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)
Sep 13, 2019, 8:16 am
#2206
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,955
The process is exactly the same for Aspire, Platinum and Gold. Only the amount of the reimbursement benefit differs.
Sep 13, 2019, 11:00 am
#2207
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 22
9/12: Purchased one $87 one-way ticket, and another $117 (minus $100 GC, so $17) on AMEX plat. Had $100/$200 left on my benefits meter.
No meter/credit activity yet, but I will keep y'all posted.
No meter/credit activity yet, but I will keep y'all posted.
Sep 14, 2019, 4:32 am
#2208
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
Good to be here!
And yes that's correct: No partial pay of any kind.
I just bought the 2 tickets in separate transactions at their full prices with my Amex Plat. I was initially concerned because it shows the all flight details in the AmEx activities page, but the next day after I noticed that I got the full reimbursement for both tickets.
And yes that's correct: No partial pay of any kind.
I just bought the 2 tickets in separate transactions at their full prices with my Amex Plat. I was initially concerned because it shows the all flight details in the AmEx activities page, but the next day after I noticed that I got the full reimbursement for both tickets.
keep us posted. based on all the previous successful DPs here, there should be no problem for you. look for an amex update on 9/14 or 9/15 in the afternoon EST zone. seems like credits are posting very quickly for some people.
Sep 14, 2019, 4:40 pm
#2209
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 8
I purchased two $88 one-way tickets on two separate transactions on 9/9. I used 2 $50 GC on each transaction so 2 $38 charges on my Amex plat. No credits posted as of today, 9/14.
Sep 14, 2019, 4:44 pm
#2210
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 22
No benefits meter move either? I've got nothing but I'm expecting to see a credit or meter movement tomorrow.
Sep 14, 2019, 4:44 pm
#2211
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
please keep us informed. i expect the same.
Sep 15, 2019, 1:41 pm
#2212
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 22
Benefits meter moved, now it says I have used my yearly credit. This means both of my transactions ($87 one-way fare, $17 charge after $100 GC on $117 fare) qualified, as I had $100 remaining.
Sep 15, 2019, 1:55 pm
#2213
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western US
Programs: Costco Executive Member, Amazon Optimus Prime
Posts: 1,251
mine did it the same way. no meter move while pending. lets just enjoy it while it lasts and not trumpet it too loudly
Sep 15, 2019, 3:06 pm
#2214
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
Sep 16, 2019, 11:26 am
#2215
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 8
both are posted 9/9. Anyone tried to contact Amex to request the credit??
Sep 16, 2019, 11:35 am
#2216
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHX, SEA
Programs: Avis President's Club, Global Entry, Hilton/Marriott Gold. No more DL/AA status.
Posts: 4,422
Sep 16, 2019, 12:10 pm
#2217
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 20
Any data point of reimbursement for ticket/partial ticket of less than $50?
Sep 16, 2019, 11:25 pm
#2219
Join Date: May 2002
Programs: WN F9 HA UA AA IHG HH MR
Posts: 3,305
There are FT posts from cardholders, months ago, who called AmEx wanting to know why their GC purchases didn't get credited yet.
Sep 17, 2019, 4:25 pm
#2220
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
2) call amex for the credit when its against the T&C? and say what? why your airfare tickets did not get reimbursed like the CSR? i suggest calling TPG for advice. and you do know amex is a travel agency and can see in extreme detail of your airline purchase right? anyway, given your lack of posts, i assume you got the credit already.
3) read more reddit sidebar
Last edited by GundamWing01; Sep 17, 2019 at 4:50 pm