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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…

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Gifting your way to a Southwest companion pass. Experiments in progress

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UPDATE 12/1/2014: The offer that this deal was based on has expired earlier than advertised. The advertised offer said that code RR57 was good...
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50 Southwest points per dollar!

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UPDATE 12/1/2014: The offer that this deal was based on has expired earlier than advertised. The advertised offer said that code RR57 was good...

Southwest portal deals: Staples 6X, Neiman Marcus 12X, more…

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The Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal is offering improved bonuses on a number of stores today.  Staples 6X will be particularly interesting to some...
Free seven night stay

Fly free with a companion for two years and get a free seven night...

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UPDATE 1/14/2016: The Ritz credit card signup bonuses now offer free nights rather than points, so this post is no longer relevant. UPDATE 9/26/2014: Unfortunately,...

SkyClub dry cleaning, Singapore miles, credit card offers, and Alaska’s same day change policy

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A cool device at the LaGuardia SkyClub I visited the Delta SkyClub at the LaGuardia airport on my last visit to New York, and found...
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Big Wins

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In my recent post “Easy Wins,” I described a number of easy tricks that result in free or improved travel.  Many are also “big...

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...

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