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Southwest Credit Card Review

Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card
Card Category: Consumer
Card Type: Unsecured
Credit Needed: Excellent Credit
Card Rating:
Southwest Airlines is a major U.S. airline. The company provides different offers and benefits to their customers through Rapid Rewards program. One of the offers is a Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards card. The card is issued through Chase Bank, a partner of the program. The card allows loyal flyers to earn points when they fly or make purchases on the ground.

Southwest Credit Card Details

CARD DESCRIPTION:

  • Earn 75,000 points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.2
  • 2 points per $1 spent on Southwest ® and Rapid Rewards® Hotel and Car Rental Partner purchases.2
  • 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases.2
  • No blackout dates or seat restrictions when you redeem with points.2
  • Points don't expire as long as your card account is open.2

AVAILABLE REWARDS

Max. Rewards: 2 points per $1 spent on Southwest ® and Rapid Rewards® Hotel and Car Rental Partner purchases.2
Sign-up Bonus: Earn 75,000 points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.2

RATES & FEES

Purchase Intro APR: No intro APR2
Purchase Regular APR: 21.49% to 28.49%, based on your creditworthiness.2
Cash Advance Fee: 5% ($10 min)2
Cash Advance Regular APR: 26.49% Variable2
Balance Transfer Intro APR: See terms2
Balance Transfer Regular APR: 17.49% to 24.49%, based on your creditworthiness2
Balance Transfer Fee: 5%2
Annual Fee: $692

Southwest Credit Card Benefits

The best thing about this card is that you can pay ticket charges anytime by accessing your account from anywhere 24/7 services. With Southwest Airline credit card, you can earn point rewards and get an annual bonus after your cardmember anniversary. There is another bonus you can get when you receive the card - a sign-up bonus. This bonus varies and the current promo offer is 40,000 points after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first three months of opening your account. Another good thing about this card is that you are not charged foreign transaction fees for purchases made abroad. As for travel perks, frequent flyers will like the "bags fly free" feature that allows you to get your first and second checked bags for free.

Southwest Credit Card Drawbacks

There is no credit card without disadvantages. And one of the minuses that is common for co-branded airline credit cards is a high annual fee. The Southwest card comes with a $99 annual membership fee. Another drawback is that your earned points can actually expire. If you want to keep your points, you should make sure you fly with Southwest or make other activity that earns points every 24 months. The maximum amount of points you can earn per dollar spent is 2 pints. That is not a generous amount especially when you find out that these two points are given for Southwest purchases and for purchases with Rapid Rewards partners only.

Contact Information

TELEPHONE

Southwest Credit Card Customer Service:
1-800-792-0001 (inside the U.S.) or 1-302-594-8200 (outside the U.S.)

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