Best way to get 4900 points for Companion Pass?
Jul 25, 2013, 3:04 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Best way to get 4900 points for Companion Pass?
Hi All,
New here. I'm planning for a trip to a Vegas for Labor Day and noticed that I'm only 4900 points away from a companion pass. Any suggestions on how I should go about getting these points in the shortest amount of time?
The sooner I can get my companion pass the better as I still need to buy my tickets and it's already getting a bit late.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I'm not sure if this matters at all, but I'm a Rapid Rewards/Rapid Rewards Plus member.. which is how I acquired the 100k points.
New here. I'm planning for a trip to a Vegas for Labor Day and noticed that I'm only 4900 points away from a companion pass. Any suggestions on how I should go about getting these points in the shortest amount of time?
The sooner I can get my companion pass the better as I still need to buy my tickets and it's already getting a bit late.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I'm not sure if this matters at all, but I'm a Rapid Rewards/Rapid Rewards Plus member.. which is how I acquired the 100k points.
Last edited by 1150A; Jul 25, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Jul 25, 2013, 3:31 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2011
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Jul 25, 2013, 4:22 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: CMH, West Coast
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Fly. Stay in hotels. Buy stuff from the Rapid Rewards shopping portal. Eat at Rapid Rewards Dining restaurants. Buy stuff on your WN card. Get a Marriott card and buy stuff and then transfer points. This really isn't difficult.
Jul 25, 2013, 4:44 pm
#6
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Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
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Teleflora gives 1000 points per $30 order (plus $15 delivery). Points come in about 4 days if I recall. See WN website.
Book a points reservation for your future Companion now. Then cancel it when you have the CP in hand and rebook.
Or you can buy 20K Marriott points for $250 and convert them to 5K WN points. With Teleflora, at least someone gets flowers.
Book a points reservation for your future Companion now. Then cancel it when you have the CP in hand and rebook.
Or you can buy 20K Marriott points for $250 and convert them to 5K WN points. With Teleflora, at least someone gets flowers.
Jul 25, 2013, 5:15 pm
#7
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Florida
Posts: 448
Send Chase UR pts to Hyatt and then on to SW. They will count towards the CP. But I think it's 2500 UR/Hyatt pts into 1200 SW pts. Minimum transfer from Hyatt to SW is 5000 Hyatt pts into 2400 SW pts. So if you have 10k UR pts, you could transfer them to Hyatt, then transfer them to 4800 SW pts.
Might want to double check my conversion rates though. Going from memory here
Might want to double check my conversion rates though. Going from memory here
Jul 25, 2013, 6:10 pm
#9
Join Date: Feb 2004
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here's a crazy thought: take a weekend business select roundtrip for a few hundred bucks.
or call customer service and ask very politely for a free courtesy bump up to 110k. Once you tell them you've been busy exploiting a credit card signup loophole I'm sure they will be more than happy to do so.
Situations like this (99% earned using 2 credit card sign ups with no butt-in-seat flying or ticketed revenue to Southwest) WILL CAUSE the long standing companion pass program to end for everyone.
or call customer service and ask very politely for a free courtesy bump up to 110k. Once you tell them you've been busy exploiting a credit card signup loophole I'm sure they will be more than happy to do so.
Situations like this (99% earned using 2 credit card sign ups with no butt-in-seat flying or ticketed revenue to Southwest) WILL CAUSE the long standing companion pass program to end for everyone.
Jul 25, 2013, 7:36 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Jul 25, 2013, 9:41 pm
#11
Join Date: Mar 2010
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With the churn I see on FT of folks canceling and re-applying for cards, the commission SWA gets for each sign up must be big.
I guess I should applaud the ingenuity of getting to CP just by signing up for a couple credit cards but there are some that get there the crazy old fashioned way- by flying.
I guess I should applaud the ingenuity of getting to CP just by signing up for a couple credit cards but there are some that get there the crazy old fashioned way- by flying.
Jul 26, 2013, 1:55 am
#12
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With the churn I see on FT of folks canceling and re-applying for cards, the commission SWA gets for each sign up must be big.
I guess I should applaud the ingenuity of getting to CP just by signing up for a couple credit cards but there are some that get there the crazy old fashioned way- by flying.
I guess I should applaud the ingenuity of getting to CP just by signing up for a couple credit cards but there are some that get there the crazy old fashioned way- by flying.
Although with over 140k TQP this year, I think they need add an A++ status...
Jul 26, 2013, 9:55 am
#13
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
or call customer service and ask very politely for a free courtesy bump up to 110k. Once you tell them you've been busy exploiting a credit card signup loophole I'm sure they will be more than happy to do so.
Situations like this (99% earned using 2 credit card sign ups with no butt-in-seat flying or ticketed revenue to Southwest) WILL CAUSE the long standing companion pass program to end for everyone.
Situations like this (99% earned using 2 credit card sign ups with no butt-in-seat flying or ticketed revenue to Southwest) WILL CAUSE the long standing companion pass program to end for everyone.
If the long-standing companion pass program ends, it will be because Southwest realizes that their agreement with Chase led to too many CPs. My guess is that the credit card signup promotion rules will be changed long before anything like that happens.
Jul 26, 2013, 4:16 pm
#14
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: SJC, Northern Cal.
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I can't see them canning their top incentive for all PAX because one way to achieve that incentive on the surface appears fairly easy.
Jul 27, 2013, 6:48 am
#15
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Austin
Programs: SPG Platnium, SWA A+, CP
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You should book your flight now and your future companion fare on points (I think you said you have 100k points). Then when you do get companion, book you companion and cancel the points reservation. That way you hold the cheapest flight for yourself and a seat for your companion