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Southwest Rapid Rewards Overview

Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards is a unique loyalty program that shares some characteristics common of airline loyalty programs (like priority check-in and boarding for elite members) and additional key features (like the ability to bring a companion for free when you’ve earned enough points in a calendar year and points that never expire). This guide is designed to include everything you need to know about the Southwest Rapid Rewards program.

Read more about Southwest Rapid Rewards in our complete guide…

Here are some of the things you’ll find in our guide:

You can also read the many posts we publish about Southwest…

Sears 18X (or more) Southwest portal deal: everything you need to know

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Thursday morning I posted a Quick Deal: Sears offering 9X through Southwest portal. Greater than 18X returns possible.  In this post I’ll describe options...

Distance based earning from Citi, less 5X from Wells, Southwest wackiness, gift card woes,...

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Distance based mileage earnings live on The big news this week was United’s announcement that mile-earnings from flying will change from a distance-based to...

Locking in a flight, stress free

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The website FiveThirtyEight (of Nate Silver fame) recently published “When to Hold Out For a Lower Airfare.”  In that post, author Kaiser Fung reviewed...

The new true value of Southwest points

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Recently, Southwest devalued their rewards program a bit by increasing the number of points required for “Wanna Get Away” fares.  They used to charge...

How bad is Delta’s domestic award availability?

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“Delta award availability sucks”.  If you spend much time in the frequent flyer community, you’re bound to hear that, or something very similar.  For...

Earning points while my better half waits

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I recently signed up and was approved for four different credit cards, with the following signup bonuses: Amex Blue Cash: no bonus Barclaycard Arrival:...

More value from Southwest points

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For a long time I've told people that Southwest points are worth 1.67 cents per point towards "Wanna Get Away" fares.  I was wrong. ...

Points for domestic travel

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Arguably, the best use for frequent flyer miles is long haul international flights in business or first class.  This is the only way many...

How to maximize your Freedom 5X purchases

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Every 3 months, the Chase Freedom card offers 5X on spend within different categories of merchants.  This quarter (October through December), the 5X categories...

Sears 15X: Companion Pass Success!

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Wow, that’s a nice sight!  My Southwest Airlines points posted today.  Based on one day of online shopping, it looks like I’ve met the...

Buying Platinum and a million miles: 6 month update

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I’ve met only one out of two goals, but have managed to rake in over 1 million points and miles anyway…     In...

Sears 15X: Rapidly Disappearing Rewards

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Last month, for two days only, the Southwest Airlines shopping portal (Rapid Rewards Shopping) offered 15 points per dollar when shopping at Sears.com.  In...

Sears 15X: Frequent Miler’s almost final results

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Last month, for two days only, the Southwest Airlines shopping portal (Rapid Rewards Shopping) offered 15 points per dollar when shopping at Sears.com.  In...

When the deal goes awry

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A bit over a week ago, the Southwest Airlines shopping portal (Rapid Rewards Shopping) offered 15 points per dollar when shopping at Sears.com.  In...

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