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)
Oct 9, 2019, 6:45 pm
#2251
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
Oct 11, 2019, 2:14 am
#2252
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 665
Interested in the lowest amount seen as well
Oct 11, 2019, 7:56 am
#2253
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 35
I just got a $20 early check-in fee reimbursed and a $5.60 tax fee on an award flight reimbursed.
Oct 11, 2019, 5:56 pm
#2254
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2
Hi everyone -- longtime lurker, second post to the forum. Hopefully this DP helps some folks out there:
AmEx Gold
Selected Southwest as my airline when I signed up for AmEx Gold over the summer (new to AmEx).
10/07 - Purchased round-trip flight for $97.96.
10/08 - Charge goes from pending to posted. Flight information is attached to the posted charge (i.e., destination, SW reference number, SW ticket number, etc.).
10/09 - The airline fee credit "meter" (on the Benefits page) moves for the first time, showing I have $2.04 left.
10/10 - Credit of $97.96 posts to my account.
Cheers!
AmEx Gold
Selected Southwest as my airline when I signed up for AmEx Gold over the summer (new to AmEx).
10/07 - Purchased round-trip flight for $97.96.
10/08 - Charge goes from pending to posted. Flight information is attached to the posted charge (i.e., destination, SW reference number, SW ticket number, etc.).
10/09 - The airline fee credit "meter" (on the Benefits page) moves for the first time, showing I have $2.04 left.
10/10 - Credit of $97.96 posts to my account.
Cheers!
Oct 11, 2019, 11:12 pm
#2255
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
Hi everyone -- longtime lurker, second post to the forum. Hopefully this DP helps some folks out there:
AmEx Gold
Selected Southwest as my airline when I signed up for AmEx Gold over the summer (new to AmEx).
10/07 - Purchased round-trip flight for $97.96.
10/08 - Charge goes from pending to posted. Flight information is attached to the posted charge (i.e., destination, SW reference number, SW ticket number, etc.).
10/09 - The airline fee credit "meter" (on the Benefits page) moves for the first time, showing I have $2.04 left.
10/10 - Credit of $97.96 posts to my account.
Cheers!
AmEx Gold
Selected Southwest as my airline when I signed up for AmEx Gold over the summer (new to AmEx).
10/07 - Purchased round-trip flight for $97.96.
10/08 - Charge goes from pending to posted. Flight information is attached to the posted charge (i.e., destination, SW reference number, SW ticket number, etc.).
10/09 - The airline fee credit "meter" (on the Benefits page) moves for the first time, showing I have $2.04 left.
10/10 - Credit of $97.96 posts to my account.
Cheers!
Oct 12, 2019, 7:55 am
#2256
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: AA Plat, Hyatt Glob, IHG Spire, Hilton Diamond, National EE, Hertz PC, Marriott Gold
Posts: 46
DP
Hi all. Long time first time.
DP for biz platinum
10/8: WN WGA one way fare purchased for 103.98. Ticket information shows up in the transaction detail.
10/9: Transaction posted to my account
10/11: Meter moves
10/12: Credit posts to Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement
Thanks all
DP for biz platinum
10/8: WN WGA one way fare purchased for 103.98. Ticket information shows up in the transaction detail.
10/9: Transaction posted to my account
10/11: Meter moves
10/12: Credit posts to Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement
Thanks all
Oct 12, 2019, 11:49 pm
#2257
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 194
Hi all. Long time first time.
DP for biz platinum
10/8: WN WGA one way fare purchased for 103.98. Ticket information shows up in the transaction detail.
10/9: Transaction posted to my account
10/11: Meter moves
10/12: Credit posts to Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement
Thanks all
DP for biz platinum
10/8: WN WGA one way fare purchased for 103.98. Ticket information shows up in the transaction detail.
10/9: Transaction posted to my account
10/11: Meter moves
10/12: Credit posts to Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement
Thanks all
Oct 13, 2019, 7:02 am
#2258
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
Oct 13, 2019, 9:18 am
#2259
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP. Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,134
Oct 13, 2019, 10:17 am
#2260
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: AA Plat, Hyatt Glob, IHG Spire, Hilton Diamond, National EE, Hertz PC, Marriott Gold
Posts: 46
Oct 14, 2019, 2:05 pm
#2261
Join Date: Feb 2019
Programs: reddit churning
Posts: 26
Airfare of 103.98 reimbursed within 48hrs
Last edited by culdeus; Oct 14, 2019 at 2:06 pm Reason: math was bad, fare was 103.98 not 104.98
Oct 15, 2019, 9:57 am
#2262
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 3
10/11 Bought two tickets for $108.98 each totaling $217.96
10/14 Meter moved on Amex Plat indicating I had used the full $200
10/15 Credits posted
10/14 Meter moved on Amex Plat indicating I had used the full $200
10/15 Credits posted
Oct 15, 2019, 4:24 pm
#2263
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: STL
Posts: 1,546
Maybe a dumb question, but if I book a cheap flight to trigger the credit, can I cancel the flight within 24 hours to get a refund and still get the credit - to essentially cash it out?
Oct 15, 2019, 4:45 pm
#2265
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP. Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,134
Charge has to post to Amex first. Cancel the ticket within 24 and it will never post to Amex. Once posted you could cancel the WN ticket and get WN credit. You can't cancel and get cash back either way if thats what you're after.