Southwest Chase Cardholder Promo: 2X Companion Pass-Qualifying Points

Southwest Chase Rapid Rewards members, in Q4 2025, Southwest is offering a way to earn your Companion Pass (CP) faster. If you are a cardholder, all you need to do is sign up, and from October 1 to December 31, 2025, you will earn double (2X) points toward your CP on purchases at wholesale clubs and department stores. The maximum bonus is 10,000 points.

This appears targeted and surfaced via email and your Southwest account dashboard.

These extra points count toward getting a Companion Pass, but you can’t use them to book flights. It seems like signing up is by invite only, so check your email or Southwest account.

What’s the offer

When shopping between October 1 and December 31, 2025, you can earn 2× points toward a Companion Pass for purchases at wholesale clubs and department stores in Q4 2025 after enrollment.

You must register by December 31, 2025. Please note that there are certain restrictions; you can earn up to 10,000 bonus points per quarter (in addition to the points you normally earn for credit card spending). Crediting may take 6–8 weeks after the end of the quarter.

As I mentioned above, the bonus points that qualify you for the Companion Pass do not convert to Rapid Rewards points that you can spend (Bonus CP-qualifying ≠ redeemable points); they just get you closer to earning the Pass. (Your base points for spending remain redeemable as usual.)

Which Сards are Eligible?

Here is a list of credit cards participating in the offer: Plus, Premier, Priority (personal), and Premier Business, Performance Business (business).

Southwest’s Companion Pass requires 135,000 qualifying points (or 100 qualifying flights) in a calendar year. Bonus CP-qualifying points from this promo help with the 135k target. 

How to Register

1. Check your email from Southwest/Chase for the promo link, or
2. Log in to your Southwest account and look for a banner/tile on your Promotions/Offers page, then enroll. This one is targeted so that availability may vary. 

Where it Works

When you buy stuff at wholesale clubs (think Costco or Sam’s Club, but things like gas, travel deals, insurance, phones, home improvement stuff, and specialty buys might not count) and department stores (like Macy’s or Nordstrom, but not Walmart, Target, smaller stores, or online places), those purchases will be counted. Just so you know, it’s how the store is coded, not the name of the brand, that decides what counts.

Up to 10k bonus CP-qualifying points this quarter means you can generate up to 20k CP-qualifying points from $10k in eligible spend (your normal qualifying points plus the 10k promo bonus), cutting a meaningful chunk out of the 135k requirement. 

How Many Points Could You Add?

*Table assumes 1 CP-qualifying point per $1 from standard card spend counting toward the Pass (exact earn structures by card vary; the promo adds an equal number of bonus CP-qualifying points, capped at 10k). See your card’s rewards terms and CP rules for nuance. 

Bottom line

You’re close to hitting that 135,000 CP-qualifying points mark? This Q4 2x promo is an easy chance to get there just by doing your regular shopping at department stores and wholesale clubs. Just remember to sign up for the promo and keep in mind the 10,000-point bonus limit. Since the year is almost over, plan your shopping carefully to make sure the bonus shows up in time to grab that Companion Pass for 2026.