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Southwest Promo
Southwest has been rolling out promo after promo after promo after promo after promo ( that’s really not an exaggeration ) . Here’s the latest ( which is double points on flights booked through 1/13/25 )
Double Points Promo
- Go here to register
- Book by 01/13, Fly by 5/21/25
- Register between 5:00 p.m. Central Time (“CT”) on January 9, 2025 and 11:59 p.m. CT on January 13, 2025 (the “Registration Period”),
- Book a qualifying flight on Southwest Airlines® between 12:01 a.m. CT on January 10, 2025 and 11:59 p.m. CT on January 13, 2025 (the “Booking Period”),
- Fly between 12:01 a.m. CT on January 10, 2025 and 11:59 p.m. CT on May 21, 2025 (the “Travel Period”)
Prior Promos that have expired
Sam’s Club or Costco Gift Cards
If you have a membership at either of these, or both, it’s worth checking to see if they are selling them at a discount. They will often have it available via Email delivery meaning you could save even more by using a gift card to book these flights
20% rebate on Reward flights July 2024
25% award flights early June 2024
50% off base fares early June 2024
- Use Must login with your Rapid Rewards Account
- Use promotion code BDAY
- Must book between 06/10/24 and 06/13/24
- Fly between 08/06 and 12/18/24
- Blackouts apply
- Restrictions and exclusions apply.
- Seats and days limited.
- Discount is applied before government taxes and fees.
Can you rebook?
Yes, if you see a ticket that is now cheaper than it was when you booked, Southwest has a no change free, no cancel fee policy so you could cancel, get a credit, and then rebook at the lower rate.
Overall
Southwest had a well publicized bad end to 2022, and then 2023 they offered a ton of incentives to help get status and lure customers in again – it appears this trend is continuing in 2024 as we’ve seen multiple Companion Pass Promos, flash sales, etc.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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