@tparrent wrote: I was unable to simply upgrade and had to cancel the tickets and rebook. This casued me to lose my preferred flight as it was fully booked. At least I was able to soak up a bunch of my SWA credits (is everyone else incredibly annoyed that you have to keep track of all the confirmation numbers?) Keep an eye on it periodically depending how stronly you want the original time slot. You already paid the higher rate, so swapping flight times isn't a big deal if all of the flights have the same BS fare price. There will often be a couple of cancelations right after the 24-hour mark when people are reminded of their check-ins and forgot to make changes. That won't matter to you, since you get 1-15 anyway you can change last minute.
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I've included some info in red after each of your questions, hopefully it helps. Reply if you have additional questions, and good luck on earning CP. @tparrent wrote: I currently have almost 94,000 RR points this year and they all show up as Companion Pass qualifying points.I would like to receive the Companion Pass status but some of the rules confuse me and I am finding it difficult to calculate exactly what I need by year end. I have a Southwest credit card that I use very frequently. I read that there is a limit of 15,000 qualifying points in a year from the card but I have not found any information on how to look up information on where I am relative to that limit (I assume I am over it) The 15,000 point limit is related to A-List qualifying points, not CP. There is no cap on CP qualifying points. Spend $1, get 1 CP qualifying RR point. I still have at least 9 one way flights booked this year but cannot tell how many qualifying points they will generate. The amount of RR points earned from flying depends on what ticket type you booked. Wanna Get Away = 6x fare Anytime = 10x fare Business Select = 12x fare You may want to upgrade your remaining flights to Business Select to earn more CP qualifying points. I am one flight away from A List qualification. Will subsequent flights that are already booked receive the A List extra points? Do those extra points count towards Companion Pass qualification? Yes, you should get the extra bonus points for being A-List, but they do not count towards CP. Would buying Southwest gift cards move me closer to qualification? What if I am already above the credit card annual 15,000 point limit? I fly Southwest nearly every week so I would certainly use the gift cards next year. There's nothing special when it comes to earning points about buying Southwest gift cards. Each dollar spent on a Southwest credit card is a Companion Pass qualifying point. Buy gift cards or groceries or gas or anything else you want. If I upgrade some of my Wanna Get Away fares that I have already booked through year end, will I get additional credit towards Companion Pass? Yes, as noted earlier. I seem to recall that any charges to my Southwest card will only count as of the billing cycle posting date which will be in early December. Subsequent purchases will not then count towards qualification, right? (Assuming I have room under the annual cap) Points earned from credit card spend post shortly after your statement closes so the statement that closes in December will be the last points that post for 2018. I've heard some people say you can call to adjust your statement closing date, but I don't have any experience with that. Dont' spend on December 30 and think you'll get those points credited towards 2018 CP qualification. And again, there is no CP annual cap. As qualifying for Companion Pass is going to be a close call (but very valuable for me), I want to make sure I take whatever action I need in time for it to matter. It would even be worth it for me to take a couple extra flights to wherever if that put me over the top but I would want to make sure that those flights did put me over. With a little time left you can still find some other creative options such as utilizing the Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping portal, https://rapidrewardsshopping.southwest.com/ Most, but not all points earned through the shopping site qualify for CP. Beware of "bonus" points, they typically do not qualify. Sending flowers to someone is a popular earning method. You could also book and complete a hotel stay via the Southwest hotels link. Some hotels offer several thousand points per night and those do count towards CP. You must complete the stay this year, not just book it. If you're down to the last 2 weeks of December and still short then it's probably time to hop on a plane and do some mileage runs. Thanks for answers and suggestions! Good luck! --TheMiddleSeat
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