Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card

Earn 100,000 Bonus points

after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 5 months from account opening. Limited Time Offer: Our best points offer this year.

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Quick Summary

The Southwest Premier Card is one of three personal Southwest credit cards offered by Chase. This card is the mid-level one in terms of the annual fee. Note that you can only get one of the three at a time, and are only eligible for the bonus if you have not had another Southwest personal card bonus in the last 24 months.

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How to Earn Rewards

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Earn 3x points on all Southwest® purchases

2x

Earn 2x points on local transit and commuting, including rideshares, internet, cable, and phone services; select streaming services (until Dec 31, 2025)

2x

Earn 2x points at gas stations and grocery stores on the first $8,000 in combined purchases per anniversary year

1x

Earn 1x points on all other purchases

Annual Fee

$149

Our Take

The Southwest Premier card seems to be stuck in the middle of the other Southwest credit card products, making it somewhat redundant in my opinion.

It has a slightly higher annual fee than the Southwest Plus card ($149 vs $69) with virtually all of the same perks. The only advantage of the Premier over the Plus is that it has no foreign transaction fees.

But at that point you might as well consider grabbing the Southwest Priority card, which has a $149 annual fee but comes with other perks such as priority boarding and a higher annual cardholder bonus.

Benefits

Anniversary Bonus

6,000 bonus points on each cardholder anniversary

EarlyBird Check-In®

2 EarlyBird Check-In® each year (until Dec 31, 2025)

No Foreign Transaction Fees

No Foreign Transaction Fees

Compared to Other Cards

Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card

Welcome Bonus:

Earn 100,000 Bonus points

after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 5 months from account opening. Limited Time Offer: Our best points offer this year.

Annual Fee:

$149

Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card

Welcome Bonus:

Limited Time Offer: Our best points offer this year, earn 100,000 bonus points

after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first 5 months from account opening.

Annual Fee:

$229

Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card

Welcome Bonus:

Limited Time Offer: Our best points offer this year, earn 100,000 bonus points

after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first 5 months from account opening.

Annual Fee:

$99

Editorial Note

Content is not provided or commissioned by credit card issuers. Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of the credit card issuers, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the credit card issuers.