File this under interesting but not particularly useful currently but when you take a Southwest flight you should see advertisements for the Chase Southwest cards. These links are currently offering a 50,000 point bonus, but what is interesting is that they are also now containing the specific itinerary details. For example:
https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/southwest/50kinflight?CELL=6T8K&orig=IAD&dest=DEN&flt=164&tail=N8611F&wow=offgnd
As you can see the origin is IAD and the destination is DEN. It’s obviously not unusual for airlines and credit card companies to do this sort of tracking, they always want to split test different offers and landing pages to see what offers convert the best. It’s also possible that in the future they could offer higher than normal bonuses in flight and then compare your flight details on your Southwest account to ensure that links aren’t being used by those not taking a flight.
