Today I want to talk about the Southwest credit card.
I'll talk about my
experience with it, some of the logistics, the current offer and the pros and cons
of this credit card.
I've had the southwest credit card for about a year now
and I'm super happy with it.
The offer that I signed up with was 40,000 points.
I've saved most of them over the past year but I have done one full round-trip
from Los Angeles to Portland that was completely free with my points. I've
saved a lot of the points up and also have gained more by spending more money
on the card.
I'd really like to go to Costa Rica next year with my points
as well as a couple round-trip u.s. trips that I can get all get completely
free with my points.
I love accumulating Southwest points on things that I would
spend money on anyway like groceries, gas, bills etc. And then I get even more
points when I spend money on Southwest flights.
I would definitely recommend the
Southwest credit card.
Right now the current offer that I have for you guys in the description below is
that if you spend $1,000 in the first three months you'll get 40,000 bonus
points. And right now it's winter of 2017 so if this offer does change I will
update it for you guys below.
To give you an idea of what I mean by points I did
some quick searches on the website and I'll share with you some of the average
fares in points.
For example, Los Angeles to Seattle is 10,000 points roundtrip.
New York to Atlanta is 12,000 points round trip.
Dallas to Aruba- 22 thousand
points roundtrip.
Portland to New York City 20,000 points round trip.
So you
can see how with this 40,000 points bonus offer you could get up to four
round trips smaller US trips, or two international trips.
Or you can even use
your points and take a second person to possibly an international destination.
You can also play around yourself with this if you go to the southwest website
and find the destination finder.
Depending on where you fly from and what
time and what day, you might even get some better deals than we talked about.
I
would say the promotion offer is the best reason for you to sign up for the
card because it means multiple free trips for you.
Some of the other benefits of the Southwest credit card include two points
for dollar spent on Southwest Airlines and hotel and car rental partners and
one point per one dollar spent on all other purchases.
There are no foreign
transaction fees.
This is something that I really liked when I visited Italy
recently this year because I was able to use my card and there weren't any hidden
fees.
You can also save 3% on all international purchases.
Some other
benefits include roadside service, travel insurance, and an alert if anyone steals
your card.
Some reasons that I like Southwest Airlines in general, one is
that you can cancel a flight up to ten minutes before the flight and you don't
end up losing your money. You end up getting this back as Southwest credit
that you can use within the next year. So what I do is when I see good fares I buy
them right away and then if my schedule changes, I just cancel them and then use
that as credit later.
One of my favorite things about Southwest is that there's
no bag fees. So you can check up to two bags for free which really helps you
save money on these cheap flights.
There's also a rapid rewards dining
program.
I haven't done it yet but I want to look into it you get points for
dining at certain restaurants and also certain hotel and car rentals.
Another
benefit is there are special VIP events in certain destinations that you can go
to as a Southwest credit card holder.
Some other logistics about the Southwest cart every year it costs $99 on an
annual fee but you end up getting this money back because every year on your
anniversary, you get six thousand Southwest points.
So basically you're
just paying for this back yourself.
Also your points will never expire and there are
no blackout dates.
Southwest flies to several US destinations and they're
even adding Hawaii in 2018.
They also fly to several international
destinations including all of over Mexico,
Aruba, Belize, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Puerto Rico,
and Jamaica.
Some of the cons include it takes a while to accumulate points on regular
purchases other than Southwest Airlines, but this would be similar for many of
the credit cards. And there aren't as many international destinations as there
are on other airlines.
One of the biggest cons I should say about any credit card
that you really need to be careful about is spending more than your means and
this kind of goes back to basic finances, but you really should be careful about
spending more money than you have.
Some final thoughts.... definitely use your good financial sense and judgment but I
would recommend the Southwest credit card to you.
Check out that link below
and let me know if you have any questions about all this!
I'm happy to
help you guys and will reply to every single comment.
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