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 17, 2019, 10:14 pm
#2551
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver
Posts: 21
Reimbursement received
Data point:
I purchased a $80.98 Southwest flight using the AMEX Hilton Honors Aspire card on 12/11.
I received a $80.98 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement on 12/16.
Thanks for this thread and all who keep posting here!
I purchased a $80.98 Southwest flight using the AMEX Hilton Honors Aspire card on 12/11.
I received a $80.98 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement on 12/16.
Thanks for this thread and all who keep posting here!
Dec 18, 2019, 5:59 pm
#2552
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 2
Data point,
12/17 Open AMEX Hilton Aspire
12/18 Enroll/Select SouthWest
12/18 purchased a $88.xx ticket
12/20 purchased another $88.xx ticket and $94.xx ticket
12/23 the first $88.xx got reimbursed
12/25 $88.xx ticket and $94.xx ticket got reimbursed
All 3 got reimbursed in about 5 days.
12/17 Open AMEX Hilton Aspire
12/18 Enroll/Select SouthWest
12/18 purchased a $88.xx ticket
12/20 purchased another $88.xx ticket and $94.xx ticket
12/23 the first $88.xx got reimbursed
12/25 $88.xx ticket and $94.xx ticket got reimbursed
All 3 got reimbursed in about 5 days.
Last edited by zacktw; Dec 26, 2019 at 8:59 am
Good timing for the double dip.
Dec 18, 2019, 7:17 pm
#2554
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 26
Data Point -- Credit is hitting for charges on WN made same-day as airline selection. Note purchases were made after the automated "You're ready for your $xxx Airline Fee Credit Benefit" email. Not sure if timing re:the email is relevant.
Dec 19, 2019, 8:35 am
#2555
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 6
Data Point:
I've booked a $59 flight (12/13)
Credit received (12/19)
I've booked a $59 flight (12/13)
Credit received (12/19)
Last edited by MBA_Bill; Dec 20, 2019 at 11:27 am
Dec 19, 2019, 9:23 am
#2556
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13
Purchased 3 separate flights on SW Dec 13; $58.98, $87.98 and $87.98. Cancelled all flights next day for funds for future use. Neddle moved Dec 18 and credits posted Dec 19th. Booked a separate flight and added early bird to amex aspire as well. Will see if that eats the remaining of the $250.
Dec 19, 2019, 9:26 am
#2557
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 20
If I book something on southwest, does it still tag as a credit in Amex Platinum?
Dec 19, 2019, 10:01 am
#2558
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 55
12/13: Purchased one way ticket BWI to MCO for $98.98 ($78.77 + $20.21 for fees and taxes)
12/17: Received AMEX credit for $98.98
Lesson Learned. I'm disappointed that I did not react earlier in the year so I could have processed a gift card in order to receive the credit. Knowing that reimbursement for flights could easily disappear at any time, I plan to react right away at the turn of 2020 to lock into that year's flight credit.
12/17: Received AMEX credit for $98.98
Lesson Learned. I'm disappointed that I did not react earlier in the year so I could have processed a gift card in order to receive the credit. Knowing that reimbursement for flights could easily disappear at any time, I plan to react right away at the turn of 2020 to lock into that year's flight credit.
Dec 19, 2019, 3:50 pm
#2562
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 2
This doesn't seem to be working for my Gold card. Here's my timetable:
12/01: Set my airline to Southwest
12/01: Purchased a $98.98 ticket on the SW website
12/15: Purchased a $78.98 ticket on the SW website
Neither purchase has been reimbursed yet.
12/01: Set my airline to Southwest
12/01: Purchased a $98.98 ticket on the SW website
12/15: Purchased a $78.98 ticket on the SW website
Neither purchase has been reimbursed yet.
Dec 19, 2019, 3:54 pm
#2563
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 265
Since every post on this page is about people getting the credit in the recent past, I assume you mean is it still working at this very minute?? That would be hard to answer without actually trying it I guess.
Dec 19, 2019, 3:56 pm
#2564
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 5,867
I'm guessing he's a new poster who didn't scroll back to check recent data points.