You can get 100,000 point sign-up bonus
on the Chase Southwest credit cards.
With a 100,000 points you can fly to Hawaii,
the Caribbean, Belize,
and so many other places,
and still have plenty of points left!
But, the best part,
you can also get two years of free flights.
This is one of the
best and easiest travel hacks for free flights.
Southwest credit cards are offering a 100,000 point offer
on all three of their personal credit cards
The Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card,
the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card,
and the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card.
This is the highest bonus offered on these cards,
and with most large sign-up bonus offers from credit cards,
it won't last long.
So if you're thinking of getting the Southwest Credit Card,
now is the time!
You can grab the links to these cards
in the description below.
The benefits of each Southwest card varies,
as does the annual fee,
but they all earn bonus points on Southwest purchases,
internet, cable, phone, Uber, Lyft,
and transit and commuting.
At the end of this video is a link to another video
on how to decide which Southwest card you should get.
You want to watch that one to find out
which card is right for you.
Do that after this video,
because you'll want to keep watching now
to find out how to get two years of free flights!
The tiered bonus is the same for all three cards.
You can earn 50,000 points
when you spend $2,000 on purchases
in the first three months,
and you can earn another 50,000 points
after spending a total of $12,000 in purchases
in the first 12 months.
Okay!
Hold on.
I know what you're thinking.
"What the?"
"How am I going to spend $2,000 in three months?
Let alone $12,000 in 12 months!"
I hear you and I've got the answer.
The holidays!
The holidays are just around the corner.
If you go to Costco, Christmas is next week.
And while the season of gift giving is approaching,
this means you can meet the minimum spending
on gifts for family, friends, teachers,
and anyone else you want to treat,
but if you don't want to spend a lot of money on gifts,
you can pay your bills.
You can pay your cable, cell phone, car insurance,
even car payment,
with a credit card.
You can also use your credit card
to pay rent or your mortgage.
Not sure how?
Drop me a comment and I'll explain,
or you can watch this video
on how to earn minimum spending on credit cards.
There's a link in the description below
to the service that I use.
When you use your credit card to pay rent and other bills,
you can easily spend $2,000 in three months
and earn the first 50,000 points,
and once you spend $12,000 in 12 months,
you'll the second 50,000 points,
for a total of a 100,000 points.
Plus, you'll also earn points for your spending
to earn the signup bonus,
so you'll get an extra 12,000 points,
for a total of 112,000 points.
With Southwest, you can get two years of free flights
after you've earned 125,000 points in a calendar year.
When you've earned 125,000 points,
and this includes bonuses from credit card signups,
just like the ones I'm talking about now,
you'll earn a Southwest Companion Pass.
With the Southwest Companion Pass,
your companion gets to fly free with you!
Your companion can be anyone,
your spouse, partner, family member,
best friend, or long lost relative!
Anyone you designate as your companion
gets to fly free with you.
This is a great deal for couples and families,
because if you get a Companion Pass,
you can bring your partner for free.
And if you and your partner each get
a Southwest Companion Pass,
you can each bring a kid,
or you can leave them at home with the grandparents
and bring your friends instead,
your choice.
And every time you fly on Southwest,
your companion can join you for free.
Yep!
Every time you fly.
If you fly once a year?
They get to come.
Fly every week?
Yep, they fly free with you!
There are absolutely no limits
to how often you can use your Southwest Companion Pass,
but,
the key to this travel hack is the time you're spending
so you can get two years of free flights.
The Southwest Companion Pass is valid for
the year you've earned it and all of the following year,
and with a 100,000 point offer
on the Southwest credit cards,
now is the ideal time.
You'll want to follow these steps exactly.
Step one.
You apply for the Southwest Priority,
Southwest Premier,
or Southwest Plus card now,
but don't use it.
That's right.
Put it in the sock drawer,
and don't use it to pay for anything,
including rent.
Let it sit and collect dust.
Step two.
In late December or in the beginning of January,
meet your minimum spending
because you want your points to post in 2022,
not 2021.
If you're going to make charges in late December,
make sure your statement has already closed.
You'll want to time this just right.
So it might be easier to wait until January
to start using your card.
Points from spending on all Southwest credit cards,
and from the sign-up bonus,
count towards earning the Southwest Companion Pass,
because you have to earn 125,000 points in a calendar year
to get the companion pass.
You'll want all those points to post in 2022
to take full advantage of two years of free flights.
So, buy those holiday presents after the holidays,
or use your car to pay bills
to earn the first 50,000 points.
Take advantage of those after Christmas sales,
and blame the delay in giving your gifts
on the supply chain.
Or straight up tell your family what you're doing.
If one of them is going to be your companion,
I'm pretty sure they won't mind getting late holiday gifts
in exchange for free flights.
The sooner you can meet the minimum spending
at the beginning of the year,
the longer your pass is valid.
If you can finish your minimum spending by,
let's say, February or March,
you'll have it for the rest of 2022
and all of 2023!
But it might take a little longer to meet your spending,
and that's okay,
because, again,
as soon as you've finished meeting the minimum spending,
you'll have it for the rest of that year
and all of the following year.
You'll want to earn it
as close to the beginning of the year as possible,
if you can.
You can use your credit card to pay taxes.
This is probably the one time you want to owe taxes.
So if you can't meet the minimum spending
to earn the 100,000 points before taxes are due in April,
use your credit card to pay your taxes.
Any taxes you owe for 2021,
or you can pay estimated taxes for 2022.
If you want to earn your
Southwest Companion Pass sooner versus later,
you can shortcut this travel hack.
Instead of earning the second 50,000 points
on your personal Southwest credit card,
you can apply for our Southwest business card.
You can earn 80,000 points after spending $5,000
on purchases in the first three months
using the Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Card.
With the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business card,
you can earn 60,000 points after spending $3,000
on purchases in the first three months.
So you can get one of these business cards
and earn your Southwest Companion Pass
by spending less than if you only got
one of the personal Southwest credit cards.
The quickest way is to get
the Southwest Performance Business Card.
Here's the breakdown.
50,000 points from either the Southwest Plus,
Southwest Premier, or Southwest Priority Credit card.
Plus 80,000 points from
the Southwest Performance Business Card
gives you 140,000 points from the signup bonuses.
Plus, another 8,000 points from the spending
for a total of 148,000 points.
You only need 125,000 points for the Companion Pass.
Do you need more ideas on
how to earn Companion Pass qualifying points?
Watch this video on all the ways
to earn Southwest points without flying.