Southwest Visa 50,000 bonus points

[YT]

Dan did the math on the March 27th post when SW was offering the 50,000 non-targeted offer

http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/28880

"For a limited time you can get 50,000 points when you spend $2,000 within 3 months of getting the card.  They’re marketing this as 2 roundtrip flights but in fact it is enough for about $950 of free flying on Southwest, so you can stretch out those points for as many as 15 free flights with Southwest’s low prices."

"With Southwest’s Rapid Rewards “2.0″ program you can redeem points for any seat on any flight.  For the regular “wanna get away” fare it costs 60 points for each dollar of airfare.  In practical terms this means for example:
A one-way Cleveland-Baltimore flight on 03/12 is $68.90 with tax.
It can also be bought for 3,480 points plus $2.50 tax.
So 3,480 points gets you a value of $66.40 ($68.90 airfare less the $2.50 tax required on the points ticket)
So each point is worth 1.9 cents (66.40/3,480), valid for redemption on all flights.
The value per point will depend on your route, but points always seem to be worth more than 1.8 cents each."....

[YT]

Anyone know how often these non targeted offers come around?

[nocknock]

Could i still get somewhere a link 4 the 50k offer?

[jaywhy]

Anyone know how often these non targeted offers come around?

Seems to be every 3-4 months but you can get matched to it by SMing.

[elduderotomy]

Can someone else confirm that SMing for 50k has worked recently?

[listen2learn]

I passed the threshold on this deal on May/05/2013, Chase Customer Service said the points won't clear until the card passes 3 months. Can I use the points to make a flight?

[magnus]

I passed the threshold on this deal on May/05/2013, Chase Customer Service said the points won't clear until the card passes 3 months. Can I use the points to make a flight?

IME, the statement that closes after your account has reached the spending threshold will trigger the transfer of points within a day or two.  So you should see the points in your WN account whenever your next statement closes.   Once you have points in your WN account, you can use them.

[Saver2000]

IME, the statement that closes after your account has reached the spending threshold will trigger the transfer of points within a day or two.  So you should see the points in your WN account whenever your next statement closes.   Once you have points in your WN account, you can use them.

+1

@listen2learn
has you're statement closed since the 5th?

[listen2learn]

IME, the statement that closes after your account has reached the spending threshold will trigger the transfer of points within a day or two.  So you should see the points in your WN account whenever your next statement closes.   Once you have points in your WN account, you can use them.

Thank you.

+1

@listen2learn
has you're statement closed since the 5th?

Yeh my statement closed May 9th with the threshold cleared.

I need to fly to Detroit June 25 - 30, and so I wanted to make that ticket now.
In light of the new information should I make the ticket with SW June 10th or go a different route to get the best deal?

[sky121]

How often does this come around? Worth waiting for it?

[Marco Polo]

How often does this come around? Worth waiting for it?

I think it depends where you are flying from/to. Flying from NY area, a lot of destinations require stopovers which can be annoying.

[steeeveknowsbest]

How often does this come around? Worth waiting for it?

fairly often probably about three times a year for a couple of months so i'd wait it out. Also IMHO SW points are amazing and valuable assuming you are flying not selling.

[mickeyg]

Any idea on how long it takes for the points to post once the $2k is spent?

[Marco Polo]

Any idea on how long it takes for the points to post once the $2k is spent?

Don't have an exact time, but i remember it posted very quickly.

[mickeyg]

Did you need to wait for the end of the billing cycle for the points to post?

[Marco Polo]

Did you need to wait for the end of the billing cycle for the points to post?

I believe it posted once i met the spend.

[Red]

I believe it posted once i met the spend.

Really?? IME it always posted with the statement, the difference being how close to the statement date I met the spend whether or not it posted that statement or the next.

[Marco Polo]

Really?? IME it always posted with the statement, the difference being how close to the statement date I met the spend whether or not it posted that statement or the next.

I think my meeting the spend and statement date were about the same time. I know that after a month i had the points in my account.

[MEIR613]

Any idea on how long it takes for the points to post once the $2k is spent?

After the statement.

[mickeyg]

After the statement.

thanks!