Purchase Points with Gift Card

[rudra00]

My parents got me $400 worth of Southwest gift cards for Christmas. I want to take advantage of the sale Southwest is having on points. Can I use the gift cards to purchase points? I don’t see gift cards as an option for payment but I don’t see that purchasing points is excluded with gift cards.

[dfwskier · Accepted solution]

Nope. Gift cards are only good for tickets.

Besides, buying points is a famously BAD idea. Why?

1 They cost more than they are worth in buying tickets  -- EVEN with the sale. So   you might pay say 2 cents to buy points, but when you spend those on points on tickets they are only worth say 1.8 cents. The numbers are fictitious and only used to illustrate a point.

2 Points flights don't earn points when you fly. Paid flights do

They best way to gt the most value from your gift cars is when you buy tickets.

[TheMiddleSeat]

Agreeing that buying points with a gift card would be an incredibly poor choice. That's one way to throw away your money.

DON'T BUY POINTS!!

--TheMiddleSeat