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 7/1/26 via public link and 7/6/26 via referral link.
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.
- Get 25% back on in-flight purchases
- The Plus and Premier get 2 earlybird check-ins per year
- Premier card gets 15% Flight Discount each year on your cardmember anniversary (Excludes Basic fare); Plus card gets 10% Discount.
- Premier and Priority earn 1,500 tier qualifying points towards A-List status for every $10,000 spent, with no limit on the amount of TQPs you can earn
- 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, Earn 2,500 tier qualifying points towards A-List status for every $5,000 spent annually.
- All cards (besides Plus personal and Plus business) earn 1,500 tier qualifying points towards A-List status for every $10,000 spent, with no limit on the amount of TQPs you can earn.
- All cards (besides Performance Business) get 25% back on in-flight purchases.
- Southwest credit cardholders get 10,000 Companion Pass-qualifying miles which brings down their overall miles required to get the pass from 135,000 to 125,000
- 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
See the post: Chase Southwest Cards Increase Annual Fees & Change Benefits for a roundup of changes in benefits and fees on the new updated cards.
Our Verdict
We had once in 2025 these cards at 100k, and typically 85k is the most we’ve seen. And so these offers are nice offers, and the Plus/Premier cards have lowered spending thresholds. These offers are available via referral link as well which can spruce it up for someone in 2-player mode.
That said, the timing here isn’t necessarily optimal in terms of getting Companion Pass for as long as possible, but still something to consider.
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.
Hat tip to reader Nathan
