

- #EARLY BIRD SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BOARDING PASS FOR FREE#
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Even though you might apply for the credit cards now while it’s still 2021, the points only count towards the year they are posted to your account, regardless of when you apply for the card. That’s why now is the perfect time to start working on earning the pass. 31, 2022 - a significantly lower 13 months at most with the pass. Or, if you earn the pass this year, for example in Dec. 31, 2023 - giving you only 15 months to use it. 31, 2023 - giving you 23.5 months with the pass. 15, 2022, for example, will provide you with it until Dec.
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You’ll earn the pass for the rest of the calendar year in which you reach the qualifying threshold, plus the entire following year.Įarning the pass on Jan. However, if you wait to meet the minimum spend (for both tiers of the bonus) until 2022, you'll be one step closer to earning the pass for the rest of 2022 and all of 2023 - the strategy I applied two years ago.īeing strategic as to when to earn the Companion Pass is important. 2021 statement close date), your points will count towards earning the pass for the rest of 2021 and all of 2022. If your points all post in 2021 (you'll need to hit the minimum spend before your Dec. Since you need to earn 125,000 points in a calendar year to earn the pass, this leaves you with just 13,000 points remaining - since you'll also be earning 12,000 points by meeting the minimum spend requirement (or even more if your purchases include category bonus items).
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If you are able to meet the full minimum spend requirement, you'll end up with 100,000 qualifying points towards the Companion Pass. Right now, with the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card, Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card and Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card you can earn up to 100,000 bonus points - 50,000 points after you spend $2,000 in three months from account opening and another 50,000 after you spend $12,000 in 12 months from account opening. In fact, you can follow some of the same process I went through two years ago by applying for one of Southwest's three personal cards now and then waiting until January for your points to post.

If you’re yearning for your own chance to fly two-for-one, this particular moment is actually one of the best times to earn the Southwest Companion Pass. New to The Points Guy? Sign-up for our daily newsletter and check out our beginner’s guide. Even during 20 when I only used it on three one-way flights, I still saved close to $500. Unfortunately, I never calculated my true savings, but I know it’s well over $10,000.
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Earning my pass early in the year allowed me to be a passholder for 51 weeks in 2020 and a full 52 weeks for 2021.įor more than the last decade, thanks to the Companion Pass, I’ve been able to fly to domestic and international destinations where my husband, my daughter, my mom, my sister or a friend flies with me for free (other than taxes) as my companion. My points posted the first week of the year and the Companion Pass was mine just a few days later. View the current offers here.Ģ021 marked my 13th year as a Southwest Companion Pass holder.īack in October 2019, I applied for the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card during a similar heightened offer as we are seeing today, but held off on meeting the minimum spend requirement until January 2020.


Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.
