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What???? Chase Southwest Card

skoop — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:46:10 GMT

Yesterday evening I was booking a flight on Southwest and an offer popped up for their credit card. i thought, well, why not?? I applied and got a response of, we will notify you in 7-10 days. So, that kind of scared me, especially since I just got a Freedom Card from Chase, in the last month. I thought, ok, they aren't gonig to approve me.

So, I call this morning, and yes, I am approved. She said it was instant approval, but I wasn't told that, yes, I am confused. And even more when she told me that I have 100,000 points and $100.00 of first statement. What??? I thought it was for 25,000 points. So now, I am really confused. What card did I get? And how in the world did it go from 25,000 points to 100,000 point. I asked her three times, "is this the Chase Southwest Card", and three times she told me yes.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? I would appreciate any input, as I am shocked, in a good way, but still shocked. I am having all I can do from doing a happy dnce, lol. Is this for real, or will the bubble be burst at some point? And darn, I wish I had asked her what CRA they used. Anybody know? Thanks, ya'll.

Re: What???? Chase Southwest Card

marty56 — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:06:52 GMT

I live in Texas and back in 2010 they pulled TU for me for this card.

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Repo-ed — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:43:53 GMT

I always keep an eye out for SWA Visa info.

I've never heard of a 100k offer, as that would be several "wanna get away" trips.

Not to say that it is an impossibility, I would just like to learn more about it. So when you get the 411, please share.

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skoop — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:03:20 GMT

Yes, I agree. Very shocked!!! I will definitely let you know. I won't wait for mail either. I will be calling them back later today when I have more time, but hmnn...maybe I should wait and see what it says. Don't want to jink anything if it is really that much, ya know???

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skoop — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:03:50 GMT

Thanks, good info. Appreciate it.

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Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:10:00 GMT

I applied and was approved for the SWA RR Premier Visa on 5/14/12. They pulled EXP.

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Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:19:29 GMT

@skoop wrote:

Yesterday evening I was booking a flight on Southwest and an offer popped up for their credit card. i thought, well, why not?? I applied and got a response of, we will notify you in 7-10 days. So, that kind of scared me, especially since I just got a Freedom Card from Chase, in the last month. I thought, ok, they aren't going to approve me.

So, I call this morning, and yes, I am approved. She said it was instant approval, but I wasn't told that, yes, I am confused. And even more when she told me that I have 100,000 points and $100.00 of first statement. What??? I thought it was for 25,000 points. So now, I am really confused. What card did I get? And how in the world did it go from 25,000 points to 100,000 point. I asked her three times, "is this the Chase Southwest Card", and three times she told me yes.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? I would appreciate any input, as I am shocked, in a good way, but still shocked. I am having all I can do from doing a happy dnce, lol. Is this for real, or will the bubble be burst at some point? And darn, I wish I had asked her what CRA they used. Anybody know? Thanks, ya'll.

This card has actually been giving me trouble!! Like you I was booking a flight and saw the 50,000 point offer so I app'd and was instantly approved and I thought "great 2 free RT flights!!!". I get my card about a week later and about an hour after activating it I got an email saying something along the lines of " Get started on your vacation today with you 10,000 free points" I also noticed I had a $100 statement credit. I was upset because 10k points and a 100 statement credit is worse than 50k points which for a 'wanna get away fare' equates to about $850. I immediately called and spoke with a CS rep who was nice and explained that in lieu of the other 40,000 points they gave me the $100 credit but that with my permission she could reverse the credit and give me the 40,000 points. I said of course because that is the way better deal and I hung up. After a day I didn't see the $100 dollar credit reversed so I called again, another CS rep told me the same thing about with my permission shell reverse the $100 statement credit and give me 40,000 which I said yes of course and I even explained I had the same conversation the other day so then I asked if she could send me something in writing about what we had done. She did and the other day I received a letter on Chase letterhead detailing how I asked for a reversal of the statement credit for 40,000 rapid reward points. No points have hit my southwest account because it takes a statement or 2 for them to carry over but there better be 50,000 when they do hahaha

Re: What???? Chase Southwest Card

skoop — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:57:34 GMT

Well, that is bizarre, and gives me little faith that what I was told about the 100,000 points is accurate. I didn't have time to call yesterday but I will be calling later this am. I really don't have much faith that I will get 100,000 points. We'll see.

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marty56 — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:13:45 GMT

IMHO the CSR you spoke with needs new glasses to read from his/her card.

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Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:28:54 GMT

I haven't had any problems with the SW Visa. I put one purchase of $19.43 on 5/7 the statement cut with a billing period of 5/1-5/22. On the first page it states 50,000 points plus 20 (for the purchase thought it was interesting points round up). It said total of 50,020 points sent to Southwest. They haven't appeared in my RR account but it sounds ilke chase sent them

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Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:13:28 GMT

Subscribed for more info. I have no intentions of applying for this credit card, but for 100k points I will.

