Southwest Companion Pass drops card bonuses (thepointsguy.com)
Southwest Airlines will stop counting credit card welcome bonuses, referral bonuses, anniversary points, and bonus spend points toward the Companion Pass starting January 1, 2027. Beginning in 2027, the pass becomes a benefit of the new top-tier Platinum status, requiring 140,000 Tier Qualifying Points or 100 qualifying one-way flights. Travelers earning a Companion Pass in 2026 keep benefits through the end of 2027, and a new Milestone Reward offers three Companion Pass trips at 95,000 TQPs or 75 qualifying flights.
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With card spend earning 1 TQP per dollar from 2027 and bonus points no longer counting, reaching Platinum's 140,000 TQPs on a card alone works out to about $140,000 of spend in a year, where a single welcome offer used to get you roughly halfway to the old 135,000-point bar. NerdWallet notes that welcome offers on cards approved on or before Dec. 2, 2026 still count toward a 2026 pass, which stays valid through the end of 2027: https://www.nerdwallet.com/travel/news/southwest-rapid-rewards-2027-changes