Hi, I signed up for the personal card, 60k and 30% off flight promotion. If by the of the year, I only get let's say 100k points, I should wait until afterJanuary 1 to spend money on the rest of the required points to get the companion pass that way I get it for as close to 2 calendar years as possible? I would not be losing points or anything if I didn't make the 135k in a calendar year, is that correct??
You do not lose any points. They are yours. In order to get companion pass you have to accumulate 135k in a calendar year. Two things: First, if you accumulate the points this year you’ll get companion pass for the remainder of this calendar year and all next calendar year 2024. After that you would have to start over. Second, if you don’t get to 135k this calendar year then the points that count toward your companion pass will reset to zero on January 1, 2024. You still have your points, you just won’t be able to use them to go toward companion pass
Do you have to have 135k pts banked to earn the pass? Or does the SW system keep a cumulative tally of pts earned even if you've chosen to use some on a flight? I am guessing these need to be untouched to get the pass, then can spend.
Great question. Once you earn the 135k in a calendar year you earn companion pass. You can then spend the miles as you wish. You don’t need to maintain a certain balance of miles. They are there for you to use
I finally got under 5/24 and was approved for the Southwest Premier Business card today! Hoping to have the companion pass in early 2023. Thanks for more clarification in the video, as always!
Great guide here Brandon! Would love to get companion pass one day, but I wouldn't be able to take full advantage since the majority of my travel is for business and I fly solo for those. Just qualified for the promotional companion pass for early 2023 so I definitely will be taking advantage of that!
I would keep an eye out for elevated offers in November/december. Ideally you would apply end of November into December. Have your first statement close after the new year. That ensures the money you spent in December all posts in 2024 and goes toward the pass.
You explained it so clearly! Thanks! Can you share why you didn’t get two business cards and call it a day without needing to use the shopping portals? Any downsides to getting two business cards?
Great question. I just didn’t want to add another card. The personal offer I got was for 100k rapid rewards with a higher spend. I only needed 15k more points at the time (requirement used to be 125k in a calendar year. ). I didn’t feel the need to add another huge sign up offer just to bridge that small of a gap I had in points. It was easy to use the shopping portal. Lots of great offers, got to try some new brands, and got use out of everything I tried. Easily got to the 125k.
Hi Brandon! I got the companion pass by credit card promo from 02/23-02/24. I have 70K points. So. What is the best way for me to keep my companion pass since I already have one SW credit card and have received a “bonus”/promo? Do I need to wait until 03/25?
Question. I just earned my companion pass today, good through 12/31/24. Can I book a flight say on 12/31/24 for travel in March 2025 and still be able to use the companion pass?
Great video! I have an expense of $4000 due on Dec 1st. I signed up for the personal card now with sign up bonus of 75K and business card with bonus of 60K each with minimum spend of $3K. Would it be okay to put $2,000 on each card now and then meet the rest of the minimum spend after Jan 1st? Southwest wouldn't grant me the bonus this year if I did it this way correct? Should I call Southwest to make sure they don't grant the bonus early?Thanks again for the informative, excellent video!
That’s what I would do. Just don’t come to close with either card until the new year. Give yourself a buffer of at least $500 on each card. Sounds like you’ve got it set up just right!
Yes. Ideally you want to earn all the points in the first quarter or first half of the year. That way you can enjoy companion pass for the rest of that calendar year and the entire following year. If you finish earning the points during the last few weeks/months of the year then you really don’t get to utilize the pass as long. Example: if you earn your required points in November 2023 then you only get to use the companion pass during November and December this year and the rest of 2024. If you earn your points in 2024 by March 2024 then you get 9 months left of 2024 and all of 2025. Earning Walt in the year is key. I’ll have a video out near the end of the year detailing when to start applying for Southwest cards to earn the bonus at the right time. Hope that helps!
Hey Brandon, very informative video! I was wondering: would the bonus points earned through booking hotels via southwest travel count toward the 135K requirement?
You mentioned in a previous video to not get TOO CLOSE to the Spend requirement before the new year. There are 10 days left in the year and I am $900 away from my total spend requirement. Do you think this is TOO CLOSE? I'm not sure how to gauge that amount. My requirement was $5,000 spend and I have spent $4,100 so far. Should I stop spending on the year? I don't want my points before 2023!!!
I accumulated over 150k points in less than 1 year. I called them before the year ended and the agent told me I was not able to get CP because the 80k bonus points I got for spending X amount does not go towards CP. I'm confused. Can we or can we not use the bonus points we earned towards Companion pass?
