Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® Plus Card

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Card Details and Application Link
Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® Plus Card
 
 
 
50K Points
Earn 50K bonus points after $1K spend in 3 months
Click here to learn how to apply

$69 Annual Fee

 
 

This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details).

Recent better offer: Expired 12/9/21: 100K (50K after $2K spend in 3 months plus 50K after a total of $12K spend in 12 months)

 
 

FM Mini Review: This card can be great for its new cardmember bonus, but its ongoing perks are worth the annual fee only if fully used each year.

Card Type: Visa Signature or Platinum

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Travel
Phone
Brand

Earning rate: 2X local transit and commuting, including rideshare ⚬ 2X internet, cable, phone services, and select streaming ⚬ 2X Southwest

Big spend bonus: If you earn 125,000 points in one calendar year, you'll get a companion pass good for the rest of that calendar year and all of the next year.

Noteworthy perks: 3000 bonus points each year upon card renewal. 2 EarlyBird Check-Ins each year.

Application Tips

Chase Application Tips

  • Shut-Down Caution: Signing up for new Chase cards can lead to Chase reviewing your accounts. This may lead to Chase shutting down all of your accounts if you appear to be a credit risk. See this post for details and recommendations: Why Chase shutdowns have increased and how to avoid them.
  • 5/24 Rule: With most Chase cards, you won't get approved if your credit report shows 5 or more cards opened in the past 24 months. Details here.
  • 24/48 Month Rule: With most Chase cards, you can get the same card and bonus again 24 months after having received the bonus as long as you no longer have the card open. With Sapphire cards, you must wait 48 months. No wait is required for Chase Ink cards.
  • 30 Day Rule: It is tough to get approved for more than 2 Chase cards within 30 days
  • Get Same Card Again: You can get the same exact card and again if you first cancel the older card and follow the 24/48 month rule. Ink cards are OK to get again without cancelling previous card if you apply with a new business.
  • Better Offers: You may be able to get a better offer than the best available public offer. Details here.
  • Hard inquiries combine into 1 when approved same day (not always true when mixing business and personal)

Call (888) 338-2586 to check your application status
If denied, call reconsideration here:1-888-270-2127 for both personal and business cards

Related Cards (Southwest Rapid Rewards)

Card Offer
Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® Plus Card
 
 
 
50K Points
Earn 50K bonus points after $1K spend in 3 months

$69 Annual Fee

 
 

This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details).

Recent better offer: Expired 12/9/21: 100K (50K after $2K spend in 3 months plus 50K after a total of $12K spend in 12 months)

 
 
Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card
 
 
 
50K Points
Earn 50K bonus points after $1K spend in 3 months

$149 Annual Fee

 
 

This card is known to be subject to Chase's 5/24 rule.

Recent better offer: Expired 12/9/21: 100K (50K after $2K spend in 3 months plus 50K after a total of $12K spend in 12 months)

 
 
Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card
 
 
 
50K Points
Earn 50K bonus points after $1K spend in 3 months

$99 Annual Fee

 
 

This card is known to be subject to Chase's 5/24 rule.

Recent better offer: Expired 12/9/21: 100K (50K after $2K spend in 3 months plus 50K after a total of $12K spend in 12 months)

 
 

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Linda

The southwest portal is absolute crap. They have almost zero direct flights and costs are x2 or x3 more. Be careful!

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[…] card sign-up bonus of the week:  The Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Plus card is offering 30,000 miles plus Southwest’s Companion Pass for through 2/28/22 if you spend $5,000 […]

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[…] that runs from May through June.  In addition to many other Chase cards, Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus, Premier, and Priority cards earn 3X points at grocery stores on up to $1500 in spend.  If you […]

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Mike

Any tips on applying for a Personal Southwest card if I already have the business version? Is this a red flag?

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[…] cards (Plus, Premier, or Priority consumer card; Premier and Performance business cards).  These are great for […]

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[…] Southwest Plus, Southwest Premier, or Southwest Business: With Southwest, when you earn 110,000 points in a calendar year (including points earned from credit card spend) you get a companion pass good for an unlimited number of flights for the rest of that year and all of the next calendar year. […]

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Jeff

I wonder if their system is overwhelmed. I went to apply and it is not “taking”. The form is completely filled out, I scrolled through all the terms and conditions, etc.

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MEDC

Just signed up for the Plus with the inflight 50k/$2k-2mos deal in November (to work towards CP with a Business card this month) and now this comes out! Have PM’d Chase to see if they’ll match, but IIRC, they’re not known for matching offers after approval. Guess we’ll see.

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Nick Reyes

Chase is pretty good about matching if the new offer is public and for more points. With this being a Companion Pass rather than points, that doesn’t seem easily match-able. I expect they’ll say no, but please do comment here and let us know either way. Lots of people are curious.

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MEDC

Update: Chase are matching the offer! I just need to reply to their message once I’ve hit the $4,000 minimum spend. This is fantastic news and saves a business application to get to 110k!

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MEDC

Update to update – they did themselves a u-turn and decided that I actually wasn’t eligible for the offer and they won’t match it.

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Stephen

Is the annual fee waived the first year on any of these

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Nick Reyes

No.

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[…] Southwest Plus, Southwest Premier, or Southwest Business: With Southwest, when you earn 110,000 points in a calendar year (including points earned from credit card spend) you get a companion pass good for an unlimited number of flights for the rest of that year and all of the next calendar year. […]

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