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)
Dec 15, 2016, 12:19 pm
#751
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 119
Anyone else having trouble checking their SW GC balance?
Nevermind:
http://travelwithgrant.boardingarea....re-is-the-fix/
Nevermind:
http://travelwithgrant.boardingarea....re-is-the-fix/
Dec 15, 2016, 6:59 pm
#752
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 206
Bought 1 x$100 gift card on my platinum and my wife's.
Purchased: Dec 11
Posted: Dec 12
Credit posted: Dec 14.
Purchased: Dec 11
Posted: Dec 12
Credit posted: Dec 14.
Dec 16, 2016, 1:15 pm
#753
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 3
Why do I need to select WN as the airline if Southwest is listed on the drop-down menu as one of the selections for airlines? Please help! I already selected southwest.
Dec 16, 2016, 5:24 pm
#754
Join Date: Jul 1999
Posts: 196
Biz Plat DP
12/7 Received card
12/8 Selected WN as my airline
12/10 $75 GC purchased (my first time, so I thought I'd start small)
12/12 Purchase posted, credit posted
12/13 $75 and $50 GCs purchased
12/15 Purchases posted
12/16 Credits posted
12/7 Received card
12/8 Selected WN as my airline
12/10 $75 GC purchased (my first time, so I thought I'd start small)
12/12 Purchase posted, credit posted
12/13 $75 and $50 GCs purchased
12/15 Purchases posted
12/16 Credits posted
Dec 19, 2016, 7:23 am
#757
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: BOS, PVD, HYA
Programs: MR, TYP, AA, B6, DL, WN, HH, MB, 2V
Posts: 658
Dec 19, 2016, 4:03 pm
#758
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 29
Plat 100K Thanksgiving link DP:
12/13 Selected WN
12/14 Purchased $100
12/15 Posted
12/17 Reimbursed
12/19 Just noticed, so $100 purchased.
12/13 Selected WN
12/14 Purchased $100
12/15 Posted
12/17 Reimbursed
12/19 Just noticed, so $100 purchased.
Dec 21, 2016, 12:46 pm
#762
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 69
Amex Plat
12/17 Reimbursed
12/15 Purchased $100 SW
12/09 Reimbursed
12/07 Purchased $100 SW
12/17 Reimbursed
12/15 Purchased $100 SW
12/09 Reimbursed
12/07 Purchased $100 SW
Dec 23, 2016, 11:26 am
#763
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 7
Anybody able to successfully get the credit for gift cards from 12/18? I only see 1 negative data point here.
thanks
thanks
Dec 24, 2016, 12:59 pm
#764
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 70
Amex Plat
12/21 Purchased $100 and $50 SW Gift Cards; Posted
12/23 Reimbursed; Credited
12/21 Purchased $100 and $50 SW Gift Cards; Posted
12/23 Reimbursed; Credited