[DEAD] All Southwest Personal Cards 75,000 Points Signup with $5,000 Spend in 6 Months (Public & Referral Offers)

Update 2/10/20: The public links showing on southwest.com are showing an end-date of 2/10/20 for this offer. The referral links show an end date of 2/18/20. I imagine most will use a referral link, regardless, this is the final week to apply for this unless it gets extended. (Newer referral links generated aren’t showing the increased offers, but links which were generated a while back will be valid through 2/18/20.)

Update 1/9/20: Offer is now available publicly, found on the Southwest site. I imagine affiliate sites will get these too. Consider using a reader’s link or a link from a site you’ve gained from in the past instead of using a public link; we don’t use credit card affiliate links on DoC.  [Getting an offer match (if you signed up at a lower offer) is more-or-less guaranteed now given the public offer.]

Update 1/7/20: Multiple reports indicate that they are now matching this offer for those who signed up earlier. This is despite the initial lack of success some were having. Might be worth adding a link or image to the Secure Message to prove you have the offer. (My personal guess is that the 75k offer will soon go public, and they’ve now taught the reps to start matching it already now.) You will need to meet the higher $5k spend to get the match. This comment is also interesting.

The Offer

No direct link, you need to use a referral link to get this offer

  • Signup for the Southwest Plus, Premier, or Priority credit card and get up to 75,000 Southwest points:
    • Get 40,000 points when you spend $1,000 within 3 months.
    • Get 35,000 when you spend $5,000 within 6 months (for a possible total of 75,000 points).

Offer ends February 18, 2020.

Card Details

  • Chase 5/24 rule does apply to this card
  • Annual fees are not waived the first year
  • The Premier personal and business cards earn a 6,000 points anniversary bonus; the Plus earns 3,000 points anniversary bonus; the Priority earns 7,500 anniversary bonus

Our Verdict

This offer is really terrific; standard offer is 40,000 points signup bonus, and the best we’ve seen in the past was 60,000 points with $2,000 spend. The timing is also right here as you can meet the spend requirement immediately and get the Companion Pass for almost two years if you find a way to meet the remaining spend (e.g. signing up for a business card too).

Check out these Things to Know about Chase before applying. If you recently got the Southwest card, you might be able to get this offer matched if you show Chase that you were referred by a friend, but no guarantee given that this is a referral offer, not a public offer.

A few points:

  • It’s not clear if you need to spend $6,000 total or $5,000 total get the the full 75k bonus. My read is that you just need to spend $5,000 total.
  • Remember, you can refer a friend to ANY version of the Southwest card, so if you have a friend with the Priority, you can use their referral and signup for the Plus. You’ll get the increased offer and they’ll get their referral bonus. This is really as good as it gets.
  • As of now, this offer is only available via referral link. Make a friend happy and ask them for their referral.

DO NOT REFER IN THE COMMENTS HERE, instead, head over to this dedicated referral post to find a referral. Try to find someone who has been helpful in the past.

Hat tip to jedimindtrix24

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Flyer9494
Flyer9494 (@guest_1011522)
July 7, 2020 19:08

Can I currently get bonus on this card which I opened and on SW business card at same time? Any reports that it is possible? Tempting to apply for SW Premier business that thas 100k bonus

Rafael
Rafael (@guest_1009205)
July 3, 2020 13:17

Hi there – I did this offer to get the 75,000 points and planned to use them for Amazon credit, which Rapid Rewards offered at 1:1 in Jan-March, since I don’t fly much anyway. So $69 fee but $750 gain. With COVID, Southwest has suspended their Amazon option and many others, so now I have > 75k points but there’s nothing offered I want to use them for – most of their remaining options are for restaurants or home products I don’t want.

Might appealing to Chase or to Southwest for refunding the $69 fee work? Or should I just hold the points and hope that someday, perhaps in a couple years if they recover financially, Southwest expands their offerings again? I believe they’re allowed to change what points can be used for, but it still rubs me raw that I paid $69 (plus time) for points that now have no value to me.

