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Point Me To First Class

37. Unlimited Free Flights with the Southwest Companion Pass with Lyn Mettler (Part 2)

Point Me To First Class

Devon Gimbel MD

Finances, Education, How To, Travel, Credit, Expenses, Card, Cards, Society & Culture, Professionals, Tips, Personal, Places & Travel, Business, Points, Rewards

51K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Last week, Lyn shared how to earn your Southwest Companion Pass and how the pass works. We’re picking up right where we left off, discussing the specific points activities that do and don’t count toward qualifying for a Companion Pass, and Lyn is sharing a strategy you can use to make sure you qualify for a Companion Pass by early 2024.

Tune in this week to discover how to qualify for unlimited flights through the Southwest Companion Pass. Also, learn three common mistakes you need to avoid when working toward your own Companion Pass, so you don’t run into any surprises as you get your hands on your Southwest Companion Pass.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/southwest-companion-pass-lyn-mettler-2

Join the waitlist for Points Made Easy here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/pointsmadeeasy

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals, entrepreneurs,

0:06.2

and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average expenses to travel the world.

0:10.8

I'm your host, Stephen Kimballimble and I believe that your expenses are your

0:13.9

greatest untapped asset if you know how to leverage them. Ready to dive into the world

0:18.8

of credit card points and miles so you can travel more, travel better, and travel often.

0:23.0

Let's get started.

0:25.0

Welcome back to the podcast, everyone.

0:30.0

Today's episode is the second half of my conversation with Lynn Metler about how to earn a Southwest Companion Pass.

0:36.0

So if you haven't already listened to the prior episode, episode number 36,

0:40.0

you're going to want to pause this episode now and come back after you've listened to the first part of our conversation that was released last week.

0:48.0

In today's episode, we are going to pick up right where we left off, and Lynn's going to talk about what points earning

0:53.5

activities do and do not count towards earning the 135,000 Southwest

0:58.7

points necessary to qualify for a companion pass. Before we dive deeper into the details of how to use applying for new Southwest

1:06.8

Credit cards to earn your companion pass,

1:09.0

and what to avoid doing so that you don't accidentally mess up your chance to qualify for a companion pass early next year.

1:16.5

Enjoy everyone.

1:18.1

Can you spend a little bit of time and tell us what are some of the points earning activities that actually will

1:25.3

count towards earning companion pass and what are some of the things that actually will earn

1:29.2

you points but not the points you need towards that 135,000 limit.

1:33.5

Yes, so let's start with three that don't,

1:36.4

because this is another big mistake area, right?

1:39.8

And like Devon saying here,

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