12-27-2021
11:59 AM
I understand that people are new to SWA point system every year, but we do see this question every single year and it's too hard to go back to a year ago and cut and paste. There are all good answers on here, BUT, all are also subject to when the route you chose wants to post points. I've stayed at hotels and didn't get my SW points from them for months, while others were within a week. So that is hit or miss. Same with dining, usually weeks, and shopping can take up to weeks as well. At this point, depending on your billing cycle of the credit card, that may have passed and any points you get won't be posted until Jan. I tried to reach the AList preferred. At the start of Dec I needed less than 10,000 points and spent and spent on the credit card, but it wasn't enough and I fell short, even though I got 14K points from the credit card this month, not enough AList preferred points. So I look at it as a lesson learned, maybe other than spending for premium hotels for the next week, in which you would be staying every night, you might just chalk it up to a learning experience.
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