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)
Dec 15, 2019, 8:05 am
#2536
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 21
How long are you supposed to wait after selecting airline to purchase tickets? I did mine immediately and it's been 12 days and still not reimbursed. I'm thinking this is where I might have screwed up.
Dec 15, 2019, 2:44 pm
#2537
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 45
Did you book the multiples on a single booking or as individual bookings? Thanks.
Dec 15, 2019, 4:02 pm
#2540
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,792
Meter moved today (12/15) on a 12/8 <$100 flight.
Edit: credit posted today (12/16) so it took 8 calendar days end to end.
Last edited by krazykanuck; Dec 16, 2019 at 6:33 pm
Dec 16, 2019, 10:01 am
#2541
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 2
Just got my card. Bought on Dec. 10, meter moved on Dec. 16th for a $59 flight.
Quick question for folks, I still see the transaction in my payment history. How is the credit reflected on the billing statement? Should I expect it to credit out/reverse the existing transaction or does it show as a separate flight credit?
Quick question for folks, I still see the transaction in my payment history. How is the credit reflected on the billing statement? Should I expect it to credit out/reverse the existing transaction or does it show as a separate flight credit?
Dec 16, 2019, 8:26 pm
#2542
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 11
Just got my card. Bought on Dec. 10, meter moved on Dec. 16th for a $59 flight.
Quick question for folks, I still see the transaction in my payment history. How is the credit reflected on the billing statement? Should I expect it to credit out/reverse the existing transaction or does it show as a separate flight credit?
Quick question for folks, I still see the transaction in my payment history. How is the credit reflected on the billing statement? Should I expect it to credit out/reverse the existing transaction or does it show as a separate flight credit?
Dec 6: Amex Platinum selected Southwest
Dec 9: Purchased 3 flights < $100
Dec 15: meter moved
Dec 16: credit posted to account for all the flights
Dec 17, 2019, 1:41 am
#2543
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: Once upon a time...
Posts: 863
Bought a beer on a Southwest flight and got reimbursed over Thanksgiving weekend.
Dec 17, 2019, 5:42 am
#2544
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 2
The sticky says you may need to wait a couple of days, however I selected WN on 12/10, purchased a $97.50 fare 12/10, cancelled 12/11 and received credit 12/16.
Dec 17, 2019, 11:13 am
#2546
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Edison, NJ
Programs: Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 110
What i would like to do is send my wife to visit some family but those dates are more than $100 each way. Would i be OK booking different dates under that 100 mark and then just changing the flight to the dates I actually want and pay the difference?
Dec 17, 2019, 12:25 pm
#2547
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 23
Dec 8: 3 seperate charges for 3 seperate OW tickets
$ 81.88
$ 88.98
$ 91.00
Dec 14: 3 seperate credits
$ 70.02
$ 88.98
$ 91.00
Dec 16:
Cancelled all flights. Credits held in the new SW Travel Bank.
Amex Aspire
$ 81.88
$ 88.98
$ 91.00
Dec 14: 3 seperate credits
$ 70.02
$ 88.98
$ 91.00
Dec 16:
Cancelled all flights. Credits held in the new SW Travel Bank.
Amex Aspire
Dec 17, 2019, 1:37 pm
#2548
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 198
Booked a flight for family trip and legitimately cancelled due to change of plans. I was using points. The fee got charged and refunded back by SW. And i also got my travel credit from Amex for each of the fees.
Dec 17, 2019, 1:43 pm
#2549
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 7
Dec 10: 2 separate charges for 2 separate OW tickets @ $93.98 each
Dec 16: 2 separate credits @ $93.98 each
Dec 16: 2 separate credits @ $93.98 each
Dec 17, 2019, 3:48 pm
#2550
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 5,867
EB Fee and Ticket < $100 were credited today. Charges posted 12/10.