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Southwest Rapid Rewards
Program overview
Southwest Rapid Rewards is the frequent flyer program for Southwest Airlines. It is a revenue-based program. It has no airline partners and Southwest only flies to around 48 U.S. States (including Hawaii), Puerto Rico and to limited destinations in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Therefore, you should only transfer points when you are planning to fly this airline.
Alliance | None |
Program website | |
Approximate miles value | Varies |
Miles validity | Never expire |
Program accrual | The amount and type of fare you choose determines how many points you earn |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | The daily maximum purchase is 60,000 points |
Waitlist option | No |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Allowed for 24 hours |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | No |
Stopover option | No |
Family account | No |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | Yes |
Airline partners | No partners |
Credit card partners | Chase (1:1, instant transfer) |
Hotel partners | World of Hyatt (5:2.4, 6-8 weeks transfer), Best Western Rewards (5:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), Radisson Rewards (10:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, 24 hours transfer), Choice Privileges Rewards (10:1, 4-6 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Cards |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Miles never expire
- One of the easiest mileage programs to use for domestic flights
- Award tickets are fully refundable. No change or cancellation fee applies.
- No blackout dates. All seats are available for award space (dynamic pricing)
- All Southwest fares and award flights include 2 checked bags. This is a great deal compared to other US Airlines.
- Simple, easy to use website
- Companion Pass
Cons
- Limited only to its own route network with mostly domestic flights
- Revenue-based program
- No first/business cabin
Excellent for
- Domestic flights within the US. (For example, a flight from Baltimore to New York costs USD $70.00 or 4,000 miles)
Insider Tip
- Southwest Companion Pass is a much-coveted benefit for Southwest flyers. This pass allows you to assign and take a companion for free (taxes/airport charges not included) every time you purchase a ticket or redeem points for a flight. To qualify, you need to fly 100 qualifying one-way flights or earn 125,000 qualifying points in a calendar year. The points you get from Southwest co-branded credit cards, including sign up bonuses, count towards the 125,000 goal but Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer points do not.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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