As I wrote last week, it is possible to save anywhere from 8 – 13% on Southwest tickets using gift cards. Well, that deal is over but the new deal is better by 2%! Here are the details for deals on Southwest tickets.
Use This Deal to Save at Least 10% on Southwest Tickets
Link: Southwest Gift Cards for 10% Off
PayPal Digital Gifts is having a sale on Southwest gift cards (something they do every few weeks or so). This sale is on $100 gift cards and is for $10 off. If you want to make it simple, just head over there now and buy some for an easy 10% off your Southwest tickets.
These gift cards are electronic and you will receive them from PayPal Digital Gifts anywhere from a couple of hours up to 24 hours from the time of purchase.
Save an EXTRA 5%
But, if you want to save even more, you can do that if you use the right credit card when you buy your gift card. By “right” credit card, if you use a Chase Ink card (their small business cards), purchases from PayPal Digital Gifts code as one of their bonus categories which means you get 5 points per dollar spent!
If you have a Chase Ink Plus or Ink Business Preferred, you will get those points as Ultimate Reward points. Those can be worth a minimum of 1.5 cents when transferred to Southwest or even more when used with other travel partners. So, while your base earning is equivalent to 5% savings on the gift card, your redemption could give you a lot more in value!
If you have the Chase Ink Cash, it will give you 5% cash back but you can convert that into Ultimate Reward points and get the same value as above if you have an Ultimate Rewards earning card. See this post for more details about that.
Read For More Details: Saving More on Southwest Tickets
Takeaway
Southwest sales bring regular airfare prices down a bit already but when you can combine it with gift cards that will give you another 10% discount (plus 5% more with the credit card), that is getting towards some great savings! If you have upcoming Southwest travel in mind, consider buying these gift cards now for use during this sale!
Here is another way to save 14% on southwest:
Buy $250 Southwest gift card at Kroger and earn 1k fuel points when 4X fuel points promotion is going on.
Buy 35 gallons of gas with the earned 1k fuel points and save $35.
That’s a 14% rebate on the gift card.
Sadly, no Krogers near me :(. But, I do love the thinking of that!