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Yes... during the pandemic, Amazon stopped drawing its gift cards, and it's sad. I managed to win five Amazon gift cards totaling $ 500 / Do you agree that the amount is average? So I can order the goods I need without any problems, but now, unfortunately, because there are no more opportunities to get a gift card, I do not order goods. The fact is that the prices for some products are enormous and it remains to wait for discounts on them. Recently I needed to purchase a scale, and until I found an intelligent scale at an affordable price, several days have passed. I do not know how to be in such situations... What do you recommend? ... View more

There are many of us here who get thousands of SW miles/points that choose not to fly, but to use the points/miles to get gift cards.   ... View more

@Visitor200 wrote: Nicole . . .  Is it true what Blake said, that Southwest Rewards phone number is not who I should call for follow up of gift card delivery??  And that I should call More Rewards customer service??  If so, what is the More Rewards phone number? Yes @bec102896 is correct. The number to reach More Rewards regarding your gift cards is 1-800-833-4861 (option 1). Thanks!   ... View more

When you say your statement closed on the 9th and you have not received your points, has your statement actually posted to your account (which usually happens a few days after the closing date)?  If your April statement is available to see, then look for the points that were included in the statement. ... View more

If you're struggling to figure out how to meet your "spend" (which is the dollar amount to spend to get the promised points/miles within a time frame), then understand that Chase and most banks accept a credit card charge to Plastiq . . . which is an online payment site where you can use a credit card to pay your rent or mortgage or just about anything else where normally the landlord does not accept credit cards.  You simply set up your Plastiq account (takes 5 minutes) and add your landlord's mailing address and contact detail for a "paper check" to be mailed to him.  Easy as pie . . . plus if you go to any of the youtube coaching websites, they will provide you their referral link to save even more.  As an example:  If your rent is $1000 a month, and you pay it with a credit card through Plastiq, then in addition to the $1000 payment charged to your credit card will be their standard credit card fee of around 2% (which is what most stores have to pay).  So the $1000 rent check would cost you $20 more to use your credit card.  But if you sign up using a referral link to Plastiq, you can charge up to $500 on your card without having to pay the 2%.  Therefore, you pay your rent of $1000 and it only costs you $1010 to finalize.  Also, if you asking if it's worth paying 2% to pay bills through Plastiq, then look at the amount of bonus you will be receiving:  50,000 points is worth 500.00 in free department store and other store branded gift cards through Southwest . . . so if you paid $40 in fees to pay $2000 in charges . . . you're still very very ahead!  To learn more, go to Youtube and type in "using plastiq for minimum spend " ... View more

As mentioned, once the points are transferred from Chase to SW - they are yours, no matter what happens to the credit card.   BUT, if you want to have a less expensive annual card fee - remember the 149/yr fee can actually only cost you half . . . or $75 a year because you account will get a free 7500 mile annual bonus rewards . . . which is worth 75.00 toward any gift card - such as department stores, restaurants, dvds, and others.   Or, Chase will be able to downgrade your card to a 60.00/yr card, and you get an extra $30 in gift cards to lower your out-of-pocket.   Keeping your chase card through a downgrade will also help you immensely in getting other Chase cards that actually  can pay you $2000 in cash bonus'.  Once you have the first Chase card, the other cards are easily approved . . . especially the home business cards. ... View more

When I got my SW card, which offers 60,000 miles after I spend $3000, I was able to get my points on the day the first statement posted.  Had I waited until after the closing date and statement date, then I would have had to await another month to get the miles.  Currently we are not flying, so I am using my new batch of miles to buy $600.00 worth of on-sale movies and DVDs . . . which is great. ... View more