The BEST Southwest Companion Pass Strategy (2025)

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Hey guys, in this video, I'll explain the fastest way to earn the Southwest Companion Pass for the next 2 years. The Southwest Companion Pass is one if not the best deals in all of air travel today. And within the next few weeks, I’ll be going for it for the first time personally, so I figured I’d share my strategy with y’all so we can reap the benefits of it together. If you haven’t heard of it before, the Companion Pass basically lets you buy one get one free for every Southwest flight, you just have to pay the taxes and fees. And the crazy thing is you can buy the one ticket with points, so by having the Companion Pass, the value you’ll get for all your Southwest bookings is double what it is without it. So for a frequent Southwest traveler like me, this is a game-changer.

As you’d expect, it’s very hard to get this Companion Pass the normal way, but if you implement the strategy we’ll break down today, you can easily lock it in for 2 full years, and matter of fact, you can have it in perpetuity if you really want to by cycling this strategy every couple of years. How will we do so you may ask? Credit card welcome bonuses... my favorite thing about the credit card game. If you've been wondering how to get the Southwest Companion Pass for 2 full years this video is for you!

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📚 Chapters:
00:00 The Gameplan
01:50 Companion Pass Requirements
03:28 How To Track Welcome Offer Spending Requirements
04:59 Southwest Credit Cards & Application Rules
07:32 Which Cards Are Best For The Strategy?
12:12 What Sequence Should You Get These Cards?

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[tdd]

A tip that has helped my wife and I we have 3 kids and both have companion pass is if you change your payment date to 26th of month the statement closing date will be 1st of the month. We do this in Dec just to make sure the sw points won’t post in the wrong year. Also we tend to close the sw cards after the year and leave 1 open between us for referral points we are > 5 years with double companion pass.

[ChaseYokoyama]

Personally I have not flown Southwest too many times, but I know my uncle and aunty take FULL advantage of the companion pass benefit every year.

[tymurray]

I earned companion pass with just the personal card with an elevated SUB. Book a few flights and pay with the card for extra points, plus the miles you earn once you fly. Also, I booked a couple of hotels on SW Hotels with bonus points offered. My point is, it’s not hard to do this with just a single card. Great video.

[craigpalm]

I wound up finishing the spending requirement for one of the cards before EOY.

[amtrak]

Recently started watching and subscribed to your channel - love the content!

What program did you use to create your website?

[nickverburg]

Have you ever done a dedicated review of united cards? I think that would be cool. Great vid!

[saragreer]

I’m curious what you think of the current personal card extended offers since like me you were going to apply for the personal card mid December.

[williamfeliciano]

Do you think your gonna get the chase high signup bonus ink cards ?

[happyron]

Girlfriend got this card in Feb 2024 and we've been 2 for 1 for this whole time. Since we are both past 5/24 we won't have it next year. Gonna miss it

[tbellen]

So, I did this in 2023. I got a business card and personal card. Qualified for the companion pass in feb 2023. It has now expired as i did not reach the 135000 in 2024. Can I re-qualify by getting 2 new cards....If so, do I need to cancel my current cards. I know if I have a partner it makes sense for them to do the same process...but I am asking specifically if I can re-qualify if I get 2 cards, and if so what do I need to ensure to get re-qualified (i.e. do I need to cancel cards, how long before I re-apply, etc)

[JessicaHolmes]

This is my next goal — I am ineligible due to 5/24, but my husband is currently at 3/24. We do have some big spend coming up, so I’m just debating between 2 biz cards or 1 personal & 1 biz.

I think cardholders can change who their companion is once per year, if I’m not mistaken.

[bombas]

If you get a personal card now, and the business card in 31 days, then hit the spend requirement for both after Jan 1st, the bonuses will count toward 2025? What about the spend that was done in November-December 2024? I’m assuming those wouldn’t count.

Also, isn’t Southwest going to revamp everything pretty soon? And why not wait for a companion pass elevated offer?

[MahoneyBadger]

So if I get the card after 1/1/25 do I miss out on the 10k points until 1/1/26? And you get 10k for having a card, not 10k per card correct?

[NathanielRay_official]

Can you make a video on what Nexus exactly is?

[gerardomartinez]

If you already have the Plus personal card, would the plan be to cancel it and then apply for the Priority personal to get the bonus? I got the plus 2+ years ago.

[foto]

two companion pass questions I didn't hear answered in the video...how many times can you use the companion pass in a year? do you have to name who is on the companion pass and keep it as that person? Or can you use it with different friends throughout the year?

[surferc]

Wouldn’t earning UR/MR’s be more valuable in this case especially if you are going to take a 5/24 slot with the strategy? Realistically how many flights would you say you need to take to make a CP worth it?

[daniel.sparks]

Hey I love your thumbnails and I’m looking for someone to do mine. Could you put me in touch with your guy?

[Jason_Esq]

So if earned the CP in Feb 2024 with a SW personal card offer (till 2/28/25), can I earn another CP in 2025 with 2 business cards in 2025? I was just approved for SW performance on 11/2/24 and I was planning on applying for the SW premier business. I currently have 70k of the 135k CP point requirement. Is my strategy feasible?