Companion Pass Last-minute Question
Dec 12, 2017, 11:47 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 97
Companion Pass Last-minute Question
Hi all,
I have a question about CP qualification (it's my first time getting close). I have 94,121 Companion qualifying points in my account, and an RR Visa payment that will post on 12/24 for $8352, for a total of 102,473. Is there any way to get another 8K points to post before the end of the year, short of applying for another card?
Grateful for any advice or pointers!
I have a question about CP qualification (it's my first time getting close). I have 94,121 Companion qualifying points in my account, and an RR Visa payment that will post on 12/24 for $8352, for a total of 102,473. Is there any way to get another 8K points to post before the end of the year, short of applying for another card?
Grateful for any advice or pointers!
Dec 12, 2017, 12:23 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,870
Hi all,
I have a question about CP qualification (it's my first time getting close). I have 94,121 Companion qualifying points in my account, and an RR Visa payment that will post on 12/24 for $8352, for a total of 102,473. Is there any way to get another 8K points to post before the end of the year, short of applying for another card?
Grateful for any advice or pointers!
I have a question about CP qualification (it's my first time getting close). I have 94,121 Companion qualifying points in my account, and an RR Visa payment that will post on 12/24 for $8352, for a total of 102,473. Is there any way to get another 8K points to post before the end of the year, short of applying for another card?
Grateful for any advice or pointers!
Dec 12, 2017, 12:40 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: DAY
Programs: Rapid Rewards, Skymiles, Hilton HHonors, SPG/Marriott Rewards
Posts: 4,944
Hi all,
I have a question about CP qualification (it's my first time getting close). I have 94,121 Companion qualifying points in my account, and an RR Visa payment that will post on 12/24 for $8352, for a total of 102,473. Is there any way to get another 8K points to post before the end of the year, short of applying for another card?
Grateful for any advice or pointers!
I have a question about CP qualification (it's my first time getting close). I have 94,121 Companion qualifying points in my account, and an RR Visa payment that will post on 12/24 for $8352, for a total of 102,473. Is there any way to get another 8K points to post before the end of the year, short of applying for another card?
Grateful for any advice or pointers!
Dec 12, 2017, 2:50 pm
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 97
I don't think another card would work, as it is highly unlikely anything would post before the end of the year. I think your best bet is to spend another 8K before your statement closes on 12//24 (Merry Christmas!) or as mentioned above, fly prior to 1/1/18. BS fares earn 12X the fare in points.
Dec 12, 2017, 3:42 pm
#5
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6,605
Silly question: will the charges in my current statement (the one that closes) on 12/24 count for this year, even though that bill won't be paid till 1/24? Or is it just the bill that will be paid 12/24? In other words, do points get added to your CP-qualifying total when the statement is issued or when you pay the bill?
Dec 12, 2017, 4:02 pm
#6
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Dec 12, 2017, 4:03 pm
#7
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 97
And does that mean that the $8352 I'm going to pay on 12/24 has already been counted towards my 94,121 total?...
Dec 12, 2017, 4:17 pm
#8
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6,605
If the statement has closed with the $8352 then yes................you can log into SW and your points activity.
Dec 12, 2017, 5:06 pm
#9
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 97
Dec 12, 2017, 5:31 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6,605
A couple options, if you have the $$ buy 16K worth of gift cards that you will use. As long as you use them all you are doing is floating the $$.
Try for another SW credit card and ask that the statement close in 2017..............not sure it will work but not much to lose
Dec 13, 2017, 6:05 am
#11
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Houston, TX
Programs: WN A+/Companion, UA Gold, SPG/Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, National Exec
Posts: 10
Interesting thread. I switched cold turkey to Southwest this year after being dedicated to Continental/United for many years--tired of being crammed into a "regional jet" for most of my flights, the rising fees to use points, change fees, and decided to make a change. I recently made A-List Preferred and now started paying attention to Companion.
I never read the fine print, and now realize that tier qualifying points were not required for Companion. Ugh. I could have just applied for a Southwest Chase Visa a couple of months ago and made it. I have just applied, but won't have the card until next week, and my closing date is 1/3, and my 40k bonus would not post until 2018. So, no help there. Looking at other options.
I am flying Southwest a few more times in December, but still not enough. I have calculated it'll cost me $1500 to do 3 round-trip Business Select "mileage runs" from HOU to DAL in one day--flights leave every 30 min, and make Companion. (The double points now with A-List Preferred will help.) Not sure if it's worth it, but still contemplating.
As a relatively new Southwest flyer, I think Southwest could do a better job of making it clearer on the My Account->Snapshot page that Companion are not tier qualifying points.
-Greg
I never read the fine print, and now realize that tier qualifying points were not required for Companion. Ugh. I could have just applied for a Southwest Chase Visa a couple of months ago and made it. I have just applied, but won't have the card until next week, and my closing date is 1/3, and my 40k bonus would not post until 2018. So, no help there. Looking at other options.
I am flying Southwest a few more times in December, but still not enough. I have calculated it'll cost me $1500 to do 3 round-trip Business Select "mileage runs" from HOU to DAL in one day--flights leave every 30 min, and make Companion. (The double points now with A-List Preferred will help.) Not sure if it's worth it, but still contemplating.
