How much to spend to earn 125000 Southwest points?

To earn the standard 125,000 points you'd normally need for the Companion Pass®, you'd have to pay for up to $125,000 in purchases with your Southwest card. (We estimated broadly, since cardholders earn varying points per purchase — 2x points on Southwest purchases and 1x points on all other purchases).



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7, 2021, you can earn up to 100,000 Rapid Rewards points: You can earn 50,000 points after spending $2,000 on eligible purchases in the first three months your account is open, plus another 50,000 points after spending $12,000 total on eligible purchases in the first 12 months of card membership.

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To qualify, simply fly 100 qualifying one-way flights or earn 135,000 qualifying points* in a calendar year, and you'll earn Companion Pass for the following full calendar year, plus the remainder of the year in which you earned it. Learn more about how to earn tier status or Companion Pass for 2023.

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Southwest started sending emails with the subject line, “A message from Southwest CEO Bob Jordan” offering passengers who had canceled flights 25,000 points each. This email only went out to the passengers who actually booked the flights but it included codes for everyone on their reservation.

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With each of the Southwest credit cards below, you can earn 50,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months.

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Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card With the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card, you can earn 75,000 points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. Plus, earn 7,500 points on every cardmember anniversary.

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Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card (annual fee: $199): Earn 80,000 points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. You'll also earn a 9,000-point bonus each year on your card anniversary.

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Refer a friend (or spouse) to any Southwest Credit card if you already have one. Referral bonuses are usually 20,000 points per referral. If you have any Southwest credit card, you can generate a personalized link that will allow you to refer a friend to any of the Southwest cards.

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To qualify for A-List Preferred status, you'll need to fly 50 Southwest Airlines® one-way qualifying flights (40 one-way qualifying flights starting in January 2024) or earn 70,000 tier qualifying points per calendar year.

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Companions booked via a companion pass are not on the same reservation/confirmation# as the companion pass holder and thus, unfortunately, do not receive the priority boarding benefit.

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Do the points I earn expire? No, your Rapid Rewards points do not expire. However, if you choose to close your account, the points in your account will be terminated.

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No, buying Southwest points is not worth it. Southwest Rapid Rewards points are worth an average of 1.33 cents each, while buying them costs around 3 cents per point, which means you would not be getting a good deal.

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Southwest points are worth about $0.015 each. So, to give you an idea of the value of those bonuses, 80,000 points should get you about $1,200 in free flights. You can get these offers with any of the three personal credit cards offered by Southwest: Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card ($69 annual fee)

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Southwest points' value varies from 1.3 cents to 1.5 cents. In most cases, you get better value when redeeming your points for short flights and affordable fares instead of longer flights or more expensive fares.

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No, your Rapid Rewards points do not expire. However, if you choose to close your account, the points in your account will be terminated.

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The Companion Pass is valid for travel only when the Companion is accompanied on his/her flight(s) by the Rapid Rewards Member. When you add a companion to a Southwest reservation, your itineraries will be linked.

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