Bombshell: "Two free flights" CC offer
Feb 15, 2011, 9:10 pm
#46
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 43
Applying for SWA visa now
I suspect this info is somewhere in this thread, but I can't find it. If I apply now for the SWA visa, with 2 free RT tickets after the first purchase, what will I receive. I expect that it will take more than 2 weeks to get the credit card, make a purchase, and have it reflected on a statement. I emailed SWA and got a response that totally did not answer my question. I called and they said I would get 32 credits, but given what it does say on the SWA site regarding purchases made prior to 3/1, but posting after that date, , I am not sure I believe the rep. Does anyone know for sure?
Feb 15, 2011, 9:32 pm
#47
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Welcome to the warm and friendly RR forum, headoflife! 
The offer that you presumably are using is discussed here. There is considerable difference of opinion as to how that signup bonus will post. It remains an open question.
The offer that you presumably are using is discussed here. There is considerable difference of opinion as to how that signup bonus will post. It remains an open question.
Feb 16, 2011, 4:29 am
#48
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 206
I suspect this info is somewhere in this thread, but I can't find it. If I apply now for the SWA visa, with 2 free RT tickets after the first purchase, what will I receive. I expect that it will take more than 2 weeks to get the credit card, make a purchase, and have it reflected on a statement. I emailed SWA and got a response that totally did not answer my question. I called and they said I would get 32 credits, but given what it does say on the SWA site regarding purchases made prior to 3/1, but posting after that date, , I am not sure I believe the rep. Does anyone know for sure?
FYI - Chase had me fax in my documentation because they are saying the bonus is 1 round-trip. I still don't have confirmation and am waiting for them to actually post.
Feb 16, 2011, 6:19 pm
#49
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I can definitively report that the free flight bonus for the other offer (one free trip + $500 SWA gift cards) posts as a standard award, not as 16 credits generating a standard award. In other words, you get no help toward CP qualification, just the free trip. One posted for me today and I checked my wife's similar card and it posted the same way last fall.
Given this experience, I'm guessing that the new offer of two free tickets will post as two standard awards, not as points, even if it posts in March.
Edited to add: I re-checked my wife's account and she did indeed get the 16 credits. However I did not. I believe that Southwest's software has been updated to allow standard awards to be sent from the bank as awards, rather than as credits. Therefore I stand by my guess that these will post as standard awards even after February.
Given this experience, I'm guessing that the new offer of two free tickets will post as two standard awards, not as points, even if it posts in March.
Edited to add: I re-checked my wife's account and she did indeed get the 16 credits. However I did not. I believe that Southwest's software has been updated to allow standard awards to be sent from the bank as awards, rather than as credits. Therefore I stand by my guess that these will post as standard awards even after February.
Last edited by nsx; Feb 17, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Feb 16, 2011, 7:02 pm
#50
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I can definitively report that the free flight bonus for the other offer (one free trip + $500 SWA gift cards) posts as a standard award, not as 16 credits generating a standard award. In other words, you get no help toward CP qualification, just the free trip. One posted for me today and I checked my wife's similar card and it posted the same way last fall.
Given this experience, I'm guessing that the new offer of two free tickets will post as two standard awards, not as points, even if it posts in March.
Given this experience, I'm guessing that the new offer of two free tickets will post as two standard awards, not as points, even if it posts in March.
09/21/10 Standard RT Award Issued
09/19/10 16 16 Rapid Rewards Visa Credit
No way she spent that much on the card, so these must be bonus credits, and they are counting on her Companion Pass qualification page.
Feb 17, 2011, 11:44 am
#51
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: houston,tx,usa
Posts: 100
Fine Print-2 free trips only for NEW card members.
Not sure if this was mentioned. But this offer is only good for new card members. If you are an existing card member like I am, you will not receive the 2 free round trips.
Just FYI.
Just FYI.
Feb 17, 2011, 7:00 pm
#52
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 206
I applied and was approved January 23rd. I received my card 6 days later, called to activate it and used it the morning of January 30th. When my statement closed a few days later, I paid the card off. I received 2 credits. I called about the bonus and was advised it would post on or about March 3rd. My goal was to convert the 2 round trips into 1 Freedom round-trip, but the award timing looks like that won't happen.
FYI - Chase had me fax in my documentation because they are saying the bonus is 1 round-trip. I still don't have confirmation and am waiting for them to actually post.
FYI - Chase had me fax in my documentation because they are saying the bonus is 1 round-trip. I still don't have confirmation and am waiting for them to actually post.
Feb 18, 2011, 2:14 pm
#53
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Feb 18, 2011, 4:32 pm
#54
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The fine print
Tell you how it goes.
Feb 18, 2011, 4:44 pm
#55
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Feb 18, 2011, 5:09 pm
#56
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Western U.S.
Posts: 28
Bmir,
My two free flights posted on 2/15. When I went to the Companion Pass page, it showed 32 credits posting on 2/15.
Alas, I don't travel much, so there's no way that I'll actually earn a Companion Pass. I hope you travel more and that getting the 32 credits would make it possible for you to get one.
My two free flights posted on 2/15. When I went to the Companion Pass page, it showed 32 credits posting on 2/15.
Alas, I don't travel much, so there's no way that I'll actually earn a Companion Pass. I hope you travel more and that getting the 32 credits would make it possible for you to get one.
Last edited by HornDawg1957; Feb 18, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Feb 21, 2011, 5:11 pm
#60
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As I posted on the other thread:
Besides eliminating the potential 32% boost toward a Companion Pass, this posting method also eliminates a potentially crucial bump in the expiration date of your credits. For my account it didn't make much difference, but for an infrequent traveler this change from prior policy will hurt. It would have been nice to have a full 2 years to rescue any leftover RR 1.0 credits.
I am pretty sure that free trips will post as Standard Awards. They have recently been posting as awards with no credits, so there's no problem posting them as awards with no points. @:-) In fact, I believe that this transition is why we have seen the recent change to credit-less promo awards from Chase.
