Chase Southwest - INSANE signup bonus for CA residents

[K-in-Boston]

This could potentially be the biggest signup bonus I have ever seen on a credit card if one flies Southwest regularly!

California residents only. (And don't forget that all Southwest cards are subject to 5/24.)

https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/southwest/PlusCali

[A1Credit]

Now that's a bonus!  Too bad I'm not a CA resident.  

[Anonymous]

Ugh it means Californians moving into my states with one way tickets will mean they get to pay half price for the flight, plus 2 carry-ons, 2 personal items, and 4 checked bags free, too???

Kidding!

[Loquat]

If only I were a resident of CA...

[DUISlayer]

Yeah, that offer would certainly ease the pain of having to live in CA... but not by much.

[bourgogne]

wow, I am in 90212, I will just fire up the app online, um did you say 5/24?  lol ha-ha - I wish I had a recording the last time I tried to recon a branch pre-approval for an CIC, suffice it to say I am in a lush garden looking exile for a very long time..

[Anonymous]

Yes this is awesome.  My fiance and I have cycled so that we could take advantage of the companion pass for 2 years (i.e. we aim to get it in Jan, then the other person gets it in 2 yrs, etc).  That's the only downside of this, is that it will only be good through next year.  Still, awesome deal and we might jump on this instead of waiting til Jan.  I guess living in Cali has paid off this time haha.

[Adkins]

I caught this information from one of my favorite YouTubers this morning. Consensus seems to be they are pushing CA sign-ups because Southwest is going to start flights to Hawaii in 2018.

[K-in-Boston]

Sort of on-topic... does the Companion Pass cover travel on RR redemptions?  Like if person A had 40k RR points and added person B, then redeemed say 4 flights at 10k RR points... would person B be eligible to fly free on all 4 of those reward flights?  With 5k flights often available from BOS-MCO, that's enough for a Bostonian and a friend to spend every weekend during the snowy season in Orlando.  Oh yeah, that's why it's only for Californians!

[K-in-Boston]

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@Adkins wrote:
I caught this information from one of my favorite YouTubers this morning. Consensus seems to be they are pushing CA sign-ups because Southwest is going to start flights to Hawaii in 2018.

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That could be a very good reason to push it!  I was going to say that I JUST mentioned the Hawaii thing (although I heard 2019 since they still need FAA approval), but then realized I'm having two different Southwest conversations on the forum.  LOL