Yes, the Chase Southwest Airlines credit card is offering the best points offer yet. No, don't take the bait and apply quite yet. Here's why. The offer is to spend $2,000 in the first three months and get 50,000 bonus points then spend $12,000 by the end of the year and get another 50,000 bonus points. Pretty sweet!
Now here's why you should wait until closer to December 7th to apply.....two words, the companion pass.
The Southwest Companion Pass is one of the best travel perks around. You earn the pass when you collect 125,000 Southwest points in a calendar year. Then you get the pass for the rest of the year PLUS the following year.
So if you earn the pass in December 2021, then it's valid for December 2021 and 2022, BUT if you earn the pass in January 2022, it's valid for all of 2022 and 2023.
So yes, this is a good offer, and yes, I know Southwest gave members in good standing a bonus of 25,000 points, but the best plan is to wait until close to December 7th to apply for the card. Then plan to hit the minimum spend of $2,000 in January and then try to hit the $12,000 as soon as you can.
To earn the companion pass, you will still need an additional 11,000 points, but you can earn those by flying Southwest, using the shopping portal, using Rocketmiles to book hotels
There are three personal Southwest Credit Cards, the Plus, Premier, and Priority. You can read here why I think the Priority is actually the best deal even though it carries the highest annual fee.
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