Rafael
Rafael (@guest_1012185)
July 8, 2020 17:15

Bump. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Yu
Yu (@guest_988770)
May 29, 2020 12:29

Anyone know how much time did you wait you see the 40000 points posted after you spend $1000. I opened the card on 2/11/2020, and spent the $1000+ on 5/1/2020 . The latest statement is just posted. But the 40K points is not posted to my southwest account. Any idea?

Jake
Jake (@guest_938384)
March 15, 2020 17:18

Unless I’m missing something, looks like the 40k + 35k offer is back. Heres a public link.

https://creditcards.chase.com/travel-credit-cards/southwest/plus

Jake
Jake (@guest_938404)
March 15, 2020 17:42

Could be? Maybe someone else can try to confirm. Im on mobile and heres what I get when clicking that link.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Q7duZcU

William Charles
Admin
March 15, 2020 17:24

That shows 40k for me?

Jake
Jake (@guest_938401)
March 15, 2020 17:40

Im on mobile and this is what I’m getting when going to that link.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Q7duZcU

Samson
Samson (@guest_1007675)
July 1, 2020 10:03

I see the same thing in mobile. Should i be concerned about Chase honoring this if I apply ?

Mr Miagi
Mr Miagi (@guest_946479)
March 26, 2020 16:46

Yeah same I just see 40k

Jim
Jim (@guest_930406)
March 7, 2020 02:37

For folks who signed up for the offer and have met their spend for the 75k points (based on the mobile app spend tracker), mind confirming if you needed to spend $5,000, not $6,000?

I’m at just over $4,000 and have some bills coming up, just wanted to plan ahead for when to apply for a new offer.

Thanks

B Laddy
B Laddy (@guest_947362)
March 28, 2020 09:33

I can confirm that I received the additional 35k points after $5,000 total spend and I have not yet reached $6,000 in spend. I’m currently at about $5,400 total since I received the card.

sylvia
sylvia (@guest_926086)
March 2, 2020 20:03

received a mailer today and was offered 70000 miles after 5k spend, plus another 30000 miles after 25000 within 6 months, with $199 AF not waived. If buy GC to meet all 25000 spending, total cost will be around $199+$250=$449, might worth it considering the companion pass.

sylvia
sylvia (@guest_926088)
March 2, 2020 20:04

Also have the 75000 offer by 3/4/2020, don’t know which one to apply, any suggestion? Thanks!

LAG
LAG (@guest_913280)
February 19, 2020 09:27

Landing page is still working this morning but expiration still 2/18 and the personal links all say “offer not available” when clicked so just wanted to confirm this is officially dead now.

mattmatt
mattmatt (@guest_913460)
February 19, 2020 12:14

just spoke to a chase rep this morning. was specifically told its 1k plus 5k. need to spend 6k ttl. not 5k ttl

Jonathan
Jonathan (@guest_912813)
February 18, 2020 20:25

Probably too late for anybody to see this comment, but if you generate a referral link for yourself, and then switch the first path after referyourchasecard.com/XXXX to “226f” youll see the higher offer. The last part of the path is your unique referral code, the 4 characters are for the actual offer.

Ashok
Ashok (@guest_912886)
February 18, 2020 22:09

how to refer oneself ? how much does the referrer get ? Also is this considered a red flag by chase ?

Roy
Roy (@guest_912926)
February 18, 2020 22:56

Don’t self refer. Chase recently added to their terms and conditions prohibiting doing this. Possibility it could lead to a shutdown.

Mali
Mali (@guest_912928)
February 18, 2020 22:58

What he means is since the new link generated only shows 40K offer, you can manually change it to 70K. Chase self-referral has already been prohibited by the updated terms.

Jonathan
Jonathan (@guest_916841)
February 22, 2020 15:31

Mali is right. The intention is to generate a referral link with the higher offer that somebody else (in this case my spouse) can use.

Greg Z
Greg Z (@guest_912587)
February 18, 2020 15:32

Hi all, sorry if this has been asked before. Any data points on how long after approval until referral points post? It’ll push me into CP. Thanks!

Andrew D
Andrew D (@guest_912593)
February 18, 2020 15:46

Typically on next statement close unless its super close to when the referral happened.