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skoop — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:44:20 GMT

Well, mystery solved, unfortunately. I called and got someone with a brain!

The offer was 10,000 points, not 100,000 points. That was not what I wanted to hear, but figured it was something like that. I did tell them that the app I applied for was more than that, and he said he would attempt to get it increased to 25,000. Yea, you better, otherwise, 15.24 % and a $69 dollor annual fee, makes this card not look so great.

Anybody out there know of a travel card with better terms? But, I am not sure I need to app for anything else at this point. Should I decline this card, or is it too late? How would that effect my score? Thanks, all for the help with this.

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Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:50:09 GMT

@skoop wrote:
Well, mystery solved, unfortunately. I called and got someone with a brain!

The offer was 10,000 points, not 100,000 points. That was not what I wanted to hear, but figured it was something like that. I did tell them that the app I applied for was more than that, and he said he would attempt to get it increased to 25,000. Yea, you better, otherwise, 15.24 % and a $69 dollor annual fee, makes this card not look so great.

Anybody out there know of a travel card with better terms? But, I am not sure I need to app for anything else at this point. Should I decline this card, or is it too late? How would that effect my score? Thanks, all for the help with this.

Ahh, sorry to hear that. As fas as a travel card with better terms, perhaps CSP? With their points transfer program, it's equivalent to a Southwest card with a 40k points sign-up bonus. $95 AF, waived first year.

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Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:33:29 GMT

whoa WHOA WHOA...dont you dare settle for 25k points, the offer on their website clearly said 50k points PERIOD. Like I said in my previous posts they tried to give me the 10k pts and the $100 credit and it took 2 phone calls and demanding something in writing before they agreed to give me the full 50k RR points....get yours!!!!!

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Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:39:05 GMT

It looks like the original 50k offer has expired and they are offering just 25k. Usually about twice a year they will offer 50k again. I would take a screenshot of the 25k bonus page http://www.mychasecreditcards.com/southwest/microsite and send it to secure message saying this is what you signed up for. They'll adjust it. Also, they give you 3k points every year which equates to $50 in anytime flights so if fly SW you could say the AF is <20 bucks.

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skoop — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:45:08 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
whoa WHOA WHOA...dont you dare settle for 25k points, the offer on their website clearly said 50k points PERIOD. Like I said in my previous posts they tried to give me the 10k pts and the $100 credit and it took 2 phone calls and demanding something in writing before they agreed to give me the full 50k RR points....get yours!!!!!

But my concern is, i am not sure what the offer was. I should have read more closely but I do think it was 25,000. Gees, now I don't know what to do. I didn't get an email or anything with my offer clearly stated. I think that it does say currently on their web site that it is 25,000 but I will research it further, and thanks for your help. I'll be back!

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skoop — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:48:21 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
It looks like the original 50k offer has expired and they are offering just 25k. Usually about twice a year they will offer 50k again. I would take a screenshot of the 25k bonus page http://www.mychasecreditcards.com/southwest/microsite and send it to secure message saying this is what you signed up for. They'll adjust it. Also, they give you 3k points every year which equates to $50 in anytime flights so if fly SW you could say the AF is <20 bucks.
I do I should have read all the posts and I would have saved myself some typing, lol. I did think it was 25,000. And that is what I had better get, ya know! I will do the screenshot as you say, and then try to figure out how to send a secure message, lol. Thanks once again to all the great folks on here.

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skoop — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:48:46 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
It looks like the original 50k offer has expired and they are offering just 25k. Usually about twice a year they will offer 50k again. I would take a screenshot of the 25k bonus page http://www.mychasecreditcards.com/southwest/microsite and send it to secure message saying this is what you signed up for. They'll adjust it. Also, they give you 3k points every year which equates to $50 in anytime flights so if fly SW you could say the AF is <20 bucks.

So, can you tell me how to send a secure message that you are speaking of? I did the screenshot and now would like to send it on it's way.

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Repo-ed — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:49:02 GMT

I wouldn't app for the 25k offer either.

I'm hoping by the time I'm in a position to app for their card, their next 50k offer will be available.

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:37:01 GMT

@Repo-ed wrote:
I wouldn't app for the 25k offer either.

I'm hoping by the time I'm in a position to app for their card, their next 50k offer will be available.

Just as a side note, you can always find affiliate links for the 50k offer by searching google even if it's not offered on the direct application page. The aff links are legit so long as the official page that you clickthrough to says 50k. That's how I got my points

(Unfortunately I wasn't smart enough to google deals for my Discover when I signed up, so I didn't get any bonus there lol - the SW bonus makes up for it though!)