Refunds have begun! $50 back on Southwest when spend $250+ with Paypal
Mar 14, 2008, 12:54 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 396
Refunds have begun! $50 back on Southwest when spend $250+ with Paypal
http://www.southwest.com/landing/pay...L1000000080312
Purchase a Southwest Airlines ticket for $250 or more on southwest.com between March 13, 2008 and March 27, 2008 and receive a $50 rebate from PayPal. Purchase must be paid for solely with your PayPal account.
* Rebate limited to the first 10,000 PayPal Members to respond to Offer.
* Only one rebate per PayPal account .
* PayPal reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify part or this entire Offer at any time.
Terms and Conditions:
* Eligibility: You must have a. US PayPal Account that is in good standing with a confirmed email address. Restricted, locked or closed PayPal accounts are ineligible for the Offer.
* Offer Description: Purchase a Southwest Airlines ticket for $250.00 or more on southwest.com between March 13, 2008 and March 27, 2008 and receive a $50.00 rebate from PayPal. Purchase must be paid for solely with your PayPal account. The PayPal transaction status for the eligible purchase must show 'completed' before rebate funds are distributed.
* Offer Period: March 13, 2008 at 12 am to March 27, 2008 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
* Rebate: Rebate of $50.00 will be made by PayPal . Allow 6-8 weeks following purchase for rebate to be deposited in your PayPal account.
* Excluded Transactions: The following transactions do not qualify for the Offer. PayPal Mobile transactions, Send Money transactions, payments using the PayPal Plug-In (formerly named Virtual Debit Card) service, PayPal Plus Credit Card or eBay MasterCard payments not made through your PayPal account. If Payments made for the Offer are refunded or cancelled at any time, you are ineligible for the rebate. If the payment is refunded after you receive the rebate, PayPal will deduct the rebate from your account.
* Questions: Please contact PayPal for questions about the Offer or your rebate.
Edited by nsx to add: The 10,000 limit was not reached, so all purchases during the promotion should qualify.
Purchase a Southwest Airlines ticket for $250 or more on southwest.com between March 13, 2008 and March 27, 2008 and receive a $50 rebate from PayPal. Purchase must be paid for solely with your PayPal account.
* Rebate limited to the first 10,000 PayPal Members to respond to Offer.
* Only one rebate per PayPal account .
* PayPal reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify part or this entire Offer at any time.
Terms and Conditions:
* Eligibility: You must have a. US PayPal Account that is in good standing with a confirmed email address. Restricted, locked or closed PayPal accounts are ineligible for the Offer.
* Offer Description: Purchase a Southwest Airlines ticket for $250.00 or more on southwest.com between March 13, 2008 and March 27, 2008 and receive a $50.00 rebate from PayPal. Purchase must be paid for solely with your PayPal account. The PayPal transaction status for the eligible purchase must show 'completed' before rebate funds are distributed.
* Offer Period: March 13, 2008 at 12 am to March 27, 2008 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
* Rebate: Rebate of $50.00 will be made by PayPal . Allow 6-8 weeks following purchase for rebate to be deposited in your PayPal account.
* Excluded Transactions: The following transactions do not qualify for the Offer. PayPal Mobile transactions, Send Money transactions, payments using the PayPal Plug-In (formerly named Virtual Debit Card) service, PayPal Plus Credit Card or eBay MasterCard payments not made through your PayPal account. If Payments made for the Offer are refunded or cancelled at any time, you are ineligible for the rebate. If the payment is refunded after you receive the rebate, PayPal will deduct the rebate from your account.
* Questions: Please contact PayPal for questions about the Offer or your rebate.
Edited by nsx to add: The 10,000 limit was not reached, so all purchases during the promotion should qualify.
Last edited by nsx; Apr 29, 2008 at 12:07 pm Reason: added Paypal to subject
Mar 14, 2008, 1:15 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: Whoever Has the Best Bonus
Posts: 5,183
I've done these Paypal offers in the past with varying degrees of success, but the main question I'd have is the $250 have to be one ticket, or can it be multiple tickets bought on the same purchase.. (ie two tickets at $150 a pop, $300 for both, does that qualify). I'm guessing it doesn't but you never know.
