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)
Aug 8, 2019, 8:12 am
#2116
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 2
Apologies as I am new, but would it be possible to book a fully refundable (Anytime) far using the split gift card method and then get a refund after the credit posts?
Will delete my question if yes.
Will delete my question if yes.
Aug 8, 2019, 10:12 am
#2117
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: TX, USA
Programs: Bonvoy Plat, Hilton Diamond, IHG SA
Posts: 140
Aug 8, 2019, 6:37 pm
#2119
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 17
Would the sub $100 ticket(s) need to be in the card holder name only or could two separate one way tickets be purchased with the card holder's card, one in card holder name and one in traveling companion name to trigger credit on both purchased tickets?
Aug 9, 2019, 6:40 am
#2120
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Aug 9, 2019, 12:10 pm
#2121
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP. Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,134
I can confirm that name(s) do not matter.
Aug 10, 2019, 3:31 pm
#2122
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 2
Anyone have any DPs on flights or split fares with cc charge > $105 or $110? Also do travel funds and GCs have the same effect on the split fare charge? Thanks
Aug 10, 2019, 4:14 pm
#2123
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NOVA
Programs: United, Southwest, Frontier, Chase UR, Hyatt
Posts: 57
8/9 counter decreased down to 0. Worked well and one of the ticket names was on my sons name.
Aug 12, 2019, 7:53 am
#2124
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: IAD / DCA
Programs: AA EP, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Diamond, United Silver, Bonvoy Titanium.
Posts: 158
Separate transactions and PNRs.
Aug 12, 2019, 10:59 am
#2125
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 168
I am looking at this as an idea. Do you know if purchasing multiple tickets on SW for a single PNR (since there is a chance I might actually fly on the flight) will result in multiple transactions on the CC or just one? And anyone have DPs on whether this will affect the ability to get the credit even if it comes out as separate transactions on the CC?
Aug 12, 2019, 3:02 pm
#2126
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 3
Using my AMEX Platinum Personal card:
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98 (A seperate purchase/same flight)
8/12 - Meter moved to 0
No credit applied yet. All of the uncertainty of exactly what the sweet spot is, but I think my $103.98 pucrhase is the highest I have seen to move the meter or get credited.
Will update when I get credited!
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98 (A seperate purchase/same flight)
8/12 - Meter moved to 0
No credit applied yet. All of the uncertainty of exactly what the sweet spot is, but I think my $103.98 pucrhase is the highest I have seen to move the meter or get credited.
Will update when I get credited!
Aug 13, 2019, 7:55 am
#2127
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 15
Using my AMEX Platinum Personal card:
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98 (A seperate purchase/same flight)
8/12 - Meter moved to 0
No credit applied yet. All of the uncertainty of exactly what the sweet spot is, but I think my $103.98 pucrhase is the highest I have seen to move the meter or get credited.
Will update when I get credited!
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98 (A seperate purchase/same flight)
8/12 - Meter moved to 0
No credit applied yet. All of the uncertainty of exactly what the sweet spot is, but I think my $103.98 pucrhase is the highest I have seen to move the meter or get credited.
Will update when I get credited!
Aug 13, 2019, 8:15 am
#2128
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 3
Anyone feel free to correct me, but that is what my understanding is.
Aug 13, 2019, 9:22 am
#2130
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 3
Using my AMEX Platinum Personal card:
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98 (A seperate purchase/same flight)
8/12 - Meter moved to 0
No credit applied yet. All of the uncertainty of exactly what the sweet spot is, but I think my $103.98 pucrhase is the highest I have seen to move the meter or get credited.
Will update when I get credited!
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98
8/9 - Purchased a flight for $103.98 (A seperate purchase/same flight)
8/12 - Meter moved to 0
No credit applied yet. All of the uncertainty of exactly what the sweet spot is, but I think my $103.98 pucrhase is the highest I have seen to move the meter or get credited.
Will update when I get credited!
Credit posted for the $103.98 and $96.02 for the $200 total.