Southwest question

[Liz]

I think most get a SW Visa card and join the rapid rewards program. Often, but not always, when signing up for the card they have some promo, such as get the card, and get a good number of points (25,000 - 50,000, I got 50,000 but I've seen some get 25,000), if you spend so much in the first 3 months. When booking, you can see each flight costs so much in dollars, or click to view in points and it will say how many points it would cost. You get one point per dollar spent, and two points per dollars spent thru Southwest, such as for tickets, fees, and more. Each flight earns so many points when you use dollars to buy a flight. And if you have a southwest card you'd also get points for the money you spent , as well, it's two points per dollar for a flight. You don't earn any points for using points to buy the trip though. If you need extra points to book a trip, you can buy more points. Right now they have a promo that is 25% off when buying points, so 2000 pts (smallest amt to buy), are $41. I think you could buy points with another cc as well, but you don't get pts then for the actual purchase, just the amt they give for buying with dollars, so without the rewards visa card you'd earn less pts. I hope that makes sense! The benefit to spending points to get a flight is that if the price goes down, you would get the points returned to your acct for anytime use. Whereas with dollars, you'd get a credit to use(buy and fly), for a flight within one year from original purchase. If you can use your card to pay bills, etc, and pay it off each month, you can earn points for flights, so it can be like getting free flights. Hopefully most of this makes sense, sorry if not! Lots of details at southwest site, too!

Does the Southwest card have an annual fee?

 

[Minniekins]

Does the Southwest card have an annual fee?

Yeah it does, it's about $69 - $79 I think, don't remember exactly, but mine should be coming up soon. That bothered me at first, but then I figured that was still worth all the pts I'd be getting to open.

 

[The Mayor]

Does the Southwest card have an annual fee?

Yes it's $99 but they give you 6000 RR points every year.

 

[WendyWuWu]

Just FYI. I live in western KY and usually fly Southwest out of Nashville to Orlando. Fares were released Monday. The least expensive flight on the day after Thanksgiving was about $140. It was only $110 out of Memphis, (which is an hour further away) so I decided to 'wait' and see if it went down. I should not have! There are only 4 flights that day for some reason out of Nashville to Orlando anyway, and only 2 non stop and the earliest left at noon. And now the least expensive and earliest is already sold out! My point is, DON'T WAIT! If the rates go down, you can always get a credit. I definitely should have signed up Monday. Now I won't arrive in Orlando until after 5pm.

 

[Minniekins]

Yes it's $99 but they give you 6000 RR points every year.

There are two different SW cards, signature and plus, I think, so it depends which one you get. The one I have is the plus, I think, and gives 3000 RR pts on my anniversary date. I wish it was 6000!

 

[jimandami]

There are two different SW cards, signature and plus, I think, so it depends which one you get. The one I have is the plus, I think, and gives 3000 RR pts on my anniversary date. I wish it was 6000!

Yes, the plus card has a $69 annual fee and gives 3000 points. The premier has a $99 fee and gives 6000.