Southwest Rapid Rewards Business Credit Cards: New Limited-Time Offers

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The new welcome offers for the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Business Cards present a strategic opportunity to earn a Southwest Companion Pass for two years. Here’s a breakdown of how to maximize this offer, given the expiration date of 9/16/24 on Chase’s website.

Please note: You are eligible for this bonus offer if you do not currently have this card and have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this card in the last 24 months.

Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Credit Card

Key Details

Annual Fee: $99

Sign-Up Bonus: Up to 120,000 points

• 60,000 points after spending $3,000 in the first three months
• Additional 60,000 points after spending $15,000 within nine months

Earning Rates

• 3 points per dollar on Southwest purchases
• 2 points per dollar on local transit and commuting
• 2 points per dollar on Rapid Rewards hotel and car rental partners
• 1 point per dollar on other purchases

Perk

• Two EarlyBird check-ins annually
• Earn tier-qualifying points towards A-List elite status
• $500 fee credit for transferring Rapid Rewards points
• 6,000-point anniversary bonus
• No foreign transaction fees

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Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Credit Card

Key Details

Annual Fee: $199

Sign-Up Bonus: Up to 120,000 points

• 80,000 points after spending $5,000 in the first three months
• Additional 40,000 points after spending $15,000 within nine months

Earning Rates

• 4 points per dollar on Southwest purchases
• 2 points per dollar on local transit and commuting
• 3 points per dollar on Rapid Rewards hotel and car rental partners
• 2 points per dollar on social media and paid search advertising, internet, cable, and phone services
• 1 point per dollar on other purchases

Perks

• Four upgraded boardings per year
• Earn tier-qualifying points towards A-List elite status
• $500 fee credit for transferring Rapid Rewards points
• 9,000-point anniversary bonus
• Up to $100 Global Entry/TSA PreCheck credit
• Up to 365 inflight Wi-Fi credits per year
• No foreign transaction fees

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Read more about the benefits of Southwest Rapid Rewards Business Credit Cards and how they compare to personal cards in Review of Southwest Rapid Rewards Business Credit Cards.

Conclusions

The Rapid Rewards program is known to be very simple, as the number of points required for a flight is directly related to the fare, which usually makes it very easy to get great deals for those seasoned in travel.

Another thing that makes Southwest unique is the policy of canceling or changing flights without any charges if travelers find the same flights at lower prices, which is possible until the flight time. In addition to this, there is no worry about using the Southwest points because their expiry does not match up.

With even greater value, however, you can earn a Companion Pass by which a named companion can fly for free (without paying the ticket cost, except taxes and fees), be it on paid or award tickets. A Companion Pass is usually earned through 135,000 qualifying points or by taking 100 one-way qualifying flights in a calendar year. Welcome bonuses and credit card spending points do, however, count toward that requirement.

You can quickly get almost two years’ worth of buy-and-get travel by opening a Southwest business credit card in a year that you are planning to spend the money anyway. That’s because a Companion Pass is good through the remainder of the year it’s earned and the following year.