This is a question Lyn gets ALL the time. In fact, if she had a dollar for every time she’s asked this one, she’d be a rich lady ????.
And this is an easily-confused issue, as card_name points DO transfer to Southwest at a 1:1 ratio.
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THE QUESTION
Here’s the question we are asked so much…
Question: Do points from card_name qualify for the Southwest Companion Pass?
THE ANSWER
NO, no, a thousand times no ????.
We want you to understand this one and NEVER forget, because it messes a lot of people up when they go to earn their Southwest Companion Pass, which lets one person fly FREE with you for a year!
While you CAN transfer card_name points to flights, they DO NOT qualify for the Southwest Companion Pass.
In fact, NO transferred points qualify for the Southwest Companion Pass…
Not Diner’s Club, not Marriott Rewards, not even points transferred from another person’s Southwest account.
So, if you’re looking to earn the 135,000 points needed to score a Southwest Companion Pass, DON’T count on Chase Ultimate Rewards® points.
How CAN I Use Chase Ultimate Rewards® Points?
The card_name, Lyn’s FAVORITE travel credit card, is a GREAT card to have if you fly Southwest frequently and want to maximize your Southwest Companion Pass. Its points, which are called Chase Ultimate Rewards® points, ALL transfer to Southwest INSTANTLY at 1:1 ratio.
[Read 4 Ways to Use Chase Sapphire Preferred Points for Southwest flights]
It allows you to bonus_miles after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months, which you can then use to book FREE flights on Southwest.
Plus, if you have the Southwest Companion Pass, each point is really worth DOUBLE, because you can bring someone free with you on EVERY flight and for every point you transfer to Southwest and then redeem.
[Read Lyn’s full review of Chase Sapphire Preferred]
We hope the answer is clear as mud ????. Don’t forget it!
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Lyn Mettler is a longtime travel writer for US News & World Report, USA Today 10Best and The TODAY Show who created Families Fly Free, a program that teaches families her simple system to use travel rewards to fly for free. She is one of the industry's foremost experts on collecting and using travel rewards with her expertise featured in major media outlets and on podcasts, television and radio.
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