How You Can Score 80,000 Southwest Points!

Chase and Southwest Airlines just announced a new business credit card with an 80,000 point bonus! That's crazy and the highest bonus we have ever seen. Plus if you get this bonus, it puts you very close to earning a companion pass. The Southwest companion pass is one of the best travel perks around. Once you collect 110,000 points in a calendar year, you earn the companion pass or buy one get one FREE for the rest of that year and the following year. 
Plus 80,000 points on Southwest can get you and your family a long way. Point values vary for flights depending on the price of the flight. But my flight from Fort Lauderdale to Havana last year only cost 2,956 points each way. 

Let's break it down:

New Performance Business Credit Card

• $199 annual fee 
• $5,000 minimum spend 
• $100 Global Entry credit
• 9,000 points on your anniversary 
• 3x points for purchases on Southwest
• 2x points for purchases on search engine, internet, cable and phone
• 1x points for purchases everywhere else
• 4 upgraded boardings 
• Inflight WIFI

The fine print

You can apply even if you already have the Southwest Premier business credit card 

Chase and Southwest reps will hold a series of business events for business owners to talk about how to grow their businesses. 

Bottom line, if you are under 5/24 and have a small business (I'll write a follow up post with what qualifies as a small business), apply for this card, it's a no brainer.