Is Yosemite National Park on your bucket travel list? Beautiful, right? You might want to take a friend, right? With the Southwest Companion Pass, you get to take a friend on all your trips for FREE for two years. Do you need to read that again?
Yep, it's the best travel deal out there!
And I'm going to help you earn it. Right now is the best time to earn it since Southwest just announced a 75,000 bonus offer on all of their personal credit cards.
How You Can Earn A BOGO Pass On Southwest Airlines....Fast!
I have had the Southwest Companion Pass for the past 8 years. I have used it to take family members to the East Coast many, many times for college trips, family events, vacation and more.
Plus my husband and I went to Cuba with Southwest.
You can go to the Caribbean, Belize and Costa Rica too.
Anywhere Southwest flies, you can bring a friend for FREE.
Amazing, right?
And with sky high airline prices right now, this is a huge deal!
Okay, so what do you need to do to get the pass? All you need to do is collect 125,000 Southwest points in a single calendar year and bam!
But you are probably saying, wow, that's a lot of travel.
But here's the rub, you don't need to travel to collect points. There are lots of ways to collect points without ever stepping on a plane.
The easiest way is to apply for the Southwest personal credit card and earn that 75,000 bonus offer. To earn the offer, you need to spend $5,000 on the credit card within 3 months. If you have any big purchases coming up, property taxes, tuition payments etc., put them on that card. You MUST pay off your credit card though otherwise this doesn't make any sense. We do NOT build up debt here!
You are eligible to apply for this card IF you do not currently hold a Southwest personal card and have not earned a bonus in the past 24 months. If you do currently have a card, then there is a work around. Cancel your personal card, I know it's tough, wait, 30 days and apply for a new card. Easy!
Not sure which Southwest personal card to apply for, I review all the cards here and give you my choice!
Once you reach the minimum on the personal card, there are lots of ways to earn the rest of the points. FYI, you cannot buy points to earn the companion pass.
Here are the ways:
1. The easiest and quickest way is to open a Southwest Business card. You must spend $4,000 in the first 3 months to earn the bonus 60,000 or 80,000 points.
2. Fly on Southwest
3. Use the Southwest Shopping Portal - Look for bonus offers at the stores you shop at anyway. Read more to find out how I navigate these portals!
4. Refer a friend to the Southwest Credit Card 75,000 Bonus Offer = 20,000 points
6. Use Southwest hotels or Rocketmiles to earn bonus points on hotel stays
With all of these ways though, be sure you are not overspending just to earn points. Keep in mind with any travel bonus points, the points won't post to your account until you take the trip.
There you go, FREE BOGO on Southwest for the rest of this year and next year!
You must start with the 75,000 bonus offer though and that offer ends July 11th so don't wait.
Please use my referral link to apply for your card so I can earn the companion pass and bring you amazing travel tips!
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