Are bonus points from Southwest hotels CP qualifying?
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Are bonus points from Southwest hotels CP qualifying?
Looks like yes based on some posts from a few years ago - just wanna check on recent results..
Looks like I can add 2k pts twice in reservation process - one as a part of room selection and another on checkout page adding 4k to whatever hotel itself earns.
If all qualifying then this is prob the easiest way to cover remaining few k for me...
Looks like I can add 2k pts twice in reservation process - one as a part of room selection and another on checkout page adding 4k to whatever hotel itself earns.
If all qualifying then this is prob the easiest way to cover remaining few k for me...
#3
Join Date: Mar 2021
Posts: 402
Looks like yes based on some posts from a few years ago - just wanna check on recent results..
Looks like I can add 2k pts twice in reservation process - one as a part of room selection and another on checkout page adding 4k to whatever hotel itself earns.
If all qualifying then this is prob the easiest way to cover remaining few k for me...
Looks like I can add 2k pts twice in reservation process - one as a part of room selection and another on checkout page adding 4k to whatever hotel itself earns.
If all qualifying then this is prob the easiest way to cover remaining few k for me...
#4
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#5
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 15
I did it last October and it was qualifying. I got 5000 points for one night including doing the boost that they offer on the checkout page. It does say in the terms that the name has to match your RR account exactly which had me worried because I accidentally used an abbreviation of my name on the reservation but it still went through fine. I personally think it is great way to get some extra points for the companion pass. Like the PP mentioned, you pay a little more than the points are worth to redeem when compared to using something like Hotwire so getting the boost over the companion pass threshold is the only reason I see to use it.
#7
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 1,855
Trying to top off with this again, but the timeline for points deposit has changed since I did it last - it used to be 3-5 days, but it's been a week and no points yet. I was able to see on my receipt that I entered my account number correctly (phew) but the terms give them several weeks so I can't really chase it yet. I'm not in a time crunch, so not really a big deal, but it was nice to have the points post before I'd forgotten where I stayed when.
Edit: guess I just needed to complain - they posted this morning, eight days after checkout. They did post as CP qualifying. I have another SWH stay this weekend, I'll post how long that one takes.
Edit: guess I just needed to complain - they posted this morning, eight days after checkout. They did post as CP qualifying. I have another SWH stay this weekend, I'll post how long that one takes.
Last edited by synergistic; May 7, 2021 at 11:04 am