The Offer
- Receive 5,000 Southwest points for your first booking with Rocketmiles (hotel booking website). In addition to any miles the booking would normally receive (1,000 point minimum)
The Fine Print
- Only available to those who haven’t booked with Rocketmiles before.
- Valid until February 22nd, 2015
- Reservation must be booked through www.rocketmiles.com/southwest-5k and you must use the code SWA5000
- Limit one per customer and one per stay
- Cannot be combined with any other offers
- Allow 4-6 weeks for the points to post
Our Verdict
I’d recommend reading my review of Rocketmiles before making any bookings and checking other online travel agencies to compare prices. This promotion can be a good deal, but it’s always important to check. I’m hesitant to earn any more Southwest miles with the decision to move away from a fixed value point redemption system, so I’m going to pass on this one. I also think I’d get better value out of booking with hotels.com (~17% cash back and rates usually cheaper).
Rocketmiles have offered this bonus before, but it did require you to be a Southwest credit card holder. It looks like this requirement has been eliminated. These miles should count towards the Southwest companion pass according to Too Nashty only the regular miles will count, the bonus miles will not count.
If you’re not interested in Southwest points, you can also earn a 3,000 mile bonus for any of the other reward currencies Rocketmiles offers. For existing customers there is also a 500 mile bonus for Fat Tuesday (valid until the 20th).
There are two other hotel booking websites that offer airline miles for hotel bookings: Kaligo & PointsHound. You can read my comparison of the three by clicking here.
Hat tip to Milenerd
