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)
Jan 5, 2017, 9:02 am
#811
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 78
bought on 1/2, posted on 1/2, got credit on 1/4 but no sign of the gift card from sw.
Jan 5, 2017, 12:08 pm
#812
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 54
Can we please add "DO NOT CALL AMEX OVER UNPOSTED GIFT CARD REIMBURSEMENTS" to the wiki? I feel that the gig will be up soon due to impatience and ignorance.
Jan 5, 2017, 12:43 pm
#813
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 17
Bought 100 gc the night of the 1st. Posted on third. Still no credit. Im not calling in but getting a bit impatient.
Jan 5, 2017, 1:34 pm
#815
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 189
I plan to cancel this card after my January statement. Can anyone tell me if SW Gift Cards and EBCI purchases produce 3 MR points/dollar or just 1? (I want to end up with a MR point balance at either 1,000 or something divisible by 250.)
Jan 6, 2017, 9:41 am
#819
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 23
Ordered my gift cards....got them 20 minutes later..or less didn't check right away.
Jan 6, 2017, 10:28 am
#820
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 2
Bought $100 on 1/2
Posted on 1/3
No Credit from AMEX
<$10 Charge for Airfare on 1/3
Reimbursed on 1/5
Based upon this, it looks like they may not be reimbursing $100 charges now.
Posted on 1/3
No Credit from AMEX
<$10 Charge for Airfare on 1/3
Reimbursed on 1/5
Based upon this, it looks like they may not be reimbursing $100 charges now.
Jan 6, 2017, 10:54 am
#821
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Jan 6, 2017, 4:31 pm
#822
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 17
Bought 100 on first. Been posted for a few days now. Still nothing. 
Jan 7, 2017, 7:36 am
#823
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: STL
Posts: 22
DP: Purchased $200 WN GC on 1/4. AMEX Plat credit reimbursed on 1/6.
Jan 7, 2017, 7:42 am
#824
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 7
1/4 bought $100
1/7 Credit
Jan 7, 2017, 8:32 am
#825
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: 747 Upper Deck QF J LAX-BNE; A380 SQ SuiteC+D SYD-SIN & SIN-HKG; 777 CX F HKG-JFK; Park Hyatt Sydney
Posts: 513
1/4 - bought $100 x 2
1/6 - nothing
1/7 - credits show posted 1/6
1/6 - nothing
1/7 - credits show posted 1/6