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 28, 2019, 7:40 pm
#1578
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Spokane Valley, Wa
Posts: 17
Platinum Card:
1/06: bought 1 $100 GC
1/06: bought 1 $100 GC
1/09: posted
1/11: reimbursed
Gold Card:
1/04: bought 1 $100 GC
1/06: posted
1/09: reimbursed
Aspire:
1/23: bought 1 $250 GC
1/24: posted
1/26: reimbursed
1/06: bought 1 $100 GC
1/06: bought 1 $100 GC
1/09: posted
1/11: reimbursed
Gold Card:
1/04: bought 1 $100 GC
1/06: posted
1/09: reimbursed
Aspire:
1/23: bought 1 $250 GC
1/24: posted
1/26: reimbursed
Jan 29, 2019, 9:07 am
#1579
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA MileagePlus (Premier Gold); Hilton HHonors (Gold); Chase Ultimate Rewards; Amex Plat
Posts: 6,675
Plat:
1/26: Bought GC
1/27: Posted
1/29: Reimbursed
1/26: Bought GC
1/27: Posted
1/29: Reimbursed
Jan 30, 2019, 2:06 pm
#1580
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TYS/BNA/ATL
Programs: UR, TYP, MR, C1, AA, UA, WN, BA, AS, AV, AC, Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott
Posts: 1,973
I booked 2 WN flights of $109 each, and was reimbursed. I didn't expect this would be reimbursed.
Jan 31, 2019, 5:42 am
#1581
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: BWI
Programs: HHonors Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 767
Platinum:
1/26: $200 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Gold:
1/26: $100 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Aspire:
1/26: $250 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
1/26: $200 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Gold:
1/26: $100 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Aspire:
1/26: $250 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Jan 31, 2019, 5:06 pm
#1582
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Denver
Programs: UA MP Gold, Sky Miles, AAdvantage,Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2
Platinum:
1/27: $100 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Just tried to buy another $100...got an error message again from Southwest to "try again," or call.
1/27: $100 GC bought
1/29: reimbursed
Just tried to buy another $100...got an error message again from Southwest to "try again," or call.
Feb 1, 2019, 9:32 am
#1583
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,639
Plat:
1/28: $200 GC purchase
2/1: Shows credit used for this year but hasn't posted yet
2/2: Reimbursement posted
1/28: $200 GC purchase
2/1: Shows credit used for this year but hasn't posted yet
2/2: Reimbursement posted
Last edited by ucdtim17; Feb 3, 2019 at 10:32 am
Feb 3, 2019, 9:06 am
#1584
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 637
Amex Biz Platinum
Southwest was airline last year
For some reason, I re-selected Southwest (instead of just allowing it to continue)
1/12 - Re-selected SWA as airline
1/12 + 5 minutes - Purchased $200 SWA giftcard
2/3 - Still no credit, chatted withAmex online.
Very easy, the guy looked into it and said, "Credit request has been accepted. Credit of $200.00 will be issued to your account within five business days. "
Southwest was airline last year
For some reason, I re-selected Southwest (instead of just allowing it to continue)
1/12 - Re-selected SWA as airline
1/12 + 5 minutes - Purchased $200 SWA giftcard
2/3 - Still no credit, chatted withAmex online.
Very easy, the guy looked into it and said, "Credit request has been accepted. Credit of $200.00 will be issued to your account within five business days. "
Feb 5, 2019, 6:47 pm
#1585
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Plat:
1/29: $160 GC purchase
2/5: No reimbursement yet...
1/29: $160 GC purchase
2/5: No reimbursement yet...
Feb 6, 2019, 3:23 pm
#1586
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 590
Wonder if this is a problem. Jan 31 $75 EGC purchased. Feb 1 $25 EGC purchased. $25 has now been reimbursed.
But nothing on the $75 charge, and it's not even showing in my remaining air credit tracker. Hmmmm....
But nothing on the $75 charge, and it's not even showing in my remaining air credit tracker. Hmmmm....
Feb 6, 2019, 4:26 pm
#1587
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 1
Purchased $200 egc on Jan 31st, posted on Feb 1st, still nothing...doesnt show on my air credit tracker either.. How long did it take for the Feb 1st $25 to credit?
Feb 6, 2019, 7:54 pm
#1589
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 5
AX Plat
2/1 - $200 SW e-GC
2/5 - $200 reimbursed
2/1 - $200 SW e-GC
2/5 - $200 reimbursed
Feb 7, 2019, 10:06 am
#1590
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards
Posts: 191
Just so you all know, we've been discussing delays on AA thread as well. Some people who purchased AA GCs on 1/31 (including me) haven't seen any reimbursement yet.