Put simply, it's not worth buying Southwest Rapid Rewards points in this promotion to
purchase an award outright.
Not exact matches
Another important influence is the means through which the object was obtained - was it a gift, reward, bribe,
award, token of affection or was it something that was just an
outright purchase just because or was it a challenge to be able to gain its ownership?
However, given you can
purchase 80,000 points, it does allow you to buy points to claim an
Award night
outright.
For me, personally, this deal would only be worth it if I needed to top up an account to
purchase a Business Class
award — I wouldn't be buying miles to buy an
award outright.
Of course,
purchasing miles when you know that
award space is available can still make sense in such situations as it's usually cheaper than buying a first or business class ticket
outright.