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Eligible purchases for points with Southwest Chase Visa

conradsnana
Explorer C

Before I go buying a bunch of gift cards at various stores for Christmas gifts with my Southwest Chase visa, thinking I'm getting points, I'm trying to confirm if gift-card purchases are eligible for reward points. Does anyone know if you get 1 point for every $1 you spend on gift cards? There's always an asterisk after the "1 point for $1" reference online, but I can never find what the asterisk is for. Are gift cards eligible purchases? Thanks!

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Re: Eligible purchases for points with Southwest Chase Visa

franktravel
Aviator B

Hi 

 

This is the offer details on the Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card.   

 

 

 

*Earning Points
How you can earn points: You'll earn points when you, or an authorized user, use a Rapid Rewards® credit card to make purchases of products and services, minus returns or refunds. Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't count as a purchase and won't earn points: balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers or similar cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, overdraft advances, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable. 2 points: You'll earn 2 points for each $1 spent on purchases made directly with Southwest Airlines®, including flight, inflight, Southwest gift card, and Southwest Airlines Vacations® package purchases, and at participating Rapid Rewards® Hotel and Rental Car Partners. 1 point: You'll earn 1 point for each $1 spent on all other purchases. 1 point on balance transfers: You'll earn 1 point for each $1 of the first $15,000 of balance transfers made during the first 90 days from your original account open date. 6,000 bonus points each account anniversary year: You'll receive 6,000 bonus points each account anniversary year. "Account anniversary year" means the year beginning with your account open date through the anniversary of your account open date, and each 12 months after that. 1,500 Tier Qualifying Points: You'll earn 1,500 TQP for each $10,000 in purchases up to $100,000 in purchases annually which equal 15,000 TQP. Tier Qualifying Points can be used to count toward qualification for Rapid Rewards A-List or A-List Preferred status. "Annually" means the year beginning with your account open date through the first December statement date of that same year, and each 12 billing cycles starting after your December statement date through the following December statement date. Please note this time period is different than your account anniversary year. We may offer you ways to earn bonus points through the card rewards program. You'll find out more about the number of bonus points you can earn and any other terms at the time of the offer. Information about earning/transferring points to Southwest Airlines: Points earned during a billing cycle will be automatically transferred to Southwest Airlines after the end of each billing cycle. Points expiration: The points transferred to your Rapid Rewards account won't expire as long as your card account is open or there is flight or Southwest Airlines partner earning activity on the Rapid Rewards account every 24 months. If your card account is closed, the points in your Rapid Rewards account will expire if there isn't flight or other Southwest Airlines partner earning activity every 24 months. Losing points: You'll immediately lose all points that haven't been transferred to Southwest Airlines if your card account status changes, or your card account is closed for program misuse, fraudulent activities, failure to pay, bankruptcy, or other reasons described in the terms of the Rewards Program Agreement. Rewards Program Agreement: We will mail you a Rewards Program Agreement containing additional card rewards program terms once your account is established. If you become a Chase Online customer, your Rewards Program Agreement will be available online as well.

 

My opinion you will earn points for all purchase.   

Re: Eligible purchases for points with Southwest Chase Visa

osufever
Explorer C

I'm looking to do a similar thing to round off my $2,000 for the 50,000 point bonus.  Did you receive points for your gift card purchases?

Re: Eligible purchases for points with Southwest Chase Visa

franktravel
Aviator B


*Earning Points

 

Yes!  Purchase from Southwest Webste http://swa.is/21gIKpG


 You'll earn 2 points for each $1 spent on purchases made directly with Southwest Airlines®, including flight, inflight, Southwest gift card, and Southwest Airlines Vacations® package purchases, and at participating Rapid Rewards® Hotel and Rental Car Partners.