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 6, 2018, 9:15 am
#1096
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 8
Data point:
1/1/2018 Purchased single $200 Southwest Gift Card
1/3/2018 $200 Credit to account
1/1/2018 Purchased single $200 Southwest Gift Card
1/3/2018 $200 Credit to account
Last edited by t2846834; Jan 6, 2018 at 10:55 am
Jan 6, 2018, 9:46 am
#1097
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,939
Jan 6, 2018, 9:49 am
#1098
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,939
My wife has both personal Premier and Plus cards. Application date was 10/1/17. Statement date is the 1st of each month. One of the cards completed $2k spend on 12/27 and the 60k points are coming. The other card completed spend on 12/31 with multiple grocery and restaurant purchases at night (but before midnight Eastern time). Statement for 1/1 closed and one supermarket charge ($90ish) didn't make the cut. Transaction activity history shows transaction on 12/31 but posted on 1/2/18. Obviously she didn't get the 60k on this statement and that's fine; should she expect a problem due to the 1/2/18 post date? (3 month mark is 1/1/18) Basically, does the transaction date or post date matter more for these deadlines?
NOTE: you are posting this in the wrong thread b/c this one is for Amex MR reimbursements. You might want to alert mod to move it to appropriate thread.
Jan 6, 2018, 12:54 pm
#1100
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Berkeley, CA USA
Programs: Piggly Wiggly "Shop the Pig!" Preferred Shopper
Posts: 57,072
Jan. 3, 2018 -- two $100 GCs purchased online on my personal Plat
Jan. 5, 2018 -- two $100 reimbursements
Easy peasy.
Jan. 5, 2018 -- two $100 reimbursements
Easy peasy.
Jan 6, 2018, 1:41 pm
#1101
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 26
12/24 Applied for card (pending)
12/26 Called and approved for card in morning
12/28 Card Arrived, selected airline, purchased $200 SW GC (mid day)
12/30 Credit Posted against 2017
12/26 Called and approved for card in morning
12/28 Card Arrived, selected airline, purchased $200 SW GC (mid day)
12/30 Credit Posted against 2017
Jan 6, 2018, 6:14 pm
#1102
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 31
Has anyone who successfully claimed their $200.00 credit in December 2017 for calendar year 2017 successfully claim their 2018 credit yet?
I was thinking about pulling the trigger again this week after successfully getting my credit on 12/31/2017...but have been procrastinating...
I was thinking about pulling the trigger again this week after successfully getting my credit on 12/31/2017...but have been procrastinating...
Jan 6, 2018, 7:07 pm
#1103
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 171
Has anyone who successfully claimed their $200.00 credit in December 2017 for calendar year 2017 successfully claim their 2018 credit yet?
I was thinking about pulling the trigger again this week after successfully getting my credit on 12/31/2017...but have been procrastinating...
I was thinking about pulling the trigger again this week after successfully getting my credit on 12/31/2017...but have been procrastinating...
Jan 7, 2018, 7:05 am
#1104
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 483
I have been trying to get my 2018 credit on SW and keep getting this message:
- We were unable to process your request right now. Please try again or if you continue to have difficulties, please contact a Southwest Airlines Customer Service Representative at 1-800-I-FLY-SWA (1-800-435-9792) (SW104105)
Last edited by Travelz; Jan 7, 2018 at 7:11 am
Jan 7, 2018, 2:01 pm
#1105
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 81
1/4 - bought 1x $200 e-gift card
1/6 - received $200 reimbursement
1/6 - received $200 reimbursement
Jan 7, 2018, 7:57 pm
#1106
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: any
Posts: 3
1/7 bought 1x $200 e-gift card
1/9 Credit (reimbursed) ( though it didn't actually show on the site until 1/10) all good!
1/9 Credit (reimbursed) ( though it didn't actually show on the site until 1/10) all good!
Last edited by nigelj12; Jan 10, 2018 at 10:30 am Reason: waiting for results
Jan 8, 2018, 8:35 pm
#1107
Join Date: May 2016
Location: NYC
Posts: 265
1/4 evening changed airline to SW (did United in my two previous years)
1/4 evening bought 1x $200 e-gift card 10 mins later
Still waiting for reimbursement. :/
1/4 evening bought 1x $200 e-gift card 10 mins later
Still waiting for reimbursement. :/
Jan 9, 2018, 8:19 am
#1108
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 29
1/5 Bought 1 x $200 SW e-gift card on my Platinum
1/7 Charge posted on the account
1/8 Credit posted
1/7 Charge posted on the account
1/8 Credit posted
Jan 9, 2018, 9:52 am
#1109
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 98
1/4 - set airline to Southwest
1/5 - purchased 1 x $200 WN GC
1/8 - $200 credit posted
1/5 - purchased 1 x $200 WN GC
1/8 - $200 credit posted
Jan 10, 2018, 9:30 am
#1110
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver
Posts: 21
1/7 - purchased 1 x $200 WN e-gift card on my AMEX Business Platinum
1/9 - $200 credit posted
1/9 - $200 credit posted