The Offer
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Chase is offering increased signup bonuses on the Southwest Plus, Premier, and Priority cards:
- Southwest Priority ($229 fee): Earn 90,000 points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- Southwest Premier ($149 fee): Earn 85,000 points after you spend $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- Southwest Plus ($99 fee): Earn 80,000 points after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Offers valid through 12/2/26.
Card Details
- Annual fees are not waived the first year: Plus is $99, Premier is $149, Priority is $229.
- Card earns the following rates:
- 2x/3x/4x points for Plus/Premier/Priority for every $1 you spend on Southwest Airlines purchases
- 2x points for every $1 you spend on Rapid Rewards hotel and car partners
- 2x points per $1 you spend on local transit and commuting, including rideshare
- 2x points per $1 you spend on internet, cable, phone services, and select streaming
- 1x points for every $1 you spend on everyday purchases
- Special rates on specific cards:
- Plus: 2X at Gas stations and Grocery stores on the first $5,000 in combined purchases per year.
- Premier: Earn 2 points for every $1 you spend at grocery stores and restaurants on the first $8,000 in combined purchases per anniversary year.
- Priority: Earn 2X at Gas stations and at Restaurants
- First checked bag free. Cardmembers and up to 8 additional passengers in the same reservation can check their first bag at no additional cost. (Since Southwest no longer offers free checked bags for everyone, they added it as a benefit for cardholders.)
- No foreign transaction fees on all 3 cards
- Cardmembers and up to 8 passengers in the same reservation will board with Group 5 giving them earlier access to overhead bins.
- Seat selection within 48 hours prior to departure when available. For the Plus card it’s for a Standard seat. For the Premier and Priority and for both business cards it’s for Standard or Preferred seat.
- Premier card gets 15% Flight Discount each year on your cardmember anniversary (Excludes Basic fare); Plus card gets 10% Discount.
- The Premier personal card earns a 6,000 points anniversary bonus; the Plus earns 3,000 points anniversary bonus; the Priority earns 7,500 anniversary bonus
- The Plus and Premier personal and business cards get a new benefit of 2 earlybird check-ins per year
- Priority card gets: Preferred Seat selection at booking when available, Upgrade to Extra Legroom seat within 48 hours prior to departure when available.
- All cards (besides Performance Business) get 25% back on in-flight purchases.
- In 2026, Southwest credit cardholders receive a 10,000-point boost toward Companion Pass qualification.
- Starting January 1, 2027, all Southwest credit cards earn 1 Tier Qualifying Point (TQP) per $1 spent, regardless of bonus categories. TQPs count toward elite status and Companion Pass qualification.
- Starting in 2027, signup bonuses, referral bonuses, anniversary bonuses, and bonus-category points will no longer count toward Companion Pass qualification.
- Starting in 2027: Earn 95,000 TQPs or take 75 qualifying flights for a three-flight Companion Pass. Or earn 140,000 TQPs or take 100 qualifying flights for an unlimited Companion Pass. (For 2027 only, the unlimited pass effectively requires 130,000 TQPs.)
- Chase 5/24 rule does apply to this card
- How Much Are Southwest Rapid Rewards Points Worth?
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Southwest Companion Pass
Our Verdict
We already posted about the Plus offer, and now the Premier and Priority increased offers have come back as well. These are all good offers and they are the same offers as what we saw earlier this year. There’s also an increased 80k offer on the Southwest Business card as well.
I’d probably wait a bit to see if referral links get these increased offers as well. That way you can help a friend get some bonus points along the way.
December 2, 2026 is the last day to get approved for a Southwest card and have the signup bonus points count toward Companion Pass. Even if you don’t complete the spend until January 2027, the points will still be backdated and count to get you a Companion Pass through 2027.
Someone who signs up for the Priority card will have at least 93,000 points after getting the signup bonus. You’ll still have to supplement that to reach the Companion Pass; counting the 10k boost, you’ll need 32k points to get Companion Pass.(Note: those supplemental points will have to post before the end of 2026.)
We’ll add this to our list of Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses. Before applying, check out these 26 Things Everybody Should Know About Chase Credit Cards.
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