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SW account must be in same name as primary cardholder, what you have suggested will not work unfortunately. The only way to get the companion pass from signup bonuses is some combo of SW plus, SW premier and SW business cards in the same primary cardholder name
Total CL: $321.7k | UTL: 2% | AAoA: 7.0yrs | Baddies: 0 | Other: Lease, Loan, *No Mortgage, All Inq's from Jun '20 Car Shopping |
OP,
I was in the same position last year as you are now, i applied for the card in september and 3 months later my offer expired, i said, i need to take this companion pass, my city is a SW hub so i started reading and i found ways to get it without have to spend 110K, no way i can spend that so, things you can do:
If you have a Amex PRG you can transfer your MR to SW (you can find how on google)
If you have or use Choises Hotel you can transfer points (you also can buy points from them and transfer them to SW)
i started my companion pass in January 2016 and today i only need 6.6k to get it, beside put a lot of use on the card i had a lot of points that helped me, i also bought points., a lot of points lol.
Hope this help
So does this mean I could maybe apply for Marriot card that offers 80k points and transfer it from there to make up the difference?
@Anonymous wrote:So does this mean I could maybe apply for Marriot card that offers 80k points and transfer it from there to make up the difference?
Transfering points are not the best option but yes you can, Why dont you instead apply for both SW cards (Premier & Plus)??, you can get both and there are 100k points, you will only need 10k to get your companion pass.
I dont know if i can add a link here but you can do a search and you will find how to do it, getting both cards is the fast and best way to do it.
Hope this help.
@Anonymous wrote:So does this mean I could maybe apply for Marriot card that offers 80k points and transfer it from there to make up the difference?
It's not a 1:1 transfer rate. 80K Marriott will only get you 27K SW miles. Not a very good deal.
Seems like southwest plus only offers 25k points
the app asks for rapid rewards account number? should I start an account before applying for the two cards?