Update 12/3/23: Reposting as this offer is slated to expire soon
Update 11/1/23: Referrals are now showing the 75k offer. The end date via referral is showing as 12/3/23, a bit earlier than the public expiration on 12/11/23 (ht Greg) DO NOT SHARE REFERRALS IN THE COMMENTS
The Offer
Chase is offering the following bonus on the Southwest Plus, Premier, and Priority cards:
- Earn 75,000 points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
This signup offer is slated to end on 12/11/2023.
Card Details
- Annual fees are not waived the first year
- Card earns the following rates:
- 2x points (3x for Premier and 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
- Get 25% back on in-flight purchases
- The Plus and Premier get 2 earlybird check-ins per year
- 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.
- 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
Our Verdict
We’ve seen various signup offers on the card, including this same offer in Q4 2022. I’m hopeful we’ll see this offer come to referral links in the coming weeks (as was the case last year with the referrals coming soon after the public offer launched) which would give the referrer a 20,000 points bonus. In any case, we have until December 11th so it could be worth waiting a bit in order to help out a friend when applying.
The timing for applying now is excellent for the purpose of acquiring the Southwest Companion Pass. You can time yourself not to meet the bonus spend until after January 1st, 2024, and then complete the spend requirement. That’ll ensure you get the Companion Pass for nearly two full years. You can one of the personal cards with 75,000 and get a business card with 80,000 points bonus which would get you to the Companion Pass threshold.
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.