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)
Jul 10, 2019, 9:33 am
#1982
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Plat, AS Gold 75k, Marriott Titanium, IHG Gold
Posts: 17
This won't work. Since if you cancel, the charge never posts to your CC, it only shows pending and eventually disappears, but AMEX will not credit anything that doesn't post. So you can try, but 99.9% confident it won't post and therefore you won't get any credit.
Jul 10, 2019, 9:36 am
#1983
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Plat, AS Gold 75k, Marriott Titanium, IHG Gold
Posts: 17
I'm not sure how it works on Amex per se, but on Citi/Mastercard statements I generally see all the flight details per traveler, and then their fare (or taxes if a points redemption). Same is true for me on for other banks and Visa. Sometimes if I'm using travel bank / credits for the tax part (or vouchers for airfares) I won't have anything on a card at all, which means I'm not going to have any card based travel insurance in place.
Jul 10, 2019, 3:15 pm
#1984
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,477
Similar charges (cancelled within minutes) did post and got refunded in the past, but they were from JetBlue and paid with Barclays MC.
Jul 10, 2019, 6:14 pm
#1985
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 8
Amex Platinum success:
Bought $100 gc on 6/25, a second $100 gc on 6/26. No reimbursement.
Bought a ticket that was $166.98. Split payment w/ AMEX & one $100 gc then bought a return flight in a separate transaction that was $186.98. I used the other $100 gc, balance on Amex.
Today I was credited $66.98 and $86.98.
Bought $100 gc on 6/25, a second $100 gc on 6/26. No reimbursement.
Bought a ticket that was $166.98. Split payment w/ AMEX & one $100 gc then bought a return flight in a separate transaction that was $186.98. I used the other $100 gc, balance on Amex.
Today I was credited $66.98 and $86.98.
Jul 10, 2019, 9:34 pm
#1987
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2,061
Amex Platinum success:
Bought $100 gc on 6/25, a second $100 gc on 6/26. No reimbursement.
Bought a ticket that was $166.98. Split payment w/ AMEX & one $100 gc then bought a return flight in a separate transaction that was $186.98. I used the other $100 gc, balance on Amex.
Today I was credited $66.98 and $86.98.
Bought $100 gc on 6/25, a second $100 gc on 6/26. No reimbursement.
Bought a ticket that was $166.98. Split payment w/ AMEX & one $100 gc then bought a return flight in a separate transaction that was $186.98. I used the other $100 gc, balance on Amex.
Today I was credited $66.98 and $86.98.
Jul 11, 2019, 7:42 am
#1988
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2,061
did any folks do a refundable taxes & fees, get reimbursed, cancel & keep the stmt cr? Q is whether the cr will stick?
Last edited by danhouston; Jul 11, 2019 at 7:59 am
Jul 11, 2019, 7:47 am
#1989
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 2
Amex Platinum success:
Bought $100 gc on 6/25, a second $100 gc on 6/26. No reimbursement.
Bought a ticket that was $166.98. Split payment w/ AMEX & one $100 gc then bought a return flight in a separate transaction that was $186.98. I used the other $100 gc, balance on Amex.
Today I was credited $66.98 and $86.98.
Bought $100 gc on 6/25, a second $100 gc on 6/26. No reimbursement.
Bought a ticket that was $166.98. Split payment w/ AMEX & one $100 gc then bought a return flight in a separate transaction that was $186.98. I used the other $100 gc, balance on Amex.
Today I was credited $66.98 and $86.98.
Jul 11, 2019, 9:15 am
#1991
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: HOU/IAH
Programs: WN CP; Hilton Diamond; IHG Plat
Posts: 189
Just attempted a WN purchase using partial GC, travel funds, and Hilton Aspire Amex as follows. Will report back in a couple of days.
Fare for One Way ticket: 160.98
Southwest LUV Voucher: -100.00
Residual GC Amount (originally purchased by HA Amex and not reimbursed) : -13.02
Amount charged to HA Amex: -47.96
If things go as planned I should expect a reimbursement of $47.96, correct?
Fare for One Way ticket: 160.98
Southwest LUV Voucher: -100.00
Residual GC Amount (originally purchased by HA Amex and not reimbursed) : -13.02
Amount charged to HA Amex: -47.96
If things go as planned I should expect a reimbursement of $47.96, correct?
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Jul 11, 2019, 9:58 am
#1993
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 1
Didn’t work yet :(
I’ll give it some time. But based on other folks and their comments- my GC posted 7/5. It’s now 7/11 and no credit posted.
Jul 11, 2019, 12:55 pm
#1995
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 38
Does anyone know if this will work for upgrades from C+ to First? Officially no, but I'm curious about the reality