How You Can Get FREE Tickets On Southwest

 

If you are ready to fly for FREE, here's an easy way to do it. All three Chase Southwest credit cards are offering a bonus 65,000 points when you reach the $2,000 minimum spend. Wow! This is the highest offer we have seen. What will 65,000 points get you on Southwest? 

• Well, it could get you more than halfway to earning the Southwest Companion Pass, one of the best deals in travel. The companion pass is a buy one, get one on Southwest anywhere you fly. You can check out my past post. 
• It could get you two round trip tickets to Hawaii when you are able to fly there again. 
• It could get you four round trip tickets to anywhere in the continental US. 

That's pretty sweet. 

So let's look at the three different cards so you can choose the one that makes the most sense for you:

1. Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus - $69 annual fee, 3,000 anniversary points each year, 

2. Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier - $99 annual fee, 6,000 anniversary points each year, no foreign transaction fees.  

3. Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority - $149 annual fee, 7,500 anniversary points each year, no foreign transaction fees, $75 Southwest travel credit, 4 upgraded boardings.

Right now, all three cards carry the 65,000 bonus so which one is the best deal? All three cards earn 2x points on Southwest Airlines purchases and 1x on all other purchases. Personally, I think the Priority card is the way to go if you plan to fly anytime in the next year due to the $75 Southwest credit. Once you use the credit, the annual fee drops to $74, you get an extra 1,500 points and if you use the upgrades now the annual fee is $0. 

While you can only get one personal Southwest card and you can only get one every 24 months, you can apply for a business card at the same time which would give you enough points to earn the companion pass. 

This offer started on August 14th and has no end date right now. But offers like these disappear as quickly as they arrive.