145. How To Earn the Southwest® Companion Pass for Free Flights

Points Talk®: Your Travel Dreams, Made Possible by Points

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered how you can fly someone for free on all your Southwest® flights for the next year or two? The Southwest® Companion Pass® is one of the most valuable perks in travel rewards, especially for families who travel frequently. It allows a companion to fly with you for just taxes and fees, giving you the chance to maximize your trips without extra cost. With recent changes to Southwest® credit cards and policies, knowing how to earn and use the pass effectively is key.

The Travel Mom Squad breaks down the essential strategies for earning the Southwest® Companion Pass® through credit card welcome offers. They explain the main paths to earning enough points to qualify, the timing strategies to avoid common mistakes, and how to coordinate personal and business cards to make the process simpler. The Squad also shares insights on using referral bonuses to get additional points and how to approach the pass if you're managing multiple cards or family members.

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0:00.0	How would you like to fly someone for nearly free with you on all of your Southwest flights for the next one to two years?
0:07.2	Keep listening as we share how that's possible with the Southwest Companion Pass.
0:11.5	Plus, we're diving into some recent Southwest changes.
0:14.6	Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad.
0:17.2	We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get
0:22.1	hundreds of thousands of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free. We've used credit card
0:27.1	points of miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan, and so much
0:33.5	more. And the best part? We each still have 800 plus credit scores. Imagine being able to take
0:39.5	the vacation of your dreams for nearly free. It's totally possible and we're here to show you how.
0:45.6	Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Pam, Alex's mom. And I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points. Today we are talking
0:53.7	all things Southwest Companion Pass.
0:56.2	The Southwest Companion Pass is one of the best deals and points in miles, especially if you
1:01.1	frequently travel with a family. When you earn the Southwest Companion Pass, you can fly someone
1:06.7	for free minus taxes and fees on all of your flights for the rest of the year you earn it and
1:13.0	the entire following year. Now, we know that Southwest has made a lot of changes this year so
1:18.8	far. I feel like the hits keep on coming. One thing that they have not touched, knock on wood,
1:24.2	is the Southwest companion pass. I also feel like this, we're talking about it
1:28.2	earlier this year than we normally do. We normally wait until October, mid to late October to
1:33.4	start talking about it. But there are some really great elevated offers that we're going to
1:37.6	talk about a little later on the episode that can really make this doable and easy, even with
1:42.2	just one sign up offer. So Alex is going to kick it off
1:46.6	with how to even earn the companion paths to begin with. Yeah. So there's two ways you can earn the
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