As long as the points were earned in the same calendar year that’s all you need. If any were earned outside the calendar year then those would not count.
Great question. In most cases Chase will not approve you for two cards within 30 days. You can certainly try it, but the odds are stacked against you. They are weird about the timing of applications.
For anyone looking for companion pass right now, the personal card offers have changed to 50k points for 3k in spend (down from 75K a few days ago) and the business cards are 60k and 80k points.
The combo of a personal and business card gets you there pretty easily. Still time to snag the offer to earn the pass in Q1 of 2023 for maximum time benefit.
Great question. Normally, I would wait 30 days. However, you could apply and if denied you could just call the reconsideration line a week or so later. It’s not a guaranteed approval, but should increase your odds.
Great question. No you don’t. Apply with your social security number, use your name as the business name, and apply as a sole proprietor. Maybe it’s a business you haven’t even started or just one you’re thinking about. Either way you don’t need a tax ID number beyond your social. This video should be helpful as well: The What, Why, When, and How of Business Cards - The Ultimate Business Card Strategy Discussion th-cam.com/video/F0u15aRgrDU/w-d-xo.html
started the journey for the southwest companion pass on 12/5/22, using the info I found on your site, I qualified for the companion pass today. Thank you for this channel!
That’s awesome! You earned it early in the year too so you have plenty of time to take advantage for 2023-24. Nice work. Could you share how and when you earned your points so others can hear how you did it?
@@thebrandonboydshow It was easy for us. Our living expenses for me and my wife total $1800 a month. We received the Southwest Business Card on 12/12/22 and started putting our expenses on that card. Expenses like, groceries, restaurants, auto gas, medical deductibles, entertainment, mobile phone, etc. of course we pay it off every month. We received the 80,000 bonus points 2/22/23. We received the Southwest Personal Card in mid Jan 2023. We hit the $1,000 bonus level easily, because we paid for our daughter and son in laws airfare to Spain($1100) and received the 50,000 points also on 2/22/23. It worked perfectly for us. Imagine I was seriously toying with the idea of signing up for a $1500 course on how to get the companion fare. Whew!!
I just watched your video from last year where you were approved for a southwest card while being over 5/24. Do you think chase is still relaxing on their 5/24 rule? I just applied for one of the southwest business cards (i forgot the name haha, but it was the $149/year one). I got the 7-10 business pending decision message, so I went ahead and called reconsideration just assuming I was actually denied. Turns out that was the case, because I was technically at 5/24. (however, one of my 5/24 was a card I was an authorized user on, and I had called about a month or two ago and removed myself as an authorized user with chase since it was a freedom flex that belongs to my wife.) So I told them I should actually be at 4/24 because of removing myself as a user on her card, and they said "oh right you are at 4/24" and reprocessed my application. Later that afternoon a chase rep called me and verified that it was actually me applying, and then processed the application right there with me on the phone. ----- Now here is the part I'm confused and concerned about. I was at 4/24 and got approved for a southwest *business* card. the rep told me that this would put me *at 5/24*. I even double checked and asked if that was a mistake since chase business cards dont add to your personal 5/24 and they confirmed that it would put me at 5/24. Should I just assume this rep was misinformed? EVERYTHING i have read and researched has said that most business cards with few exceptions DO NOT add to 5/24. Now I'm worried that I wont get approved for the personal card which was my plan for in a few weeks before the 75k promo drops. Do you think that this rep was just mistaken? IF I do get denied for the personal card, do you recommend I just keep calling the reconsideration line until someone approves me? I have good credit and all that so the 5/24 rule is really my only concern at this point. Especially considering chase relaxing the rule (at least last year) I was really surprised to have been initially denied for a business card when I was technically at 4/24. And to clarify, they straight up told me that was the only reason i was denied, it wasn't due to credit or anything.
Great question. Th aka so much for providing this detailed story. Very helpful. Chase business cards are subject to, but don’t count toward 5/24. Your explanation of 5/24 is 100% accurate. When I say the cards are subject to 5/24 I mean that if you are at 5/24 then odds are very strong you will be denied for a Chase business card. Last year I was approved when I shouldn’t have been. However, that was a limited time period where many people were experiencing the same strange approvals from chase. I am. Not seeing as many of those now so my confidence level in getting approved in that same situation now would be lower. I’m not going to say that the rep is wrong as there may be some sort of internal change going on. However, everything we know about 5/24 is that your assessment is accurate. Business cards don’t count toward 5/24. That includes Chase cards. Please keep me posted as this story develops so we can keep an eye on it. Very interesting.
