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XXVP: Free flight on SWA for their Visa card

#1

In a message dated 8/9/2007 9:19:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
npf15251@yahoo.com writes:

But once the
16th credit is earned and the free ticket is issued then that ticket
expires in 12 months. So, if you get all 16 credits for signing up
then you will have 12 months to fly, not 24.

You are contradicting yourself. Why would you have a ticket issued until
you are ready to fly. You can actually extend the time to 36 months by waiting
to get the tissue issued at the end of the 24 months.

Karen

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent - Eleanor Roosevelt

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#2

Unless they have changed the way it works the minute you get the 16th
credit it converts into a ticket. You cannot hold 32 credits and get 2
tickets. My information might be wrong but thats how I remember it.

FWIW JetBlue does the same thing. Points are good for a year, when you
get to 100 points you get a free tix good for a year. What is
interesting with their credit card is that if you get it your POINTS
never expire. HOWEVER, when you do get to 100 points you get a free
R/T flight that is only good for one year from that moment. I'm
sitting @ 99 points at the moment :slight_smile:

-Dave

You are contradicting yourself. Why would you have a ticket issued

until

you are ready to fly. You can actually extend the time to 36

months by waiting

to get the tissue issued at the end of the 24 months.

Karen

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent - Eleanor

Roosevelt

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, krallison416@... wrote:

#3

You are correct. Twelve months to use once the ticket is issued
(automatically issued after 16th credit).

FWIW, if anyone earns a SWA ticket and isn't able to use it within the
twelve months you can call SWA and they'll extend that ticket for
another year if you're willing to pay a $50 fee.

Another option is to contact me directly and we can work out a mutually
beneficial exchange. :wink:

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mrdave2006" <dave.feuer@...> wrote:

Unless they have changed the way it works the minute you get the 16th
credit it converts into a ticket. You cannot hold 32 credits and get 2
tickets. My information might be wrong but thats how I remember it.

#4

Actually, if you look at:

http://www.usairways.com/awa/content/dividendmiles/earnmiles/creditcards.aspx

They have 2 cards one Visa, one MC through 2 different banks. If you have
good credit and get the top level of each card ($170 annual fee total) you
can get 50k miles. Good for 2 limited coach tix or 1 unlimited coach tix or
1 limited F/C tix. Which is not bad for $170 (+ 2 hits to your credit
report)

-Dave

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On 8/9/07, npf15251 <npf15251@yahoo.com> wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "hockeystl" <vegasstl@...> wrote:
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mrdave2006" <dave.feuer@> wrote:
> >
> > Unless they have changed the way it works the minute you get the
16th
> > credit it converts into a ticket. You cannot hold 32 credits and
get 2
> > tickets. My information might be wrong but thats how I remember
it.
>

The 16th credit automatically triggers a free ticket. You
can't "hold" the credits.

US Air has a deal with its no fee credit card where you get 15000-
20000 miles for opening the account. That's not a free trip but it's
a big chunk of one. They also have a card with an annual fee that has
more benefits. Both get you a free day pass to one of their airport
lounges (I save mine until I've got a flight delay when I can relax
for awhile).

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#5

i've been a member of vpfree for a while now and this is my first
post. i had to respond to this one. chase visa should be avoided at
all costs. i have recently had a terrible experience of my own and
have filed a complaint with consumer affairs. and i'm not the only
one. if you go to consumeraffairs.com you will find numerous
complaints on chase. i would recommend against getting any chase cards
and if you already have any to close those accounts- make sure you
have a zero balance before closing though because they'll charge you
interest from two statements back balance if they know you are
leaving. they call it "residual" interest (or something like that) and
claim it is a legal tactic.

#6

dwarfcar84 wrote:

i've been a member of vpfree for a while now and this is my first
post. i had to respond to this one. chase visa should be avoided at
all costs. i have recently had a terrible experience of my own and
have filed a complaint with consumer affairs. and i'm not the only
one. if you go to consumeraffairs.com you will find numerous
complaints on chase. i would recommend against getting any chase
cards and if you already have any to close those accounts- make sure
you have a zero balance before closing though because they'll charge
you interest from two statements back balance if they know you are
leaving. they call it "residual" interest (or something like that)
and claim it is a legal tactic.

You'll find adverse comments re any bank on the Consumeraffairs website.

Our Chase experience has been strong (though not nearly so strong as
with Citi). They've been generous with credit lines and is our lowest
rate issuer (not that we maintain a balance drawing interest).

We've benefited most from Chase, carrying $15K in home improvements on
a new card at 0% on a 16-mo introductory offer -- at substantial
savings over our Chase HELOC.

Chase ended their "2 cycle" interest calculation this year. However,
it's doubtful that you were subject to it in closing your account --
it only affects a cardholder when they benefit from a 0% grace period
in one period but then carry a balance over to the following statement.

Most likely you encountered what anyone will when paying off a balance
in full that's been carried for more than one statement cycle (on any
card). The balance in the final partial month doesn't benefit from a
grace period with any issuer these days, and you'll be billed residual
interest on the partial month in the subsequent month. (Issuers tend
to abate any final interest of $1 or less.)

- Harry

#7

I don't doubt your issues with Chase, but with all due respect there
is a laundry list of complaint against virtually every card issuer at
that site.

I don't want to come off as a shill for Chase but the bottom line is
that for $59 (at most) a person can score a free roundtrip with
SWA...and then cancel immediately after the credits hit your SWA
account. There's no requirement to become a long-time customer.

FWIW, I've had a SWA Visa for years and have never had any issues
that were not resolved to my satisfaction. They've handled a couple
chargebacks without issue and have waived late/finance fees in the
(very) rare case that a payment did not get posted in a time. As
with any company, this is a case of YMMV.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "dwarfcar84" <dwarfcar84@...> wrote:

i've been a member of vpfree for a while now and this is my first
post. i had to respond to this one. chase visa should be avoided at
all costs. i have recently had a terrible experience of my own and
have filed a complaint with consumer affairs. and i'm not the only
one. if you go to consumeraffairs.com you will find numerous
complaints on chase.

#8

>
> i've been a member of vpfree for a while now and this is my first
> post. i had to respond to this one. chase visa should be avoided

at

> all costs. i have recently had a terrible experience of my own

and

> have filed a complaint with consumer affairs. and i'm not the

only

> one. if you go to consumeraffairs.com you will find numerous
> complaints on chase.

I don't doubt your issues with Chase, but with all due respect

there

is a laundry list of complaint against virtually every card issuer

at

that site.

I don't want to come off as a shill for Chase but the bottom line

is

that for $59 (at most) a person can score a free roundtrip with
SWA...and then cancel immediately after the credits hit your SWA
account. There's no requirement to become a long-time customer.

FWIW, I've had a SWA Visa for years and have never had any issues
that were not resolved to my satisfaction. They've handled a

couple

chargebacks without issue and have waived late/finance fees in the
(very) rare case that a payment did not get posted in a time. As
with any company, this is a case of YMMV.

To make one additional point regarding the OP not being a fan of
Chase.... This is a perfect opportunity to get back at them. By
signing up, getting the flight credits and then cancelling the card
you will actually be COSTING the card issuer $$$. I've heard Chase
pays $8 per flight credit, so that's $128 for the 16 credits.
Assuming a person isn't able to get the annual fee pro-rated, and
eats the entire $59, the net cost to Chase is still ~$70 + the time
to approve and process your account and the postage to send you all
your docs.

It's like a casino that pi$$es me off. When this happens, it
REINFORCES my will to play there (assuming I have the best of it)
because I know I will cost them $$$ each and every time I step
through their front doors. :slight_smile:

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