Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: WN (2011-2019)

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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.

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Feb 4, 15, 12:10 am

#331

judicious

Join Date: Oct 2014

Posts: 11

Selected SW on 1/28, purchased two $100 GC on one transaction on 1/29, both reimbursed today 2/3!!

Feb 6, 15, 12:50 am

#332

pcket5s

Join Date: Feb 2015

Posts: 6

Purchased 2 $100 gift cards via southwest.com on 1/27, posted 1/28, reimbursed 1/31!

Feb 7, 15, 8:01 pm

#333

DadOBoys

Join Date: Nov 2012

Location: Colorado

Posts: 6

This was my second time ordering one $200 e-gift card from Southwest on my AMEX Platinum. Worked perfectly last year and again this year.
Purchased 1/30
Reimbursed 2/2
I am really pleased with this card!

Feb 7, 15, 10:33 pm

#334

Robl

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: BDL, JFK

Posts: 638

Yup. $100 gc on 2/4, credit on 2/6.

Mar 16, 15, 10:37 pm

#335

Smileycj1

Join Date: Dec 2014

Location: RNO

Posts: 89

$200 cert in early March reimbursed 6 days later. Was getting a bit nervous but it went through fine!

Mar 17, 15, 10:03 am

#336

Adelphos

Join Date: May 2011

Location: NYC (LGA, JFK, EWR)

Programs: Delta Gold, AAdvantage Gold, Marriott/Hilton Gold, AMEX Membership Rewards

Posts: 2,096

So I purchased 1 SW gift card for $100, but forgot that I had yet to choose SW as my airline. I thenk enrolled in SW, then purchased the second SW gift card.

Both have now posted as "SW Air Dallas TX." Should I expect reimbursement for both, one, or none of these purchases? Both "posted" after I enrolled but I only purchased one after I enrolled.

Mar 23, 15, 8:57 am

#337

Adelphos

Join Date: May 2011

Location: NYC (LGA, JFK, EWR)

Programs: Delta Gold, AAdvantage Gold, Marriott/Hilton Gold, AMEX Membership Rewards

Posts: 2,096

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adelphos

Both $100 reimbursements hit today. Nice! Used the gift cards to purchase a one-way flight.

Mar 26, 15, 7:02 pm

#338

xinfamousxi

Join Date: Aug 2014

Posts: 41

Has anyone tried early bird check in?

Mar 26, 15, 7:58 pm

#339

dhuey

A FlyerTalk Posting Legend

Join Date: Feb 2001

Location: Berkeley, CA USA

Programs: Piggly Wiggly "Shop the Pig!" Preferred Shopper

Posts: 47,957

Quote:

Originally Posted by xinfamousxi

Has anyone tried early bird check in?

No, but I'll bet that would work. Still, if you know you're going to spend at least $200 on WN, then just get the gift cards. This routine has been working for years. If by chance it stops working, you're not out any money -- just use the gift cards toward a flight purchase.