I just came across a rewards calculator for the new RR 2.0 that is really easy to use, once you enter in the money you plan on spending on each ticket type, it lets you toggle back and forth between membership levels and ticket types to determine your reward value. http://www.marsfrequentflyer.com/Southwest.html
Its very cool and worth a bookmark.
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After a lot of searching on the web and time on the phone I finally found a blog that summarizes the new rapid rewards program really well in two articles (who will luv the new program) and (old vs. new SWA program) http://www.marsfrequentflyer.blogspot.com/ . It helped me figure out the future, the transition, and the key pluses and minuses of the new program.
Removing the 24 month cut off is a huge one as all the kids in our family can slowly earn points and we can now use towards tickets. The new program does away with the buy $1000 in short haul tickets 8 round trips and get a $300 to $400 ticket WGA ticket deal, this sucks but the new program is still better for domestic travel than just any other airline.
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