@@thebrandonboydshow thank you for the response! I expect to apply again in the next few weeks and go for a personal southwest card so I will definitely update this and keep you posted. I’ll be so bummed if I do get denied cause it will throw off my whole plan to get the companion pass 😅😅
Just alternate between you and you spouse. Keep your personal card open for at least 12 months then cancel. Next time you are ready for CP have your wife sign up. Have her keep for 12 months and then cancel. Just keep rotating every two years.
I assume you need to cancel both personal and business cards (after 13 months) so you can be ready to apply again 24 months after receipt of these soon to be cancelled cards? Marty
@@thebrandonboydshow Ok, got it. I did it wrong, but it will only delay us 30 days. What I should have done: My wife apply for the Business Card, Cancel the Personal Card since it was in her name, then I would apply for the Personal Card. Since I applied for the Business Card, I have to wait 30+ days to apply for the Personal Card in my name. Does that sound right? Thanks
Thanks so much for this video! Very helpful! Question, when I go into my SW app, and settings to see how close I am to earning the companion pass, it says, "companion qualifying points/flights only. Rests January 1st." Is that normal for it to reset January 1st, or is that something new for 2023?
Great question. For companion pass everything resets on January 1st. Example, if you earn 100k points (which is short of what’s needed for companion pass), then you would go back to zero on Jan 1st. You get to keep the points you earned. But the progress toward companion pass starts over at zero. That’s why you want to make sure you earn all of your points in one calendar year because it does reset.
Wait so i plan to get the cards in October/November. Then start spending but not reach the minimum spend till January next year. So, does this mean that whatever I spent October/November will reset in the new year and won't count towards the companion pass? Does this mean even though I get the cards in Oct/Nov, I shouldn't start spending till January?
I love companion pass..the one big suggestion I would make to LUV is to permit changes to the primary itinerary AND companion itinerary at the SAME time without having to first cancel the companion ticket and then change the primary and then add the companion back. Can be very frustrating. Great video.
It’s an inconvenience for sure. Overall, I’m very pleased with companion pass. That being said, recent events from southwest have been very frustrating and I am not happy with how customers were treated over the holidays. Hopefully they rectify things quickly!
@@thebrandonboydshow I was stuck in that mess as well…not happy at all with them. I will say that when I was able to get a customer advocate on the phone they all had a good attitude considering the sh%t they were having to deal with.
My husband already applied for the personal card and added me as an authorized user. So I’m wondering how that impacts my ability to apply for a SW CC? Am I supposed to not be an authorized user on his account so I can apply for my own card to earn the sign up points?
You can still apply for the personal card. You might need to explain that you're an authorized user, but my wife is an authorized user on two of my chase cards, and she applied and got approved for one of those same cards with no problems.
Great question. I don’t have a video on it. However, an easy way to do this is a feted one year or more of having the personal card, simply cancel it. Then right at the end of your second year of CP apply for another personal card and repeat the process every two years. It works for us! Just remember you can’t have two personal Southwest cards at a time. That’s why you need to cancel one before applying again.
**IMPORTANT UPDATE - ELEVATED OFFERS ON SOUTHWEST PERSONAL CARDS HAVE INCREASED TO 75K POINTS. OFFER ENDS: 12/05/2022 . **
You mentioned you can apply for the business cqard if you drive Uber. How do you do that in the application? Do you know the path to follow?
Hi, I signed up for the personal card, 60k and 30% off flight promotion. If by the of the year, I only get let's say 100k points, I should wait until afterJanuary 1 to spend money on the rest of the required points to get the companion pass that way I get it for as close to 2 calendar years as possible? I would not be losing points or anything if I didn't make the 135k in a calendar year, is that correct??
You do not lose any points. They are yours. In order to get companion pass you have to accumulate 135k in a calendar year.
Two things:
First, if you accumulate the points this year you’ll get companion pass for the remainder of this calendar year and all next calendar year 2024. After that you would have to start over.
Second, if you don’t get to 135k this calendar year then the points that count toward your companion pass will reset to zero on January 1, 2024. You still have your points, you just won’t be able to use them to go toward companion pass
Do you have to have 135k pts banked to earn the pass? Or does the SW system keep a cumulative tally of pts earned even if you've chosen to use some on a flight? I am guessing these need to be untouched to get the pass, then can spend.
