01-06-2018
11:19 AM
I wish Southwest would offer this benefit again. The ripoff isn't the rewards points charged, it's our government charging us extra in order to get a reasonable level of service at the airports. The absurdity is that anyone can buy their way out of security screenings. I strongly suspect Tim McVeigh would have been able to get precheck after his honorable discharge. Anyway, 9,000 points is a decent deal for a purchase made outside Southwest. Gift cards are 1,000 pts per $10; and that penny-a-point seems pretty standard for most card point programs. As an aside, getting gift cards is a pretty efficient use of points. It's a bit of a process, but most items you can buy directly with points can be purchased for fewer points by getting a gift card first, then purchasing the same item through a retailer.
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