Southwest is celebrating 50 years of operations today, the first flight was June 18, 1971. Southwest has had sweepstakes, 50% off flights to celebrate, increased credit card bonuses & credit card spending bonuses to celebrate. Today employees are being rewarded with 50,000 Southwest points for free (56,000+ employees). Employees need to opt in to receive the points and they will be deposited into their accounts later this year.
Hat tip to OMaaT
I’ve never even flown Southwest, but I have enough outrage for everyone in the comments. ✈
Not to be cynical, but the chances of a future devaluation after all this approaches 100%
Is this tax free?
If not what value is southwest assigning for each point I wonder?
It is such a scam. AA 40 is doing a much better job. Shame on SW.
Southwest is trying to look good but they wasted my time with this stupid contest. I won nothing. P*ss off.
Came to the comments to see how many people read about free anything to anyone and still whine. Was not disappointed.
No one’s whining about giving stuff to their employees. We’re outraged because their sweepstakes was a scam and nobody got anything for wasting 2 min everyday for 14 days.
Did anyone win anything? Got ~9k miles with the AA promotion and nothing from this. Get nobody deserves to get free miles but 0 for 18 is kinda ridiculous.
Got 50 miles 2x and having to sign up every day was a massive pain
I won 50 miles twice but today was definitely rigged, got queued in due to high demand and got the email of not being a winner. This problem was on going for over half the day by the time I tried. Ridiculous promotion
Won absolutely nothing here. Stupidest game ever devised. Won at AA, haven’t seen a single mile post.
I did.
You were selected as a winner of: 1000 Rapid Rewards® bonus points!*
OTOH, I definitely didn’t get 9k from AA, but it doesn’t look like they’ve posted to my AA account, so I can’t tell you how many I got there.
FUCK YOUUUUUU Southwest for hurting the customers!!!!! Points devaluation incoming!!!!!
Stfu clown
It was a giveaway, would you whine if you didn’t win the lottery? Southwest is still and awesome airline in my book.
Sweepstakes was a joke. Makes me like SW less, maybe that is what they were going for? Giving 50 or 100 points more often wouldn’t have hurt them much and at least wouldn’t have felt like total waste. Great job SW! Lol
50 or 100 miles is worse than winning nothing. Definitely not worth the hassle. Happy I didn’t win any 50 or 100 mile prizes.
The luv they showed me was my screen saying sorry you’re not a winner…even before I tried the sweepstakes today.