As a relatively new Southwest flyer, I think Southwest could do a better job of making it clearer on the My Account->Snapshot page that Companion are not tier qualifying points.
-Greg
Dec 13, 2017, 6:34 am
#12
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Houston, TX
Programs: WN A+/Companion, UA Gold, SPG/Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, National Exec
Posts: 10
Wow, scratch that mileage run... it looks like the 100% points bonus for A-List Preferred do not apply for Companion Qualification.
-Greg
-Greg
Dec 13, 2017, 6:39 am
#13
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
Programs: WN CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,189
Interesting thread. I switched cold turkey to Southwest this year after being dedicated to Continental/United for many years--tired of being crammed into a "regional jet" for most of my flights, the rising fees to use points, change fees, and decided to make a change. I recently made A-List Preferred and now started paying attention to Companion.
I never read the fine print, and now realize that tier qualifying points were not required for Companion. Ugh. I could have just applied for a Southwest Chase Visa a couple of months ago and made it. I have just applied, but won't have the card until next week, and my closing date is 1/3, and my 40k bonus would not post until 2018. So, no help there. Looking at other options.
I am flying Southwest a few more times in December, but still not enough. I have calculated it'll cost me $1500 to do 3 round-trip Business Select "mileage runs" from HOU to DAL in one day--flights leave every 30 min, and make Companion. (The double points now with A-List Preferred will help.) Not sure if it's worth it, but still contemplating.
As a relatively new Southwest flyer, I think Southwest could do a better job of making it clearer on the My Account->Snapshot page that Companion are not tier qualifying points.
-Greg
I never read the fine print, and now realize that tier qualifying points were not required for Companion. Ugh. I could have just applied for a Southwest Chase Visa a couple of months ago and made it. I have just applied, but won't have the card until next week, and my closing date is 1/3, and my 40k bonus would not post until 2018. So, no help there. Looking at other options.
I am flying Southwest a few more times in December, but still not enough. I have calculated it'll cost me $1500 to do 3 round-trip Business Select "mileage runs" from HOU to DAL in one day--flights leave every 30 min, and make Companion. (The double points now with A-List Preferred will help.) Not sure if it's worth it, but still contemplating.
As a relatively new Southwest flyer, I think Southwest could do a better job of making it clearer on the My Account->Snapshot page that Companion are not tier qualifying points.
-Greg
It looks like you accrue WN points at a fast clip. So if you continue, it seems you will get the CP maybe mid-year 2018 (or earlier), and have it until end-2019.
If you were to somehow rush and get the CP now, it would only be good through end-2018.
Exactly how many CP points do you have right now and how many more are coming this year from already-planned flights? Do you pay for your own WN flights, and if so, how much do you spend a year?
Dec 13, 2017, 11:53 am
#14
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6,605
Interesting thread. I switched cold turkey to Southwest this year after being dedicated to Continental/United for many years--tired of being crammed into a "regional jet" for most of my flights, the rising fees to use points, change fees, and decided to make a change. I recently made A-List Preferred and now started paying attention to Companion.
I never read the fine print, and now realize that tier qualifying points were not required for Companion. Ugh. I could have just applied for a Southwest Chase Visa a couple of months ago and made it. I have just applied, but won't have the card until next week, and my closing date is 1/3, and my 40k bonus would not post until 2018. So, no help there. Looking at other options.
I am flying Southwest a few more times in December, but still not enough. I have calculated it'll cost me $1500 to do 3 round-trip Business Select "mileage runs" from HOU to DAL in one day--flights leave every 30 min, and make Companion. (The double points now with A-List Preferred will help.) Not sure if it's worth it, but still contemplating.
As a relatively new Southwest flyer, I think Southwest could do a better job of making it clearer on the My Account->Snapshot page that Companion are not tier qualifying points.
-Greg
I never read the fine print, and now realize that tier qualifying points were not required for Companion. Ugh. I could have just applied for a Southwest Chase Visa a couple of months ago and made it. I have just applied, but won't have the card until next week, and my closing date is 1/3, and my 40k bonus would not post until 2018. So, no help there. Looking at other options.
I am flying Southwest a few more times in December, but still not enough. I have calculated it'll cost me $1500 to do 3 round-trip Business Select "mileage runs" from HOU to DAL in one day--flights leave every 30 min, and make Companion. (The double points now with A-List Preferred will help.) Not sure if it's worth it, but still contemplating.
As a relatively new Southwest flyer, I think Southwest could do a better job of making it clearer on the My Account->Snapshot page that Companion are not tier qualifying points.
-Greg
There is no need to complete your 110k in 2017
Dec 14, 2017, 5:09 am
#15
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 27
Silly question: will the charges in my current statement (the one that closes) on 12/24 count for this year, even though that bill won't be paid till 1/24? Or is it just the bill that will be paid 12/24? In other words, do points get added to your CP-qualifying total when the statement is issued or when you pay the bill?
If I understand your current situation...you have a Visa payment that will post on 12/24--that will count towards your 2017/2018 CP and may already have, you need to check your account. Your current spending/statement that will close on 12/24 will also count.
I believe the points are credited to your account at the statement closing date...someone correct me if I am wrong...
Last edited by pvan; Dec 14, 2017 at 5:21 am