The Southwest Airlines companion pass is one of the best travel perks out there. If you earn 110,000 points in a single calendar year, you earn the pass for that year and the following year.
The pass is buy one, get one FREE on any Southwest flight.
And you can change your companion three times each calendar year.
For example, I took my son to the East Coast in March to look at colleges. I booked my flight from San Diego to Chicago with points and then added my son as my companion and his flight was FREE. As long as there is an empty seat on the plane, Southwest will allow the companion on board.
Right now, the new Southwest Performance Business credit card offers an 80,000 point bonus that counts towards the companion pass. If you add in the 5,000 points for the minimum spend, you would only need to earn another 25,000 points to earn the pass.
110,000 - 80,000 - 5,000 = 25,000
You could earn 25,000 with purchases on your new credit card which earns 3x points for purchases on Southwest Airlines, 2x points on business supplies and 1x points everywhere else.
In my next post, I'll talk about ways you can earn Southwest points without flying.
That's how we do it at almostFREEfamilytravel.com
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