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)
Jul 1, 2019, 8:50 am
#1891
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 20
I have WN giftcards (100 + 100 + 50) post on 20th June and reimbursed on 22nd June (Amex aspire)
Purchased the same amounts on wife's Aspire, posted on 25th June but no reimbursement yet.
Purchased the same amounts on wife's Aspire, posted on 25th June but no reimbursement yet.
Jul 1, 2019, 5:06 pm
#1892
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 1
Purchased $50 with Hilton Aspire on 6/27, posted a day or two later with "Document Type: SPD/Air Freight". No reimbursement yet.
Jul 1, 2019, 10:20 pm
#1895
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 22
So what can you actually use this credit for on southwest? Given that "bags fly free"? Is there anything you can buy in-air that would show up as an incidental charge?
Jul 1, 2019, 10:46 pm
#1897
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Boston
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 272
I’m still hoping against hope that this all is just a temporary glitch and it will all be ok this month.
Jul 1, 2019, 11:15 pm
#1898
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 354
Any recent DP's of partial airfare charges triggering the credit, like on DL?
Last edited by 808traveler; Jul 1, 2019 at 11:21 pm
Jul 2, 2019, 6:44 am
#1899
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: HOU/IAH
Programs: WN CP; Hilton Diamond; IHG Plat
Posts: 189
-I have Amex Aspire
-Southwest is designated as my airline
-Purchased 2 SW Gift Cards through the link in the first post (not logged into SW Account) - https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
-$250 on 6/11
-$50 on 6/25
-Neither credit has posted, and the meter still says $250
As far as I can tell, neither of these are coded as "Spd/Air Freight " (though I'm not exactly sure where to check this). Is there another step that I've missed?
-Southwest is designated as my airline
-Purchased 2 SW Gift Cards through the link in the first post (not logged into SW Account) - https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
-$250 on 6/11
-$50 on 6/25
-Neither credit has posted, and the meter still says $250
As far as I can tell, neither of these are coded as "Spd/Air Freight " (though I'm not exactly sure where to check this). Is there another step that I've missed?
Last edited by IndigoEyes; Jul 2, 2019 at 6:49 am
Jul 2, 2019, 7:20 am
#1900
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2,061
-I have Amex Aspire
-Southwest is designated as my airline
-Purchased 2 SW Gift Cards through the link in the first post (not logged into SW Account) - https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
-$250 on 6/11
-$50 on 6/25
-Neither credit has posted, and the meter still says $250
As far as I can tell, neither of these are coded as "Spd/Air Freight " (though I'm not exactly sure where to check this). Is there another step that I've missed?
-Southwest is designated as my airline
-Purchased 2 SW Gift Cards through the link in the first post (not logged into SW Account) - https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
-$250 on 6/11
-$50 on 6/25
-Neither credit has posted, and the meter still says $250
As far as I can tell, neither of these are coded as "Spd/Air Freight " (though I'm not exactly sure where to check this). Is there another step that I've missed?
Jul 2, 2019, 10:31 am
#1902
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Plat, AS Gold 75k, Marriott Titanium, IHG Gold
Posts: 17
I'm new to AMEX, but would like to give my info... I just got both the Gold card and Plat card (huge sign up bonuses). I selected WN as my airline on the 6/22. I waited a couple of days before making a $50 GC purchase, charge posted on 6/26. I was stupid and didn't read this thread first, but I LOGGED into my WN account to complete the purchase. I don't have any credits posted, but the interesting I noted is that in the MR points category is classified as airfare and gave me 150MR points (3x$50). The charges coded as SPD/Air Freight. Is that normal under the MR points section, to have it coded as airfare and earn 3x points (AMEX Gold)?
I just made another $25 GC purchase (not logged into my WN account) to see if a smaller amount will trigger it, will comment back in a couple of days, if anything happens.
Tried to post a screenshot but I guess I can't until I make 5 posts...
I just made another $25 GC purchase (not logged into my WN account) to see if a smaller amount will trigger it, will comment back in a couple of days, if anything happens.
Tried to post a screenshot but I guess I can't until I make 5 posts...
Last edited by edkwan88; Jul 2, 2019 at 10:35 am Reason: Adding clarification..
Jul 2, 2019, 10:48 am
#1903
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2,061
I'm new to AMEX, but would like to give my info... I just got both the Gold card and Plat card (huge sign up bonuses). I selected WN as my airline on the 6/22. I waited a couple of days before making a $50 GC purchase, charge posted on 6/26. I was stupid and didn't read this thread first, but I LOGGED into my WN account to complete the purchase. I don't have any credits posted, but the interesting I noted is that in the MR points category is classified as airfare and gave me 150MR points (3x$50). The charges coded as SPD/Air Freight. Is that normal under the MR points section, to have it coded as airfare and earn 3x points (AMEX Gold)?
I just made another $25 GC purchase (not logged into my WN account) to see if a smaller amount will trigger it, will comment back in a couple of days, if anything happens.
Tried to post a screenshot but I guess I can't until I make 5 posts...
I just made another $25 GC purchase (not logged into my WN account) to see if a smaller amount will trigger it, will comment back in a couple of days, if anything happens.
Tried to post a screenshot but I guess I can't until I make 5 posts...
Jul 2, 2019, 11:52 am
#1904
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP. Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,134
So angry with myself. Procrastinated not using these credits back in January like I normally did every other year. Now, I've got $200 of credit with WN trapped on my Plat and $250 with AA trapped on my Aspire. I had my suspicions that soon after AA fell out back in Feb that Amex would close the loopholes allowing these GCs to slip through. Stupid me I did not plunge on my WN credit.
That has to be what is behind this- Amex working with the Airlines to ensure level 2 & 3 Data is captured accurately, and Amex adjusting their algorithms to filter these transactions out as non-reimbursable.
That has to be what is behind this- Amex working with the Airlines to ensure level 2 & 3 Data is captured accurately, and Amex adjusting their algorithms to filter these transactions out as non-reimbursable.
Jul 2, 2019, 12:14 pm
#1905
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Boston
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 272
So angry with myself. Procrastinated not using these credits back in January like I normally did every other year. Now, I've got $200 of credit with WN trapped on my Plat and $250 with AA trapped on my Aspire. I had my suspicions that soon after AA fell out back in Feb that Amex would close the loopholes allowing these GCs to slip through. Stupid me I did not plunge on my WN credit.
That has to be what is behind this- Amex working with the Airlines to ensure level 2 & 3 Data is captured accurately, and Amex adjusting their algorithms to filter these transactions out as non-reimbursable.
That has to be what is behind this- Amex working with the Airlines to ensure level 2 & 3 Data is captured accurately, and Amex adjusting their algorithms to filter these transactions out as non-reimbursable.