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)
Sep 13, 2015, 1:11 pm
#451
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Louisiana, MSY
Programs: Hyatt Plat, SPG Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Elite
Posts: 139
Sep 14, 2015, 8:46 am
#453
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Louisiana, MSY
Programs: Hyatt Plat, SPG Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Elite
Posts: 139
Sep 16, 2015, 9:08 am
#454
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 23
SWA GC
mine finally posted today - from 8/29
Sep 16, 2015, 4:21 pm
#459
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 274
Most people are using it to buy Amazon gift cards. The idea is that Amex codes it as a purchase from United and is (was?) reimbursing the charges
Sep 17, 2015, 7:41 am
#461
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 274
There seem to be sporadic reports of reimbursement, but many more reports of no reimbursement. Purchase must be through the mileageplus x app. Best bet at this time is probably sit back and wait for the dust to settle before making any purchases
Sep 17, 2015, 3:16 pm
#462
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: BOS
Posts: 550
There's not much downside in trying to use united app. Best case: you end up with $200 in AMZN GCs for free. Worst case: you end up with $200 in AMZN GCs for $200.
Sep 18, 2015, 8:15 am
#463
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Louisiana, MSY
Programs: Hyatt Plat, SPG Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Elite
Posts: 139
Honestly - if it was the same risk I'd personally rather $200 SW GC for $200 rather than Amazon
Sep 18, 2015, 12:08 pm
#464
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 375
I purchased international SW tickets with SW miles and paid $100+ in tax fees.
Am I eligible to get credit? I thought yes, because it worked with Citi Prestige card, but I called today and they told me that fees associated with ticket are not eligible? Is that true?
If yes - then what else can I buy? Are SW GCs still Ok?
Am I eligible to get credit? I thought yes, because it worked with Citi Prestige card, but I called today and they told me that fees associated with ticket are not eligible? Is that true?
If yes - then what else can I buy? Are SW GCs still Ok?
Sep 18, 2015, 12:17 pm
#465
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,528
It is not allowed. The Citi Prestige card permits pretty much any airline charge to be reimbursed whereas the Amex is much more restrictive.