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)
Oct 8, 2015, 3:49 am
#511
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: EWR/JFK
Programs: AA GLD 1.xMM, MAR SLV, HH DMND, IHG PLT
Posts: 838
Using gift card to pay taxes on already issed ticket?
I read somewhere that WN gift card can be used to pay taxes (unlink AA).
I have an existing ticket reservation using points, and the points needed have gone up since I ticketed. Is it possible for me to get a WN gift card and redo the international taxes and fees to use the gift card credit?
To throw another monkey wrench in this there was a schedule change they called me about but I didn't change flights yet. Southwest told me that I could change flights for free without paying more miles if I wanted to at a later date. Just wondering if I do the routing change if it is a brand new transaction and can then use the gift card to offset some $ paid in taxes.
I have an existing ticket reservation using points, and the points needed have gone up since I ticketed. Is it possible for me to get a WN gift card and redo the international taxes and fees to use the gift card credit?
To throw another monkey wrench in this there was a schedule change they called me about but I didn't change flights yet. Southwest told me that I could change flights for free without paying more miles if I wanted to at a later date. Just wondering if I do the routing change if it is a brand new transaction and can then use the gift card to offset some $ paid in taxes.
Oct 8, 2015, 7:48 am
#512
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 250
Purchased $100 gift card on 10/4. Auto credited on 10/7, but didn't show till today.
Oct 9, 2015, 10:07 am
#513
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: SMF, SNA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum Elite, IHG Diamond
Posts: 175
4x Early Bird fees totaling $50 purchased on 10/5, auto credited on 10/8. ^
Oct 9, 2015, 1:24 pm
#514
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 3
Now that Amex plat has reimbursed $200, do I need to spend another $200 to meet minimum spend of $3k? I've already spent the 3k.
Oct 9, 2015, 5:38 pm
#515
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAX, BUR
Programs: AS,AA,JB, HH Gold, Starriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Explorist, Global Entry
Posts: 1,933
If you're saying you're now at $2800 why cut it so close?
Spend $200 more on something, anything.
Spend $200 more on something, anything.
Oct 10, 2015, 7:14 am
#517
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 1
Well this isn't what I expected. Made $100 purchase on 10/7. Yesterday (2) separate fee credits of $5.60 auto credited.
Oct 11, 2015, 5:52 pm
#518
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 2
Hallelujah! Purchased $100 gift card on 8/31, it finally was automatically reimbursed on 10/9. Guess that means I should go ahead and purchase a second one, then.
Oct 11, 2015, 7:03 pm
#519
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 22
Purchased $100 GC on 10/8, automatically credited on 10/10. Amex PRG.
Oct 12, 2015, 4:22 am
#520
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Tampa Bay/FL
Posts: 3
Purchased one $ 200 gift card on 09-03-15, automatically credited on 10-09-2015. AX Platinum (personal).
Oct 12, 2015, 3:20 pm
#521
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 68
Purchased $100 GC on Oct 9, automatically credited on Oct 11. Amex PRG
Oct 13, 2015, 8:26 pm
#522
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 9
My 2 purchases from 8/26 and 8/27 were finally credited on 10/9.
Looks like they had a computer issue and were way behind in issuing credits.
Looks like they had a computer issue and were way behind in issuing credits.
Oct 16, 2015, 8:03 pm
#523
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 36
Amex Platinum. Purchased $100 gift card on 9/17. Automatically reimbursed on 10/9.
Oct 18, 2015, 9:30 pm
#524
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Reisterstown, MD, USA
Posts: 117
Amex Premium Rewards Gold
Oct16 SW GC (phys. card) $102.95
Oct17 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -$100 (Automatic)
Oct16 SW GC (phys. card) $102.95
Oct17 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -$100 (Automatic)
Oct 27, 2015, 12:06 pm
#525
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 2
Purchased $95 SW GC on 10/20 via SW.com and still nothing as of today. Other charges I have made around that time from in-flight have already posted.
EDIT: Posted! Refund baby!
EDIT: Posted! Refund baby!
Last edited by pushynavel; Oct 30, 2015 at 1:40 pm