[REVISED] Southwest Airlines Card 50,000 Bonus Points, $2k spend
Feb 7, 2012, 3:48 pm
#676
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,173
wrong forum
applied for both cards in Dec., waited til Jan to make first purchases, transferred Choice rewards points for additional 10k, called and specified wife as companion, got CP in mail last week.
2012/13 SW will be my favorite airline.....cant wait to start flying them.
If you qualify for both cards, get them!!! the CP value virtually doubles the 100k you get for signup....well worth the annual fee!!
Feb 7, 2012, 4:02 pm
#677
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 25
Go to the southwest forum to find out that SW does fly international via airtran.....this thread is about the credit card, not SW route map.
applied for both cards in Dec., waited til Jan to make first purchases, transferred Choice rewards points for additional 10k, called and specified wife as companion, got CP in mail last week.
2012/13 SW will be my favorite airline.....cant wait to start flying them.
If you qualify for both cards, get them!!! the CP value virtually doubles the 100k you get for signup....well worth the annual fee!!
applied for both cards in Dec., waited til Jan to make first purchases, transferred Choice rewards points for additional 10k, called and specified wife as companion, got CP in mail last week.
2012/13 SW will be my favorite airline.....cant wait to start flying them.
If you qualify for both cards, get them!!! the CP value virtually doubles the 100k you get for signup....well worth the annual fee!!
https://www.southwest.com/rapidrewar...m-more-rewards
Feb 7, 2012, 4:03 pm
#678
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,173
sorry wrong quote
Okay, so I'm new to all of this and I just wanted to clear up a couple of things. If you sign up for both the personal and business rapid rewards cards, you'll be able to use the 100k together, correct? Also, how do you know what international flights are available? I can't seem to find any specific details about that on the SW website.
TRK1987 you are correct, if you have the credit card you can use your points for international flights on most all carriers, car rentals, vacations, hotels, ect ect....like you said conversion is unfairly high...I plugged in ATL-PVR for an example and they wanted 75-85k for RT flights on DL and AA.
For SW it is best to stick with only the Airtran destinations...(currently Mexico and Carribbean islands, but expanding)
The best use is "Wanna Get Away" fares that use 6000 points for $100 conversion.
Feb 8, 2012, 9:45 am
#679
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: WI
Programs: A bunch
Posts: 488
If she is willing to talk to them long enough for identity verification, she can give them permission to talk to you for the rest of the call. You can even call and just hand over the phone for a minute when they ask. I did this a couple of weeks ago with a Chase application and it was fine.
Worked out well i think!^
Feb 8, 2012, 10:35 am
#680
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,304
yeah, called the line last night. All went well, wife was verified and approved i did all the talking except the verification. Nice guy on the phone that i spoke with. Both cards approved. He said the business one was declined because of 2 apps on the same day but after a few simple questions and some hold time all was well. The personal card was approved pending some verification he said but it looked fine he said. Was impressed by his service.
Worked out well i think!^
Worked out well i think!^
I tried setting my wife up with a business card and had a pretty good question and answer session about the business. In the end she/we were turned down because the business was to new.
Guess I'll try again in 6 months.
Feb 8, 2012, 11:08 am
#681
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: WI
Programs: A bunch
Posts: 488
Doesn't sound like it but did they happen to grill you on your wife's "business" Is it a new one or one you've had for awhile?
I tried setting my wife up with a business card and had a pretty good question and answer session about the business. In the end she/we were turned down because the business was to new.
Guess I'll try again in 6 months.
I tried setting my wife up with a business card and had a pretty good question and answer session about the business. In the end she/we were turned down because the business was to new.
Guess I'll try again in 6 months.
He said that was a perfectly fine reason for the card and I got a sense he wanted to get this approved and again I cannot stress how pleasant the guy was! I wasnt prepared for that
Feb 8, 2012, 8:51 pm
#682
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 81
Offer back on Southwest.com website for the Premier Card
Just noticed today that they 50,000 points offer is back on the front page at southwest.com for the Premier card. Still though, I decided to go for the lower annual fee of the Plus card with the 50,000 points. Be sure to use the links in this thread, since the Plus card offer on their site is for the lower 25,000 offering.
Applied yesterday for the Personal Plus card for me and my wife. Got the pending response, but after calling the application status number today, found out that we were both approved. So today I applies for the business Plus card for both of us, and plan to have to make a call in for the final approval / Q and A later. Nice to see that I can just have my wife verify her identity and then hand the phone over to me. Like another poster said, she just doesn't like playing this game the rest of us are hooked on.
Applied yesterday for the Personal Plus card for me and my wife. Got the pending response, but after calling the application status number today, found out that we were both approved. So today I applies for the business Plus card for both of us, and plan to have to make a call in for the final approval / Q and A later. Nice to see that I can just have my wife verify her identity and then hand the phone over to me. Like another poster said, she just doesn't like playing this game the rest of us are hooked on.
Feb 10, 2012, 3:35 pm
#684
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DEN
Programs: DL PM, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,816
card worth churning? It would be my third Chase card, last applied for a chase card in july. Would be using the points to get $500 in gift cards....
Feb 11, 2012, 12:36 am
#685
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 81
Well she doesnt have an actual business that she owns so we were just truthful. I learned from Darius over at million mile secrets you can just say you want the card for reimburseable business expenses for your employer which is what I told him and is true.
