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The Offer
- Chase is offering some California cardholders 15% bonus points, up to 15,000 bonus points for purchases made 5/1/18 until 11/30/18.
The Fine Print
- Register to earn up to 15,000 bonus points this year. Points that post to your Rapid Rewards® account between 5/1/18 and 11/30/18 under the category of “Credit Card” will be eligible for a 15% bonus up to 15,000 bonus points.
- For example, if you have 2,000 points from your Rapid Rewards Credit Card post to your RR Account each month during May through November, you’ll earn a total of 2,100 bonus points from Southwest. And those 2,100 points will count toward Companion Pass too! (i.e.2,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 = 14,000 * 15% =2,100 bonus points)
- Terms and Conditions * To be eligible for this offer, you must register between 4/19/18 and 11/30/18 11:59 p.m. ET.
- Points that are earned from your Rapid Rewards Credit Card during the promotional period but are not posted to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account during the promotional period will not receive the 15% bonus points.
- The 15% bonus points will count towards Companion Pass qualification, but will not count toward A-List or A-List Preferred qualification.
- Please allow up to 4 weeks after the end of the promotional period for the 15% bonus points to post to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account.
- Maximum bonus point accumulation during the promotional period is 15,000 bonus points per Rapid Rewards account. – Bonus points earned from Chase on a new credit card promotion will not be eligible for the 15% bonus.
- Points transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards to Southwest Rapid Rewards will not be eligible for the 15% bonus.
- Rapid Rewards(R) Credit Card account must remain open through the entire promotional period 5/1/2018-11/30/2018 to be eligible for 15% bonus.
Our Verdict
Bonus really isn’t that exciting, card normally earns 2x points on Southwest purchases and 1x on all other purchases. That becomes 2.3x and 1.15, still not worth remotely considering using for every day use. For example the Chase Freedom Unlimited is offering 3x points on all purchases currently for the first year. In my opinion promotions like this are almost designed to be confusing for the cardholder, but at least Chase clearly describes how the bonus actually works in the fine print.
Hat tip to formoey
