[Expired] Get 750 Free Southwest Rapid Rewards Points

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Southwest is offering 750 Southwest Rapid Rewards points for a few simple tasks, this offer is only for people without a Rapid Rewards account. If you already have one, you can still earn 500 bonus points, here is how new account’s can earn the points:

• 250 Points when you enroll for Rapid Rewards
• 250 Points when you sign up for the Rapid Rewards e-mail summary
• 250 Points when sign up for the Rapid Rewards e-mail update

How Much Are These Points Worth?

• When redeeming for flights they are worth a fixed value of: $1 = 60 points this would make the 750 points worth $12.5
• On the 31st of March, 2014 this fixed value is changing so that $1 in flights costs 70 points. This’ll make the points worth $10.71
• You can also redeem Southwest Rapid Rewards for gift cards. The minimum amount of points you can redeem is 3,000 for a $25 gift card which would make these points worth $6.25. If you have 5,000 points you can redeem them for $50 in gift cards making these points worth $7.5

The Fine Print

• New account holders only
• You must stay subscribed for a minimum of three months, points from the newsletters will post after this three month period (+500)
• Points from account enrollment show immediately (+250)
• Points will expire after 24 months, unless you have flight or partner earning activity within those 24 months
• This bonus is available to everybody, regardless of your country of residence.

What Can You Do With 750 Southwest Points?

750 southwest points isn’t enough to redeem for anything in the online shop. To transfer points to a friend or family member you need a minimum of 1,000 points and you also must pay 1¢ per point. Unfortunately this means that 750 Southwest points aren’t worth anything by themselves.

Our Verdict

Signing up takes less than a minute and doesn’t cost anything, even if you don’t plan on using Southwest in the near future you might as well sign up anyway. The points won’t expire for 24 months and another offer in the future may pop up which will make it easier to redeem these points.

Screenshot of the offer | Click here to apply for a Rapid Rewards account (new account holders 750 point bonus) | Click here to sign up to the two newsletters (existing account holders 500 point bonus)

Earn More Points

You can earn more points by flying with Southwest (6-12 points per dollar depending on the fare type). You can also earn more points with one of the following credit cards:

• Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Premier Card (50,000 bonus sign up points when you spend $2,000 within three months)
• Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Plus Card  (50,000 bonus sign up points when you spend $2,000 within three months)
• Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Card  (50,000 bonus sign up points when you spend $2,000 within three months)
• Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Plus Business Card  (50,000 bonus sign up points when you spend $2,000 within three months)
• Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (40,000 bonus chase UR points when you spend $3,000 within three months  [learn how to get this reduced to a $2,000 spend]. These can be transferred to Southwest at 1:1)

• Chase Ink Plus® Business Credit Card (50,000 bonus chase UR points when you spend $5,000 or more within the first three months. These can be transferred to Southwest at 1:1)

• Chase Ink Bold® Business Charge Card (50,000 bonus chase UR points when you spend 5,000 or more within the first three months. These can be transferred to Southwest at 1:1)

• Chase Sapphire® (10,000 bonus chase UR points when you spend $500 within three months. These can be transferred to Southwest at 1:1 ratio)*
• Chase Freedom (10,000 bonus chase UR points when you spend $500 within three months. These can be transferred to Southwest at a 1:1 ratio)*

*Both the Chase Sapphire and Chase Freedom will require you to have one of: Ink Bold, Ink Plus or Chase Sapphire Preferred open to be able to transfer to Southwest. 

You can also earn more points through their partnerships with the following companies: Hotels 600 points per night (Best Western, Carlson Rezidor Hotels, Choice Hotels International, La Quinta, Marriott, MGM Resorts International®, Starwood, The Venetian and The Palazzo, Wyndham Rewards®), Car rental 600 points per rental (Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, National Car Rental, Thrifty). Click here to view all of Southwests partners.

Southwest Rapid Rewards Promotional Code

At the end of your enrollment form, you’ll see a section that says “Do you have a Rapid Rewards enrollment promotion code? If so, enter it here.” That’s because you used to need a promotional code to receive the 750 bonus. This is no longer the case, you can leave this section blank – we tried to search for existing promo codes but none of them are currently valid.

Screenshot of the offer | Click here to apply for a Rapid Rewards account (new account holders 750 point bonus) | Click here to sign up to the two newsletters (existing account holders 500 point bonus)