You lose 10 % of your points vs transferring directly from Chase to Southwest, but you gain the fact that
the transferred points count towards your companion pass.
Not exact matches
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn
points: balance
transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
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Heads up: UR
points transfers do NOT
count towards the Southwest Companion Pass.
One thing that doesn't
count:
transferring points from a credit card program, such as Chase Ultimate Rewards, to Southwest Rapid Rewards.
Will the Chase Sapphire Preferred 40,000
points, once
transferred 1 - to - 1 for Southwest Rapid Rewards miles,
count toward the Southwest Companion Pass status?
Unfortunately,
transferring points from Chase Ultimate Rewards ® to Rapid Rewards would not
count.
The following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn
points: travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire
transfers or similar cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
(* Editor Note: Ultimate Rewards
points transferred to Southwest do not
count toward your companion fare qualification)
I've also experimented with whether the
transfers count towards the Companion Pass and how long it takes to
transfer points.
The
points will only kick in after your first purchase, balance
transfers, cash advances, and checks from the account don't
count to trigger the bonus.
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn
points: balance
transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
If you want to use the
points from the Sapphire Reserve to earn Companion Pass status, simply
transferring them to Southwest Rapid Rewards won't
count.
If those
transfer points don't
count, I personally would just sign up for some credit cards that would give you the
points that you need.
They missed one important
point in the
counts, the
transfers!
This means that
points transferred from other programs or accounts (e.g., Chase Ultimate Rewards) will not
count toward earning a Companion Pass.
It's also important to say that
transferring points from Chase Ultimate Rewards (or from anywhere else) will not
count toward earning the Companion Pass.
But SPG isn't a
transfer partner of anyone other than itself (unless you
count the terrible value of
transferring Membership Rewards
points at a 3 to 1 ratio).
Points (Ultimate Rewards / hotels)
transferred into Southwest do not
count towards the Companion Pass.
Hotel
points transferred into Southwest will
count towards the Companion Pass.
TIP: Chase Ultimate Rewards
points transferred out to Southwest WILL NOT
count towards the Companion Pass.
I recently had a reader ask if Marriott
points transferred to Southwest
count towards the Companion Pass.
And
points transferred from hotel loyalty programs no longer
count towards the Companion Pass.
If you
transferred any Marriott
points to Southwest between January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2017, those
points will
count toward earning a Companion Pass in the 2017 calendar year.
Any
transfers of
Points earned by a Qantas Business Rewards member to an individual Members» Qantas Frequent Flyer membership will not
count as activity for the purpose of preventing Qantas
Points from expiring.
In order to
transfer, your account must be at least 90 days old, and you must have had some kind of
points activity on your account (a
transfer from American Express
counts).
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count as a purchase and won't earn
points: balance
transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
Having
points in a program (or programs, to
count Marriott) that has 36 airline
transfer partners means that you have a real choice.
Unfortunately, balance
transfers won't accrue rewards
points nor will they
count toward the spending requirement for any signup bonuses.
However, you do miss out on the chance to earn Tier Qualifying
Points and points toward the Companion Pass (points transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards ® don't count toward the Companion
Points and
points toward the Companion Pass (points transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards ® don't count toward the Companion
points toward the Companion Pass (
points transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards ® don't count toward the Companion
points transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards ® don't
count toward the Companion Pass).
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn
points: balance
transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
In early January, Southwest Airlines, without any warning, quietly announced that it had closed a loophole that allowed
points transfers to
count toward its popular Companion Pass.
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn Avios
points: balance
transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
Until the end of the month, hotel
point transfers to Southwest
count toward the 110,000
points needed to earn the Southwest Companion Pass.
Major news on the Southwest Companion Pass front — effective today, January 1, 2017, Marriott and other hotel
point transfers to Southwest will no longer
count toward qualification for the Companion Pass.
However, as we reported yesterday here on TPG, Southwest has closed that loophole and starting January 1, 2017,
points transferred from hotel partners no longer
count for earning the companion pass.
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn Rewards
points: balance
transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire
transfers or similar cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will
count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't
count and won't earn
points: balance
transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire
transfers or similar cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
When you
transfer points into your airline loyalty program it
counts as «activity» so the countdown to expiration is reset once again.
Activities that do not
count towards maintaining an active status include: gifting or
transferring points (although converting
points to miles or miles to
points do qualify); receiving
points as a gift or
transfer; and earning
points through social media programs.
If you
transfer points from Ultimate Rewards directly to Southwest, those
points will not
count towards qualifying you for the Companion Pass.
It's also worth remembering that Choice
points transfer over to Southwest where they'll
count towards the Companion Pass target.
Any
points credited to Marriott Rewards, be they
transfers in,
points earned from credit card spend or even
points purchased from Marriott, all
count towards lifetime status.
One thing that doesn't
count:
transferring points from a credit card program, such as Chase Ultimate Rewards, to Southwest Rapid Rewards.
These can be especially attractive because you don't give up the chance to use your
points for free nights, but you still get some miles that
count toward a
transfer bonus.
Any
points transferred straight from your Ultimate Rewards account to your Rapids Rewards account will not
count towards a companion pass!
Ultimate Rewards
transferred directly from Chase to Southwest do not
count towards
points for the Companion Pass.
Before, there were two major ways to earn Companion Pass qualifying Rapid Rewards, which included funneling hotel
points from Hyatt or Marriott / Ritz - Carlton to Southwest, since
points transferred directly from Ultimate Reward accounts to Southwest do not
count toward the Companion Pass.
As stated, Southwest has always allowed
points transferred or converted from hotel loyalty programs to
count toward the Companion Pass.
According to The
Points Guy, effective January 1, 2017, hotel
point transfers / conversions will no longer
count for the Southwest Companion Pass.