{"id":10507,"date":"2021-09-23T18:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelseason.com\/?p=10507"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:50:10","slug":"southwest-turbo-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelseason.com\/airlines\/southwest-turbo-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Southwest Rapid Reward Points By Using TurboTax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing like getting free points for doing something you are already going to do. This is the case with the new Southwest Airlines promotion with TurboTax.<\/p><p>Southwest is currently offering 1,000 free rapid reward points just by linking your account to TurboTax.<\/p><p>I currently use TurboTax for my personal taxes so this promotion was a no brainer.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here is how you can get your 1,000 free points<\/strong><\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sign in to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account. <\/li><li>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rapidrewardsshopping.southwest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rapid Rewards portal<\/a>&nbsp;to see the TurboTax offer<\/li><li>Once you get to TurboTax, sign in to that account and complete your tax return. <\/li><\/ul><p>Your 1,000 bonus points will show up in your Southwest account within about eight weeks. In my experience, the points usually show up much sooner.<\/p><p>On the plus side you can do this every year when you file your returns. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Much Are Rapid Rewards Worth<\/h2><p>On our latest check for Southwest Rapid Rewards, we value each point at 1.5 cents each. That means that you get $15 in value just for this connection. While that&#8217;s not a lot free points are free points.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Earn Southwest Rapid Rewards Points<\/h2><p>If you are considering flying Southwest often it&#8217;s a great program to earn points on. The best way to earn points is simple, by flying Southwest. You will obtain different points depending on what fare class you fly.<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wanna Get Away: 6 points per dollar<\/li><li>Anytime: 10 points per dollar<\/li><li>Business Select: 12 points per dollar<\/li><\/ul><p>Points are earned based on the ticket&rsquo;s base fare so keep in mind when you think of the total that usually includes tax.<\/p><p>Another way to earn points is with a Southwest Credit Card. There are multiple Southwest cards available that offers different sign up bonuses and points. Here are the current cards Southwest offers<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/southwest\/plus-credit-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/southwest\/premier-credit-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/southwest\/priority-credit-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/business-credit-cards\/southwest\/premier-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Credit Card<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/southwest\/performance-business-credit-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Credit Card<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary &amp; Takeaways<\/h2><p>Bottom line is Southwest Rapid Rewards are great to maximize and by utilizing Turbotax you can easily increase your stash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing like getting free points for doing something you are already going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[250],"class_list":["post-10507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airlines","tag-southwest-airlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Get Southwest Rapid Reward Points By Using TurboTax - Travel Season<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Southwest offers a nice 1000 point rewards by connecting to Turbotax. 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