Southwest has a new hotel booking website that lets you directly earn Southwest points when reserving a room through the Southwest hotels site. You can easily earn up to 10,000 Southwest points on a hotel stay, and most hotels are included (although not all offer that many points). Plus, the points DO qualify for the…
Author: Lyn Mettler
What’s the Average Cost of a Southwest Flight in Points?
Did you know… The average lowest priced round trip reward flight on Southwest® is 10,182 points? That’s a pretty amazing stat from Southwest! The stat was determined based on the lowest round trip reward flight available for each of Southwest’s 251- to 2,500-mile city pairs. We have booked some even lower than that, including around 7,700 round-trip…
Are Your Rapid Rewards Shopping Points Missing? Here Are 4 Possible Reasons
Did you buy something by starting at the Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping portal but now your Rapid Rewards Shopping points are missing? They never credited to your account? The Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal is a GREAT way to earn Southwest points both on shopping you’ll already be doing AND by taking advantage of amazing deals…
5 Reasons to Focus on Southwest Airlines for Rewards Travel
Note: This post contains referral links for which I may earn referral points if you click through. I keep a close eye on a variety of web sites that deal with frequent flier and hotel rewards programs to make sure I am not missing any big news. B ut a quick scan of any of…
Reader Question: Can I Use My Points Before I Earn My Southwest Companion Pass?
Here’s a recent question from a reader that I wanted to share the answer to in case anyone else is wondering the same: Can I use my Rapid Rewards points before I’ve earned the Southwest Companion Pass? The answer is yes. As soon as you accrue Rapid Rewards points, you can go ahead and use them. Even…