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15 Things I Love About the Southwest Performance Card

by Gary Leff

Sep 25 2020

Last year Chase launched a new premium Southwest Airlines business card. This was the card I wanted most in the fall and fortunately I was able to get approved for it. It puts earning a companion pass in reach and I’m loking forward to traveling with my wife and daughter again (my wife as my companion, daughter on points) — and the points from the card go a long way to a bunch of those tickets, especially when I then top off with Chase Ultimate Rewards points which’ll essentially become doubled in value.

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It’s A Mistake To Finish The Southwest Elite Status Challenge Too Quickly

by Gary Leff

Dec 05 2019

The Southwest Airlines elite status challenge, which gives you 3 months of status and an expedited path to keep it for a year, has several quirks. One is that the status lasts literally a year, not the full next year. Another is that once the year is up you can sign up for another challenge.

I discovered a third quirk and that’s that you may want to time just when you complete your challenge. Here’s why.

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Something I Realized About the New Southwest Airlines Business Visa

by Gary Leff

Nov 27 2019

I applied for the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card because I want to earn a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass, which will allow me to take my wife with me on Southwest flights for just the cost of security taxes. Our daughter is still just one year old and flies free as a lap infant, but with Southwest’s open seating as long as there’s even one open seat on the flight it’s going to wind up next to us since no one wants to sit in a middle seat next to a baby.

But it was seeing those inflight wifi credits post, more than one time per day, that really made me realize the card will pay for itself.

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