He said that was a perfectly fine reason for the card and I got a sense he wanted to get this approved and again I cannot stress how pleasant the guy was! I wasnt prepared for that
He said that was a perfectly fine reason for the card and I got a sense he wanted to get this approved and again I cannot stress how pleasant the guy was! I wasnt prepared for that
Feb 11, 2012, 5:45 am
#686
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: WI
Programs: A bunch
Posts: 488
You still may get the pending review response regardless. My wife had a over 780 score and 1 inquiry in last several months and didnt get auto approval so cross your fingers before u hit submit!
Side note- i called the card services line last night to just confirm the personal card was approved as the rep that approved my wifes business card said it looked good its pending approval. Well when i called last night i was very suprised to hear it was declined! For too many inquiries!?! Well 2 on the same day i was told will be auto declined unless u get an instant approval online.
Anyhow i asked her to help get the personal approved and once again she confirmed some info 1-2 of holding and presto !approved! Glad i called back because i had just assumed the personal was approved by what the first guy told me.
Feb 11, 2012, 8:57 am
#687
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 78
Why would you use this card for churning gift cards? First the annual fee isn't waived, so that takes away from your bonus.
Chase only allows 1 bonus per card, so even if you don't fly a lot currently, you could save it for later.
When applying for both the personal and business you get almost enough points to qualify for the companion pass, which makes 110,000 points worth close to $4000. *
50,000 points has over $1500 in possible value. You're giving that up for ~$400 in gift cards. (when you subract the annual fee.)
For example I was just approved for both the business and personal card. I will now have 100,000 points. I'm going to put $10,000 spend on the card (Amazon, Utilities, Paypal if I must) Then I will qualify for the companion pass, and I will be able to redeem my points for around $4000 in airfare. It's a good enough deal that I did this offer even though the closest Southwest airport is an hour away!
Last edited by startbyservingothers; Feb 11, 2012 at 9:03 am
Feb 11, 2012, 9:14 am
#688
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: DL, WoH
Posts: 1,253
Why would you use this card for churning gift cards? First the annual fee isn't waived, so that takes away from your bonus.
Chase only allows 1 bonus per card, so even if you don't fly a lot currently, you could save it for later.
When applying for both the personal and business you get almost enough points to qualify for the companion pass, which makes 110,000 points worth close to $4000. *
50,000 points has over $1500 in possible value. You're giving that up for ~$400 in gift cards. (when you subract the annual fee.)
For example I was just approved for both the business and personal card. I will now have 100,000 points. I'm going to put $10,000 spend on the card (Amazon, Utilities, Paypal if I must) Then I will qualify for the companion pass, and I will be able to redeem my points for around $4000 in airfare. It's a good enough deal that I did this offer even though the closest Southwest airport is an hour away!
Chase only allows 1 bonus per card, so even if you don't fly a lot currently, you could save it for later.
When applying for both the personal and business you get almost enough points to qualify for the companion pass, which makes 110,000 points worth close to $4000. *
50,000 points has over $1500 in possible value. You're giving that up for ~$400 in gift cards. (when you subract the annual fee.)
For example I was just approved for both the business and personal card. I will now have 100,000 points. I'm going to put $10,000 spend on the card (Amazon, Utilities, Paypal if I must) Then I will qualify for the companion pass, and I will be able to redeem my points for around $4000 in airfare. It's a good enough deal that I did this offer even though the closest Southwest airport is an hour away!
BTW...anyone have problems for applying for both the premier and the plus cards? I applied for the plus card back in December and got the 50000 points, and 2 days ago applied for the premier card and got the "pending review" status on the application. Advice?
Feb 11, 2012, 1:43 pm
#689
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DEN
Programs: DL PM, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,816
Why would you use this card for churning gift cards? First the annual fee isn't waived, so that takes away from your bonus.
Chase only allows 1 bonus per card, so even if you don't fly a lot currently, you could save it for later.
When applying for both the personal and business you get almost enough points to qualify for the companion pass, which makes 110,000 points worth close to $4000. *
50,000 points has over $1500 in possible value. You're giving that up for ~$400 in gift cards. (when you subract the annual fee.)
For example I was just approved for both the business and personal card. I will now have 100,000 points. I'm going to put $10,000 spend on the card (Amazon, Utilities, Paypal if I must) Then I will qualify for the companion pass, and I will be able to redeem my points for around $4000 in airfare. It's a good enough deal that I did this offer even though the closest Southwest airport is an hour away!
Chase only allows 1 bonus per card, so even if you don't fly a lot currently, you could save it for later.
When applying for both the personal and business you get almost enough points to qualify for the companion pass, which makes 110,000 points worth close to $4000. *
50,000 points has over $1500 in possible value. You're giving that up for ~$400 in gift cards. (when you subract the annual fee.)
For example I was just approved for both the business and personal card. I will now have 100,000 points. I'm going to put $10,000 spend on the card (Amazon, Utilities, Paypal if I must) Then I will qualify for the companion pass, and I will be able to redeem my points for around $4000 in airfare. It's a good enough deal that I did this offer even though the closest Southwest airport is an hour away!
Feb 11, 2012, 3:05 pm
#690
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott LT Titanium, Avis Chairman
Posts: 1,286
Got my CP card in the mail today! Yay!!!