Southwest Airlines is Offering Back to School Shopping Bonuses Too
Over the last couple days, I’ve written about the United MileagePlus Shopping portal, and the American AAdvantage Shopping portal both offering bonus miles when certain spending thresholds are met.
Today, we see that Southwest Airlines has joined the Bonus Miles party.
Beginning today, 7/24/17 and running through 8/18/17, Southwest Airlines is offering these bonuses for shopping through the Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping portal.
- 250 bonus points for spending $125
- 900 bonus points for spending $300
- 2,000 bonus points for spending $550
As with the other airline shopping portals, there are a wide variety of retailers from which to choose, each earning a varying amount of Rapid Rewards points per dollar spent. These earned points are in addition to any bonus points you might earn during this period. Here are just a few.
And also as with the other airline bonus miles/points promotions, the bonuses are based on cumulative qualifying purchases, meaning multiple purchases at multiple retailers are lumped together to get your total spend during the promotion period. It is this number that determines which bonus you’ll receive. No need to spend $550 at one retailer in one purchase to get the 2,000 Rapid Rewards points…unless that’s what you want to do.
In case you’re interested, here’s the fine print associated with the Rapid Rewards Shopping promotion.
While the Rapid Rewards bonus points deal isn’t bad, I, personally, would go after the United miles. Although, the same Chase Ultimate Rewards play I outlined in the United bonus miles post could apply here as well.
Use a Chase Ink credit card to purchase at a retailer earning 5x Ultimate Rewards points – or 3x with the latest version of the Ink card – per dollar spent (think office supply stores or major cell service providers) and those Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred at a 1:1 rate to Southwest Airlines, greatly increasing your overall earnings rate.
You’ll earn the multiple points with your credit card, additional Southwest points based on the specific retailer’s points/dollar payout and any bonus points you’ll receive from this promotion.
If you’re a fan of Southwest Airlines and its Rapid Rewards program, this just might be an offer you want to jump on to add to your stash of Rapid Rewards points.
