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 7, 2018, 2:40 pm
#1351
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 315
Separate account, not authorized user.
Dec 8, 2018, 11:52 am
#1353
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: National EE, Hyatt Discoverist, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 508
Purchased $100 Southwest e-gift card (on Southwest.com) using Amex Gold. Travel credit posted day after charge settled - couldn't have been any easier!
Dec 10, 2018, 11:30 am
#1354
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 542
Data point: purchased 2x$100 gift cards on southwest.com on December 7, credit posed on Amex Plat personal - December 10
Dec 10, 2018, 10:12 pm
#1356
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 197
Reports over the years of higher value numbers like $200 or $250 not going through being seen by the system as fees and hence not getting reimbursed. I've never had an issue with $100 credits, but I'm taking the chance after some recent data points and waiting for my $200 reimbursement right now. Getting nervous but it should post tomorrow...
Dec 11, 2018, 1:52 am
#1357
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Ventura
Programs: Gov't Travel Aficionado, UA Plat
Posts: 288
Reports over the years of higher value numbers like $200 or $250 not going through being seen by the system as fees and hence not getting reimbursed. I've never had an issue with $100 credits, but I'm taking the chance after some recent data points and waiting for my $200 reimbursement right now. Getting nervous but it should post tomorrow...
Dec 11, 2018, 4:58 am
#1359
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Ventura
Programs: Gov't Travel Aficionado, UA Plat
Posts: 288
Confirmed HERE on December 6.
Dec 12, 2018, 11:25 am
#1360
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 21
What did you end up doing share please? Did you tell them something. Or did it get credited
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Dec 13, 2018, 10:54 am
#1361
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Jacksonville, AR
Programs: Hilton - Diamond; SPG/Marriott - Gold
Posts: 245
One more dp: $250 gc bought on 12/9. Credit showed up on 12/12.
Dec 13, 2018, 1:26 pm
#1362
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 29
Any recent DPs of $200 gift cards working for Platinum or do I need to go with $100 GCs?
Dec 13, 2018, 2:04 pm
#1363
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 91
Reports over the years of higher value numbers like $200 or $250 not going through being seen by the system as fees and hence not getting reimbursed. I've never had an issue with $100 credits, but I'm taking the chance after some recent data points and waiting for my $200 reimbursement right now. Getting nervous but it should post tomorrow...
Dec 13, 2018, 6:33 pm
#1364
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Jacksonville, AR
Programs: Hilton - Diamond; SPG/Marriott - Gold
Posts: 245
Dec 14, 2018, 8:57 am
#1365
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 21
DP: -Browser use Google Chrome
-Dec 5 applied for Biz Plat, the same day selected Southwest Airlines and received an email confirmation of it.
-Bought 1x $200 Southwest GC with Biz Platinum Dec 10.
-Dec 12 Airline Fee Credit showed as use.
-Dec 13 Fee reimbursement posted.
-Dec 5 applied for Biz Plat, the same day selected Southwest Airlines and received an email confirmation of it.
-Bought 1x $200 Southwest GC with Biz Platinum Dec 10.
-Dec 12 Airline Fee Credit showed as use.
-Dec 13 Fee reimbursement posted.