I got the personal credit card around Jan 10th. It was 40,000 miles for the first $1000 spend and another 35,000 miles for another 5,000 spend. We spent the $6,000 by the end of February. However, the billing cycle ends on the 15th of the month. We got all of our bonus points by March 17th.
We ordered the business card late February. We got it in the mail on March 6th. We get another 60,000 miles for spending $3,000, we hit that number around April 1st, but had to wait until April 15th for the billing cycle to end. We got our points and companion fare on April 17th. It was super easy.
Our companion fare expires December 2021. I got an email from Southwest stating that they are going to give all rapid rewards customers 25,000 points due to lack of travel due to COVID-19.
I currently have 146,000 points and a companion fare. After the additional 25,000, I will have 171,000. I have a friend that rents a super nice beach house in Malibu. I visited him 3 times last summer. I am hoping to do the same later this summer.
A round trip ticket from Denver to LAX is 5,400 miles. This means that I could buy 31 round trip flights with 171,000 miles. I could also bring a companion with me, so it actually worth 62 round trip tickets. Crazy.