Southwest Airlines has just introduced an incredibly generous promotion. With this, you can earn a promotional Companion Pass after booking a single roundtrip ticket, and that could be a great deal. This is in addition to the airline offering a fast track promotion to A-List status.
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Book a ticket, get a promotional Companion Pass
With a new promotion from Southwest Airlines, you can earn a promotional Companion Pass by booking a single roundtrip ticket (or two one-ways). Here are the details of how this works:
- You must register for the promotion, and then purchase one roundtrip or two one-way tickets by September 5, 2024 (yes, the ticket has to be booked after registering, so it’s a short booking window; however, you can always cancel an existing ticket and rebook with vouchers)
- Not only do revenue tickets qualify, but award tickets and Cash + Points tickets also qualify, which is significantly more generous than past promotions from the airline
- You must travel by November 20, 2024
- Then you can earn a promotional Companion Pass that’s valid for travel between January 6 and March 6, 2025; you’ll be able to change your companion up to three times during the promotion period
This is an extremely generous offer. We usually see an offer like this a few times per year, so it’s nice to see it return.
What is Southwest Companion Pass?
For those of you not familiar with Companion Pass, it’s one of the best deals in travel. Those with Companion Pass can have a companion fly with them for just the cost of taxes, regardless of whether paying cash or redeeming points. Essentially think of it as a two-for-one travel pass, which is otherwise pretty unheard of.
Ordinarily Southwest Companion Pass requires 100 flights or 135,000 qualifying points in a calendar year, so this promotion offers quite the shortcut (though also with a limited travel window).
Bottom line
Southwest Airlines has introduced a generous promotion that can earn you Companion Pass. Those who register and then book a roundtrip ticket by September for travel by November 20 can earn a promotional Companion Pass valid for several weeks early next year.
Obviously this promotion isn’t for everyone, but if you have any travel to potentially plan over the promotion period, then this offer is seriously worth considering. It’s awesome how often Southwest offers this promotion.
Do you plan on taking advantage of this Southwest Companion Pass promo?
When was your last review on Southwest I don't see this to be an airline you would frequent often.
How do we receive the pass? Do we have to wait until we complete the qualifying flight?
There may have been a revenue ticket requirement in the past, but in the fine print for this promotion it says "Reward travel and Cash + Points bookings qualify for this promotional offer."
You actually CAN qualify with a booking that uses points. Please correct the article.
This comes on the day that Elliott has announced they own enough LUV stock to force a special election to change the board structure of which they have been very critical.
Offering deep discounted fares via companions is indicated of low demand even in the fall which is typically lower less busy for leisure travel.
Southwest has to fix its revenue problem and customers can and should take advantage of these kinds of deep discounts...
This comes on the day that Elliott has announced they own enough LUV stock to force a special election to change the board structure of which they have been very critical.
Offering deep discounted fares via companions is indicated of low demand even in the fall which is typically lower less busy for leisure travel.
Southwest has to fix its revenue problem and customers can and should take advantage of these kinds of deep discounts - but they likely won't last esp. if Elliott manages to have greater influence in how LUV operates
Totally confused over what "qualifying" is (yes, cash is certain):
The main graphic says: "Now you can pay with cash, points, or Cash + Points.**"
then small print says "Not valid on flights purchased with Rapid Rewards points."
then in the T&C:
" A qualifying one-way flight for this promotion is a one-way revenue flight on Southwest Airlines...A qualifying round trip flight for this promotion is a round trip revenue flight on Southwest...
Totally confused over what "qualifying" is (yes, cash is certain):
The main graphic says: "Now you can pay with cash, points, or Cash + Points.**"
then small print says "Not valid on flights purchased with Rapid Rewards points."
then in the T&C:
" A qualifying one-way flight for this promotion is a one-way revenue flight on Southwest Airlines...A qualifying round trip flight for this promotion is a round trip revenue flight on Southwest Airlines..."
then 3 sentences later: "Reward travel and Cash + Points bookings qualify for this promotional offer. "
It is Southwest . Greyhound of the sky. No thanks .
it appears they changed the fine print in the T&C to remove the "revenue" requirement.
> A qualifying one-way flight for this promotion is a one-way flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city, including any intermediate stops and/or connections on Southwest Airlines. A qualifying round trip flight for this promotion is a round trip flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city and back to the...
it appears they changed the fine print in the T&C to remove the "revenue" requirement.
> A qualifying one-way flight for this promotion is a one-way flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city, including any intermediate stops and/or connections on Southwest Airlines. A qualifying round trip flight for this promotion is a round trip flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city and back to the originating airport or carrier-recognized co-terminal.