Great question. Once you earn the 135k in a calendar year you earn companion pass. You can then spend the miles as you wish. You don’t need to maintain a certain balance of miles. They are there for you to use
I finally got under 5/24 and was approved for the Southwest Premier Business card today! Hoping to have the companion pass in early 2023. Thanks for more clarification in the video, as always!
I’m glad it was helpful. We love Companion Pass. Such a great benefit!
Great guide here Brandon! Would love to get companion pass one day, but I wouldn't be able to take full advantage since the majority of my travel is for business and I fly solo for those. Just qualified for the promotional companion pass for early 2023 so I definitely will be taking advantage of that!
Take advantage of what you can. It’s good to hear you were able to get the promo offer. Congrats!!!
Dang - that's a really good tip on how to maximize the companion fare! Thanks so much for the info + video!
Hope it was helpful. Now is the time of year to start thinking about companion pass.
What’s a good month to apply for the 1st card is Nov good
I would keep an eye out for elevated offers in November/december. Ideally you would apply end of November into December. Have your first statement close after the new year. That ensures the money you spent in December all posts in 2024 and goes toward the pass.
You explained it so clearly! Thanks! Can you share why you didn’t get two business cards and call it a day without needing to use the shopping portals? Any downsides to getting two business cards?
Great question. I just didn’t want to add another card. The personal offer I got was for 100k rapid rewards with a higher spend. I only needed 15k more points at the time (requirement used to be 125k in a calendar year. ). I didn’t feel the need to add another huge sign up offer just to bridge that small of a gap I had in points. It was easy to use the shopping portal. Lots of great offers, got to try some new brands, and got use out of everything I tried. Easily got to the 125k.
Hi Brandon! I got the companion pass by credit card promo from 02/23-02/24. I have 70K points.
So. What is the best way for me to keep my companion pass since I already have one SW credit card and have received a “bonus”/promo? Do I need to wait until 03/25?
Question. I just earned my companion pass today, good through 12/31/24. Can I book a flight say on 12/31/24 for travel in March 2025 and still be able to use the companion pass?
Great video! I have an expense of $4000 due on Dec 1st. I signed up for the personal card now with sign up bonus of 75K and business card with bonus of 60K each with minimum spend of $3K. Would it be okay to put $2,000 on each card now and then meet the rest of the minimum spend after Jan 1st? Southwest wouldn't grant me the bonus this year if I did it this way correct? Should I call Southwest to make sure they don't grant the bonus early?Thanks again for the informative, excellent video!
That’s what I would do. Just don’t come to close with either card until the new year. Give yourself a buffer of at least $500 on each card. Sounds like you’ve got it set up just right!
Do you have to earn the points within 1 year
Yes. Ideally you want to earn all the points in the first quarter or first half of the year. That way you can enjoy companion pass for the rest of that calendar year and the entire following year. If you finish earning the points during the last few weeks/months of the year then you really don’t get to utilize the pass as long.
Example: if you earn your required points in November 2023 then you only get to use the companion pass during November and December this year and the rest of 2024.
If you earn your points in 2024 by March 2024 then you get 9 months left of 2024 and all of 2025. Earning Walt in the year is key.
I’ll have a video out near the end of the year detailing when to start applying for Southwest cards to earn the bonus at the right time. Hope that helps!
Well explained 👏 👌 ty
Hope it was helpful!
Hey Brandon, very informative video! I was wondering: would the bonus points earned through booking hotels via southwest travel count toward the 135K requirement?
I have never done this personally, but it should definitely work.
You mentioned in a previous video to not get TOO CLOSE to the Spend requirement before the new year. There are 10 days left in the year and I am $900 away from my total spend requirement. Do you think this is TOO CLOSE? I'm not sure how to gauge that amount. My requirement was $5,000 spend and I have spent $4,100 so far. Should I stop spending on the year? I don't want my points before 2023!!!
Great question. If I’m in your shoes I wouldn’t spend another dollar on it this year. You’ve done a great job so far. I wouldn’t risk it. Great job!!!
Don’t forget you can refer your business from your personal card account. You will get 20k, right now 25k points for the referral.
Referrals add up!
I accumulated over 150k points in less than 1 year. I called them before the year ended and the agent told me I was not able to get CP because the 80k bonus points I got for spending X amount does not go towards CP. I'm confused. Can we or can we not use the bonus points we earned towards Companion pass?
