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)
Apr 21, 2015, 9:48 am
#346
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: DEN
Posts: 93
Purchased 2x$100 Southwest GCs on 4/14. Reimbursement hit yesterday 4/20.
May 5, 2015, 6:08 pm
#347
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 73
Does it matter whether i buy 2x100 vs 1x200 GC?
May 19, 2015, 9:38 am
#348
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
Just want to make absolutely sure before I choose Southwest as my airline:
1. Is Amex still reimbursing $100 Southwest GC?
2. Is this the link I should use to purchase the e-GC?
https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
Just trying to be really cautious! I've only ever been reimbursed for AA GC on the Plat, and would like to diversify...
1. Is Amex still reimbursing $100 Southwest GC?
2. Is this the link I should use to purchase the e-GC?
https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
Just trying to be really cautious! I've only ever been reimbursed for AA GC on the Plat, and would like to diversify...
May 19, 2015, 1:24 pm
#349
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 169
Just want to make absolutely sure before I choose Southwest as my airline:
1. Is Amex still reimbursing $100 Southwest GC?
2. Is this the link I should use to purchase the e-GC?
https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
Just trying to be really cautious! I've only ever been reimbursed for AA GC on the Plat, and would like to diversify...
1. Is Amex still reimbursing $100 Southwest GC?
2. Is this the link I should use to purchase the e-GC?
https://www.southwest.com/gift-card/create-card.html
Just trying to be really cautious! I've only ever been reimbursed for AA GC on the Plat, and would like to diversify...
2. Yes
May 21, 2015, 8:13 am
#352
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 81
Bought $100 on 5/15 right after enrollment, still no credit
May 22, 2015, 10:02 am
#356
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver
Posts: 21
Received airline credit
Bought 1 x $100 Southwest e-gift card on May 16; it was reimbursed on May 21.
Jun 3, 2015, 1:05 pm
#358
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: SPG P50, Hyatt D, Hilton D, AA P, Marriot G, Hz-PC, National EC
Posts: 59
Amex incidental fee credit - SW early bird charges ?
Does SW earlybird check charges qualifies as incidental fees for Amex fee credit ?
Jun 3, 2015, 10:03 pm
#359
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 41
I'm also interested in knowing about early bird check in
Jun 11, 2015, 12:49 pm
#360
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
I've used this successfully with the Plat but now I have a new PRG that shows the benefit of $100 airline credit. Has anyone had success with getting that reimbursed for a SW GC?