Crazy Southwest Companion Pass Promotion Ends Today
The Southwest Companion Pass is one of the best deals in travel. You get a pass which allows your companion to travel for free with you on both cash and points bookings. You just need to pay their taxes. It normally requires you to earn 125,000 Rapid Rewards points, but now you can get it after taking just one flights thanks to a generous promotion from Southwest.
Offer has been extended, ends today!
The Offer
Wanna bring a friend for free every time you fly? Here’s how:
- Register and purchase a flight by 9/25
- Travel by 11/15
- Companion flies free with you 1/6-2/28/2021
You need to register for this incredible offer to enjoy the privileges of Promotional Companion Pass. The offer was emailed out to Southwest customers but it is also publicly available here on the Southwest website.
Key Terms
- To register for this promotion, you will need to provide your Southwest Rapid Rewards® account number at the time of registration.
- Registration must be completed prior to booking and commencement of travel.
- A qualifying flight is a one-way revenue flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city, including any intermediate stops and/or connections or a round trip revenue flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city and back to the originating airport or carrier-recognized co-terminal.
- The Promotional Companion Pass is valid from January 6 to February 28, 2021 and allows you to designate one person to fly with you, free of airline charges (does not include taxes and fees from $5.60 one-way) on flights purchased by you from January 6 to February 28, 2021, booked through Southwest, and completed between January 6 to February 28, 2021.
Southwest Companion Pass
The Southwest Companion Pass is gained when you earn 125,000 Rapid Rewards points in your account during a calendar year. Once earned, you get a pass which allows your companion to travel for free with you on both cash and points bookings. You just pay their taxes.
It is usually a good idea to earn the Southwest Companion Pass early in the year since it ca be used the rest of the calendar in which you qualify and the entire next year. So passes earned this year, are good through the end of 2020 and 2021. You can read more about the Companion Pass here.
With this promotion you only get the Southwest Companion Pass for 53 days and the dates are fixed, between 1/6-2/28/2021. So it really doesn’t matter when you earn it. You just need to register, purchase a flight by 9/24, and travel by 11/15.
Conclusion
This is a very generous promotion from Southwest and one that can definitely get some people traveling. You just need to book and take one flight this year and you will have the Southwest Companion Pass for almost two months in early 2021. If you plan your travel correctly and squeeze as many Southwest flights as possible within that time period, it can be a very lucrative promotion.
Let us know if you plan to take advantage of this promotion!
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What a scam. I just got my email that the Companion pass was awarded, and I can’t BOOK my companion till 1/6!!!!!! Who knows how many seats will be available by then. What if I wanted to travel with my husband ON the 6th? Really think Southwest dropped the ball here.
That does stink. As long as there is one seat available (even if business price or super expensive etc.) you will get it with the companion pass. I doubt it will be an issue to be honest…flights are not selling out and especially after the holidays it won’t be that busy.
I signed up for this and used travel funds to book my flight. Hope that counts as a revenue flight.
It should
Incredible offer, crazy offer. Really? In the middle of pandemic offering less than 60 days of companion ticket during the slowest travel period of the year even during good times is considered as incredible offer?
Crazy does not mean incredible
Given that SOUTHWEST offered this companion pass for only a few days, I (and obviously many others) had to pass. As such NOT a great promotion.
Not great for everyone but if you were flying already you might as well sign up.