchased
3/1 $200 reimbursed
2/25 $200 purchased
3/1 $200 reimbursed
Mar 4, 2019, 6:48 pm
#1674
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 21
Two $100 WN Gift Cards
Amex Plat:
$100 GC, purchased 2/24, credit shows posted as of 2/26; however, it was after 2/26 before it showed up in my account.
$100 GC, purchased 2/28, credit shows posted as of 3/3
$100 GC, purchased 2/24, credit shows posted as of 2/26; however, it was after 2/26 before it showed up in my account.
$100 GC, purchased 2/28, credit shows posted as of 3/3
Mar 4, 2019, 7:50 pm
#1675
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 21
Biz Plat x 2
2/27 $200 purchased
3/1 $200 reimbursed
2/28 $200 purchased
3/3 $200 reimbursed
2/27 $200 purchased
3/1 $200 reimbursed
2/28 $200 purchased
3/3 $200 reimbursed
Mar 5, 2019, 12:27 pm
#1677
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 2
Amex Aspire
2/27 $125 purchased
3/2 $125 reimbursed (shows up as 3/1)
3/2 $125 purchased
3/5 $125 reimbursed (shows up as 3/4)
2/27 $125 purchased
3/2 $125 reimbursed (shows up as 3/1)
3/2 $125 purchased
3/5 $125 reimbursed (shows up as 3/4)
Mar 6, 2019, 3:19 pm
#1678
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 269
On the SW website using Amex Plat Business:
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)
Tried 3x with no luck.
Called Amex to see if anything was wrong with account. They said no but 3 charges are in pending status.
Called back SW CS, told me to call corporate who told me to call tomorrow.
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)
Tried 3x with no luck.
Called Amex to see if anything was wrong with account. They said no but 3 charges are in pending status.
Called back SW CS, told me to call corporate who told me to call tomorrow.
Last edited by Kadence; Mar 6, 2019 at 4:09 pm
Mar 7, 2019, 8:11 am
#1679
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 19
Amex Gold
3/4 $100 purchased
3/6 $100 reimbursed
3/4 $100 purchased
3/6 $100 reimbursed
Mar 7, 2019, 8:43 am
#1680
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 244
Aspire:
3/4: $250 purchased
3/6: reimbursed
Plat Personal:
3/4: $200 purchased
3/6: reimbursed
3/4: $250 purchased
3/6: reimbursed
Plat Personal:
3/4: $200 purchased
3/6: reimbursed