Update 10/16/19: Another round have been targeted.
Update 7/25/19: Another round are targeted. Valid until September 30th, 2019.
Update 10/26/18: A new round of people have been targeted. You can use this link to see if you are targeted. Deal is also now valid until December 31st, 2018. You can read our F.A.Q regarding this upgrade offer by clicking here. Hat tip to gwyrth
The Offer
- Upgrade your Southwest credit card to the new Southwest Priority credit card and get a 5,000 RR points bonus if you make a purchase by September 30th.
The Fine Print
- Valid until 09/30/18 11:59 p.m. ET.
- You will qualify for and receive your bonus if you make a Purchase with your new credit card during the promotional period.
- “Purchases” do not include 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, or fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
Our Verdict
5/24 does apply to the Southwest Priority card so if you aren’t planning on ever signing up for the card directly it could make sense to upgrade and get the 5,000 points bonus. If the Southwest card is a keeper for you, it’s probably worth doing this upgrade offer; it’s just an extra $80 on top of the $69 Plus annual fee and you get 4,500 points higher annual bonus + $75 annual travel credit. So the math certainly makes sense to upgrade even without this 5,000 points bonus offer.
If you are under 5/24, it’s likely smarter to wait until you are eligible again for a Southwest bonus (24 months from when you received the last bonus), and apply for it directly.
Not sure if this offer is targeted or it’ll work for anyone with a Chase Southwest Plus or Premier personal credit card, let us know if you try. Seems to be a targeted offer. If it is targeted, try calling in and see if they allow the product change. Seems it’s a targeted offer. A Chase rep suggested the offer may roll out to more people via email in the coming weeks.
See our full review on the new Soutwest Priority card here. Southwest is also going on a Priority Tour to 10 cities to promote the card, with prize giveaways as well.
Thanks to reader Mark for sharing
12/31/2019
Just upgraded using the link. The page still says by 9/30. I am going to make a purchase with card and expect the 5k points. The card makes sense to keep anyway for me.
So if I upgrade to this card from Premier to the Priority and then decide it is not worth having can I downgrade back to the Premier card?
I’m waiting for a 40,000 point upgrade offer.
I’ve called twice in the last 2 weeks and both times was told I was not targeted. Today I was also told that the offer was expired as of 10/31/18, so maybe someone that was targeted recently can share a picture confirming if there is another expiration date.
It sounds to me like the references to 12/31 expiration date are incorrectly referencing it based on the 12/31/18 purchase requirement in the offer and not the actual upgrade expiration window.
Per the fine print @ https://www.chase.com/chasegreatrewards/swa41:
“To be eligible for this bonus offer, you must upgrade by 12/31/18 11:59 p.m. ET. You will qualify for and receive your bonus if you make a Purchase with your new credit card during the promotional period. Purchases posted to your account with a transaction date during the offer period are eligible for this offer. “
I don’t know if anyone noticed this but it says if you make a purchase by 9/30 and yet this was published 10/26
I was not targeted during the offer that expired 9/30 but I called today and asked if I was eligible to upgrade my Premier to the Priority. I was and they said there’s a bonus offer of 5,000 points for making one purchase. They said this offer expires 12/31. Seems like there is another opportunity to upgrade for 5,000 points.
I just got an email invite for this upgrade, so it seems they’re doing another wave.
I was not targeted for this on either my Plus or Premier card. I tried both the link in the article, and calling Customer Service. I wonder if targeted people have used their cards more – mine have both been sockdrawered since meeting minimum spend.
I was able to call them today and upgrade to this card even though I was not targeted for this offer. I’ve had my Southwest Plus card for just over a year