Flash back several years ago and see if this sounds like you or your family. Living on a modest income as self-employed business owners and renting our home, we rarely traveled. Travel throughout our year might look like a road trip (if we had enough money saved) to someplace warmer than Indianapolis for Spring Break,…
Category: Southwest Airlines
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Reader Story: How Scott Earned His Southwest Companion Pass
Shout out to Go to Travel Gal reader Scott from Roseville, California, who shared on Go to Travel Gal’s Facebook page that he earned his Southwest Companion Pass good through 2018! Scott is a smart guy, because he earned his Southwest Companion Pass, which allows one person to fly nearly free with him (for only…
Southwest Hotels Booking Site Lets You Earn Rapid Rewards Points
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…
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…