As long as the points were earned in the same calendar year that’s all you need. If any were earned outside the calendar year then those would not count.
why should i wait 30 days to apply for the personal southwest credit card? I got the business card this month.
Great question. In most cases Chase will not approve you for two cards within 30 days. You can certainly try it, but the odds are stacked against you. They are weird about the timing of applications.
For anyone looking for companion pass right now, the personal card offers have changed to 50k points for 3k in spend (down from 75K a few days ago) and the business cards are 60k and 80k points.
The combo of a personal and business card gets you there pretty easily. Still time to snag the offer to earn the pass in Q1 of 2023 for maximum time benefit.
Next year for sure! Will be below 5/24 in June, and well below by companion pass time 2023!!!!
Awesome! There will almost surely be elevated offers come companion pass time next year.
Can my wife cancel her current personal soutwest card, then reapply to get the 75k bonus?
Great question. Normally, I would wait 30 days. However, you could apply and if denied you could just call the reconsideration line a week or so later. It’s not a guaranteed approval, but should increase your odds.
Do you need a personal business to apply for a business card? Like a tax ID for the business?
Great question. No you don’t. Apply with your social security number, use your name as the business name, and apply as a sole proprietor. Maybe it’s a business you haven’t even started or just one you’re thinking about. Either way you don’t need a tax ID number beyond your social. This video should be helpful as well: The What, Why, When, and How of Business Cards - The Ultimate Business Card Strategy Discussion
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Do hotel booked through southwest portal points count towards companion pass. Hotels have extra points added .
Those booking can give you a bunch of points for sure. Just double check the points totals and confirm before booking. Great idea.
Some Southwest hotels give huge bumps in points. A helpful way to up your CP game.
Yep. 100%. There are all kinds of ways to get these large chunks of points besides just doing normal spend on the card. Makes it much easier.
Dining program is easy too!
Would you go ahead and apply for both personal and business now?
Apply for one or the other. Then, wait at least 30 days and apply for the next one. Just be aware of your 5/24 status before applying for any of them.
started the journey for the southwest companion pass on 12/5/22, using the info I found on your site, I qualified for the companion pass today. Thank you for this channel!
That’s awesome! You earned it early in the year too so you have plenty of time to take advantage for 2023-24. Nice work. Could you share how and when you earned your points so others can hear how you did it?
@@thebrandonboydshow It was easy for us. Our living expenses for me and my wife total $1800 a month. We received the Southwest Business Card on 12/12/22 and started putting our expenses on that card. Expenses like, groceries, restaurants, auto gas, medical deductibles, entertainment, mobile phone, etc. of course we pay it off every month. We received the 80,000 bonus points 2/22/23. We received the Southwest Personal Card in mid Jan 2023. We hit the $1,000 bonus level easily, because we paid for our daughter and son in laws airfare to Spain($1100) and received the 50,000 points also on 2/22/23. It worked perfectly for us. Imagine I was seriously toying with the idea of signing up for a $1500 course on how to get the companion fare. Whew!!
I just watched your video from last year where you were approved for a southwest card while being over 5/24. Do you think chase is still relaxing on their 5/24 rule?
I just applied for one of the southwest business cards (i forgot the name haha, but it was the $149/year one). I got the 7-10 business pending decision message, so I went ahead and called reconsideration just assuming I was actually denied. Turns out that was the case, because I was technically at 5/24. (however, one of my 5/24 was a card I was an authorized user on, and I had called about a month or two ago and removed myself as an authorized user with chase since it was a freedom flex that belongs to my wife.)
So I told them I should actually be at 4/24 because of removing myself as a user on her card, and they said "oh right you are at 4/24" and reprocessed my application. Later that afternoon a chase rep called me and verified that it was actually me applying, and then processed the application right there with me on the phone.
----- Now here is the part I'm confused and concerned about. I was at 4/24 and got approved for a southwest *business* card. the rep told me that this would put me *at 5/24*. I even double checked and asked if that was a mistake since chase business cards dont add to your personal 5/24 and they confirmed that it would put me at 5/24.
Should I just assume this rep was misinformed? EVERYTHING i have read and researched has said that most business cards with few exceptions DO NOT add to 5/24. Now I'm worried that I wont get approved for the personal card which was my plan for in a few weeks before the 75k promo drops.
Do you think that this rep was just mistaken? IF I do get denied for the personal card, do you recommend I just keep calling the reconsideration line until someone approves me? I have good credit and all that so the 5/24 rule is really my only concern at this point. Especially considering chase relaxing the rule (at least last year) I was really surprised to have been initially denied for a business card when I was technically at 4/24. And to clarify, they straight up told me that was the only reason i was denied, it wasn't due to credit or anything.
