Did You Get Approved For The Southwest Credit Cards Yet?

 

Best news this week! Woohoo! Yesterday, I applied for the Southwest Performance Business credit card AND the Southwest Priority personal credit card. Hopefully, you did too! If not, you still have plenty of time. 

The Southwest Performance Business credit card comes with an 80,000 bonus when you spend $5,000 and the Southwest Priority personal credit card comes with a 75,000 bonus when you spend $3,000. I break down the difference between the cards here.

Hefty minimums for sure, but with property taxes, college tuition, holiday shopping and more coming up at the end of the year, it's doable. Plus we don't want to reach the minimum spend until after the December statement closes or January 1st so there's plenty of time. 

We are timing it so that we earn 135,000 Southwest points in the 2023 calendar year and earn the valuable Southwest Companion Pass for 2023 AND 2024. 

The Southwest Companion Pass is a BOGO on ANY Southwest flight as many times as you want for up to two years. And you can change your companion up to 3x per year. 

I applied for the Performance business card because I already have the Premier business card and got the bonus earlier this year. You can hold two business cards at the same time though before the annual fee comes up again, I will cancel the Premier business card. I also need to renew our Global Entry next year and this card comes with a $100 Global Entry credit. If you don't have the Premier yet, I recommend that one because the minimum spend is just $3,000. 

I applied for the Priority personal card because it's the best deal. The annual fee is $149, but you get a $75 Southwest credit so that brings the fee down to just $74 and you get 4 upgraded boardings. I will keep this card for two years so it's worth it for all those Southwest flights I plan to take. But all of the personal cards have the same bonus right now so it's really up to you which one you choose. 

Once I reach the minimum spends on these cards, I will earn 80,000+5,000 on the Performance card, 75,000+3,000 on the Priority card plus 10,000 bonus points for having A Southwest credit card. The total will be 173,000 Southwest points which puts me well over the 135,000 points needed for the companion pass. 

Woohoo! That's how we do it here at almostFREEfamilytravel.com. 

Now I just need to figure out where I'm going on my next trip! LOL

If you are playing along and earning your companion pass along with me, please let me know by emailing me at almostfreefamilytravel@gmail.com or posting a comment below. I would love to help you through the process. 

And please consider using my referral link when you apply for your new Southwest cards.