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 25, 2016, 11:47 am
#661
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 6
Another data point
Selected SW 4/20
Purchased e-gift card 4/21
Reimbursed 4/23
Purchased e-gift card 4/21
Reimbursed 4/23
May 10, 2016, 7:36 am
#662
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 40
I apologize if this is the wrong forum, but is the Amex airline credit good for taxes on award flights? If so, does it have to be a $200 charge at once or can it be like 6 - $33 charges over 4 months?
May 10, 2016, 8:48 am
#663
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 288
No, it generally wont work on taxes, as they are coded as airfare. And on qualifying items you can break it down into what ever denominations you want, and they will reimburse them up until you hit $200 total.
May 10, 2016, 10:16 am
#664
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
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May 11, 2016, 1:31 am
#665
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
Disagree. Earlier in the year, I bought a cheap JetBlue flight on AMEX Plat and got reimbursed 3 days later. So even if coded as airfare, can still got reimbursed, if the flight was cheap enough.
May 11, 2016, 7:06 am
#666
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
May 11, 2016, 4:53 pm
#668
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SAF (hopefully) or ABQ
Programs: SPG Gold, HH Silver
Posts: 52
May 12, 2016, 9:40 am
#669
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: SIN
Programs: Marriott Platinum | Hilton Diamond | Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 114
May 14, 2016, 10:55 am
#670
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 17
Tried $75 SWGC... will wait what happens... Got the credit next day.
Last edited by dogeatdog; May 17, 2016 at 7:49 pm Reason: update
May 18, 2016, 8:20 am
#672
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TX
Posts: 14
Purchased $200 electronic gift card on 5/15. Credit showed up on 5/18 (dated 5/17).
May 19, 2016, 8:17 am
#673
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: CLE -> BNA
Programs: IHG Spire Ambassador, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Titanium, UA Silver, RR A-List
Posts: 312
Purchased two $100 WN gift cards in a single transaction on 5/14, reimbursed the full $200 5/16.
May 20, 2016, 7:34 am
#674
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 5
I purchased a $100 southwest e-gift card on 5/17. Credit posted 5/19. I'll be purchasing the next $100 gc today.
May 20, 2016, 7:39 am
#675
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 43
Purchased two $100 Southwest cards on 5/17 - reimbursed yesterday.