Great question. Th aka so much for providing this detailed story. Very helpful. Chase business cards are subject to, but don’t count toward 5/24. Your explanation of 5/24 is 100% accurate. When I say the cards are subject to 5/24 I mean that if you are at 5/24 then odds are very strong you will be denied for a Chase business card.
Last year I was approved when I shouldn’t have been. However, that was a limited time period where many people were experiencing the same strange approvals from chase. I am. Not seeing as many of those now so my confidence level in getting approved in that same situation now would be lower.
I’m not going to say that the rep is wrong as there may be some sort of internal change going on. However, everything we know about 5/24 is that your assessment is accurate. Business cards don’t count toward 5/24. That includes Chase cards. Please keep me posted as this story develops so we can keep an eye on it. Very interesting.
@@thebrandonboydshow thank you for the response! I expect to apply again in the next few weeks and go for a personal southwest card so I will definitely update this and keep you posted. I’ll be so bummed if I do get denied cause it will throw off my whole plan to get the companion pass 😅😅
What is your strategy for cancelling your SWA cards between you and your wife to always have a companion pass?
Marty
Just alternate between you and you spouse. Keep your personal card open for at least 12 months then cancel. Next time you are ready for CP have your wife sign up. Have her keep for 12 months and then cancel. Just keep rotating every two years.
I assume you need to cancel both personal and business cards (after 13 months) so you can be ready to apply again 24 months after receipt of these soon to be cancelled cards?
Marty
Can I myself apply for both a personal Southwest card and a business card at the same time? Thanks
Great question. I would not. Regarding Chase I would give 30 days plus between applications. If it were me I’d jump on the business card first.
@@thebrandonboydshow Ok, got it. I did it wrong, but it will only delay us 30 days. What I should have done: My wife apply for the Business Card, Cancel the Personal Card since it was in her name, then I would apply for the Personal Card. Since I applied for the Business Card, I have to wait 30+ days to apply for the Personal Card in my name. Does that sound right? Thanks
Thanks so much for this video! Very helpful! Question, when I go into my SW app, and settings to see how close I am to earning the companion pass, it says, "companion qualifying points/flights only. Rests January 1st." Is that normal for it to reset January 1st, or is that something new for 2023?
Great question. For companion pass everything resets on January 1st. Example, if you earn 100k points (which is short of what’s needed for companion pass), then you would go back to zero on Jan 1st. You get to keep the points you earned. But the progress toward companion pass starts over at zero. That’s why you want to make sure you earn all of your points in one calendar year because it does reset.
Wait so i plan to get the cards in October/November. Then start spending but not reach the minimum spend till January next year.
So, does this mean that whatever I spent October/November will reset in the new year and won't count towards the companion pass?
Does this mean even though I get the cards in Oct/Nov, I shouldn't start spending till January?
I love companion pass..the one big suggestion I would make to LUV is to permit changes to the primary itinerary AND companion itinerary at the SAME time without having to first cancel the companion ticket and then change the primary and then add the companion back. Can be very frustrating. Great video.
It’s an inconvenience for sure. Overall, I’m very pleased with companion pass. That being said, recent events from southwest have been very frustrating and I am not happy with how customers were treated over the holidays. Hopefully they rectify things quickly!
@@thebrandonboydshow I was stuck in that mess as well…not happy at all with them. I will say that when I was able to get a customer advocate on the phone they all had a good attitude considering the sh%t they were having to deal with.
Trying for 2023, should I cancel my personal card from 2020 now, or wait until the anniversary bonus is added in January?
My husband already applied for the personal card and added me as an authorized user. So I’m wondering how that impacts my ability to apply for a SW CC? Am I supposed to not be an authorized user on his account so I can apply for my own card to earn the sign up points?
You can still apply for the personal card. You might need to explain that you're an authorized user, but my wife is an authorized user on two of my chase cards, and she applied and got approved for one of those same cards with no problems.
Great Info! Question. Do you have a video about how to continue earning companion fare every two years? Thanks
Great question. I don’t have a video on it. However, an easy way to do this is a feted one year or more of having the personal card, simply cancel it. Then right at the end of your second year of CP apply for another personal card and repeat the process every two years. It works for us! Just remember you can’t have two personal Southwest cards at a time. That’s why you need to cancel one before applying again.