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 11, 2014, 10:54 am
#241
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
Registered airline preference 8/5, purchased 2X $100 gc 8/7. Charges posted 8/9 and reimbursed 8/11. Biz platinum if that matters...
Aug 17, 2014, 11:20 am
#242
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: MR, SPG
Posts: 5
Got personal platinum on 8/12. Enrolled same day for WN.
Purchased $50 gift card on 8/13, got reimbursed 8/16. Still working!
Purchased $50 gift card on 8/13, got reimbursed 8/16. Still working!
Sep 3, 2014, 8:09 pm
#243
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 567
$200 fee credit
I bought a $200 Southwest gift card on Aug 25, the credit has still not posted. Should I call them? Any recent data points on the $200 credit?
Sep 3, 2014, 9:40 pm
#244
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: EUG,PDX
Posts: 482
Did you registere your airline preference first?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-fl-only.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-fl-only.html
Sep 4, 2014, 4:34 am
#245
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 567
Spent $200 on WN, did not get reimbursed for 9 days, agent now tells me I am not enrolled although I did. So I told her to enroll me now, but what happens to the $200 gift card charge? Anyone get reimbursed if the charge was made before the enrollment?
Thanks crzn. I did enroll but called again, now they tell me I was not enrolled in the system, so did the airline pref again. Let's see if the credit posts now.
Did you registere your airline preference first?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-fl-only.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-fl-only.html
Last edited by mia; Sep 4, 2014 at 5:40 am Reason: Combine cross posted discussion from two threads.
Sep 4, 2014, 5:52 am
#246
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
Spent $200 on WN, did not get reimbursed for 9 days, agent now tells me I am not enrolled although I did. So I told her to enroll me now, but what happens to the $200 gift card charge? Anyone get reimbursed if the charge was made before the enrollment?
Thanks crzn. I did enroll but called again, now they tell me I was not enrolled in the system, so did the airline pref again. Let's see if the credit posts now.
Thanks crzn. I did enroll but called again, now they tell me I was not enrolled in the system, so did the airline pref again. Let's see if the credit posts now.
Sep 5, 2014, 11:59 am
#247
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 567
Yes I will be pleasantly surprised if it works, will give it a few days and call. Otherwise I guess I have to do another $200 GC.
Sep 18, 2014, 3:30 pm
#248
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: AUS
Programs: Marriott Platinum
Posts: 51
Applied for personal Plat 9/8, instant approval and received card 9/10. Designated Southwest same day and bought $100 GC on 9/12. Transaction posted 9/15 and credit showed up 9/18 with transaction date of 9/17.
Sep 21, 2014, 9:21 am
#249
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver
Posts: 21
Got the personal Ameriprise Platinum at the end of August. Designated SW on 9/14. Purchased $100 e-gift certificate on 9/16. $100 statement credit posted 9/20.
Sep 22, 2014, 1:39 pm
#250
Join Date: May 2010
Location: LAS
Programs: Southwest AList, National EC Exec, Avis Preferred Plus, Hertz 5S
Posts: 228
$100 WN giftcard purchased 9/11
Amex credited 9/16
$100 WN giftcard purchased 9/17
Amex credited 9/21
Amex credited 9/16
$100 WN giftcard purchased 9/17
Amex credited 9/21
Sep 23, 2014, 10:38 am
#251
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 10
Couldn't find anything in this thread. Did anyone have any luck on getting a reimbursement for GC's using the extra credit received in March in lieu of losing lounge access for US and AA?
I currently have $500 I want to use ($200 annual + $300 extra due to cancelled lounge access). I was hoping I could just go for a $500 GC, instead of 5 $100 GCs.
I currently have $500 I want to use ($200 annual + $300 extra due to cancelled lounge access). I was hoping I could just go for a $500 GC, instead of 5 $100 GCs.
Sep 23, 2014, 6:21 pm
#252
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BDL, JFK
Posts: 658
From the T&C it appears that WN gift cards can be used for incidental fees like taxes and fees due on flights booked with points (unlike AA where this is not allowed). Can anyone confirm this?
Sep 29, 2014, 9:29 am
#253
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 2
I registered Southwest as my airline. I purchased a $40 gift card on September 24.
The credit still has not posted, and I am concerned that it might not. When I look at the transaction details on the american express site, it includes a section title Flight Details with a flight number and part that says, "Document Type: SPD/AIR FREIGHT".
The credit still has not posted, and I am concerned that it might not. When I look at the transaction details on the american express site, it includes a section title Flight Details with a flight number and part that says, "Document Type: SPD/AIR FREIGHT".
Sep 29, 2014, 11:13 am
#254
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: AUS
Programs: Marriott Platinum
Posts: 51
I registered Southwest as my airline. I purchased a $40 gift card on September 24.
The credit still has not posted, and I am concerned that it might not. When I look at the transaction details on the american express site, it includes a section title Flight Details with a flight number and part that says, "Document Type: SPD/AIR FREIGHT".
The credit still has not posted, and I am concerned that it might not. When I look at the transaction details on the american express site, it includes a section title Flight Details with a flight number and part that says, "Document Type: SPD/AIR FREIGHT".