Mar 14, 2008, 1:20 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: MCI
Programs: Southwest A-List, AMC Stubs A-List, Chick-fil-A-List
Posts: 399
I've done these Paypal offers in the past with varying degrees of success, but the main question I'd have is the $250 have to be one ticket, or can it be multiple tickets bought on the same purchase.. (ie two tickets at $150 a pop, $300 for both, does that qualify). I'm guessing it doesn't but you never know.
Mar 14, 2008, 1:21 pm
#4
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: WN CP
Posts: 6,360
The offer terms refer to a purchase, so what you propose (multiple tickets equal to or more than $250 on one purchase/single PNR as noted by sigma1104) will work.
I was about to jump on this just to get the effective 20% discount, but there is no way to check whether the 10K limit has been surpassed.
I was about to jump on this just to get the effective 20% discount, but there is no way to check whether the 10K limit has been surpassed.
Mar 14, 2008, 1:24 pm
#5
Original Member and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Programs: DL PM/MM, AA ExPlat, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia, National ECE, Hertz PC
Posts: 16,579
My wife and I just bought a ticket each for $253.00 ... for those familiar with cancellation and reuse policies on WN it doesn't really matter if you need a ticket right now or where the ticket is to/from you're buying ... just as long as you can make use of whatever the value of the ticket you purchase is in the next year ...
Mar 14, 2008, 1:26 pm
#6
Original Member and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Programs: DL PM/MM, AA ExPlat, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia, National ECE, Hertz PC
Posts: 16,579
I was about to jump on this just to get the effective 20% discount, but there is no way to check whether the 10K limit has been surpassed.
)?
Mar 14, 2008, 1:42 pm
#7
Original Member and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Programs: DL PM/MM, AA ExPlat, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia, National ECE, Hertz PC
Posts: 16,579
One weird thing is it doesn't look you can use AMEX to pay for a ticket through PayPal ... PayPal usually takes AMEX, but apparently not for WN transactions.
Mar 14, 2008, 1:49 pm
#8
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: WN CP
Posts: 6,360
Mar 14, 2008, 1:52 pm
#10
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 396
The offer terms refer to a purchase, so what you propose (multiple tickets equal to or more than $250 on one purchase/single PNR as noted by sigma1104) will work.
I was about to jump on this just to get the effective 20% discount, but there is no way to check whether the 10K limit has been surpassed.
I was about to jump on this just to get the effective 20% discount, but there is no way to check whether the 10K limit has been surpassed.
Mar 14, 2008, 8:32 pm
#11
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,624
But you never know. I seem to recall a few oversubscribed bonus mile offers that ended abruptly. ValueMags, 1-800-Flowers, and most recently Amtrak-to-Choice. I tend to agree that a 20% markdown is not quite enough to cause a stampede.
Mar 14, 2008, 11:21 pm
#13
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
Programs: UA 1MM, WN CP, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Gold, IC Plat
Posts: 15,721
Too bad about the $250 minimum. That's worthless to me as I'd simply use a RR for any tix at that level. Not to mention the added disadvantage of doing a roundtrip rather than 2 one-ways (assuming you aren't doing a $250+ for one direction). However it is still a better offer than the worthless $15 off BS fares.
Mar 14, 2008, 11:40 pm
#14
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,624
Doubtful, it will show as a paypal charge, not a WN ticketing charge. But you never know.
Too bad about the $250 minimum. That's worthless to me as I'd simply use a RR for any tix at that level. Not to mention the added disadvantage of doing a roundtrip rather than 2 one-ways (assuming you aren't doing a $250+ for one direction). However it is still a better offer than the worthless $15 off BS fares.
Too bad about the $250 minimum. That's worthless to me as I'd simply use a RR for any tix at that level. Not to mention the added disadvantage of doing a roundtrip rather than 2 one-ways (assuming you aren't doing a $250+ for one direction). However it is still a better offer than the worthless $15 off BS fares.
Mar 15, 2008, 10:57 am
#15
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: LAS
Programs: SWA
Posts: 1,320
Doubtful, it will show as a paypal charge, not a WN ticketing charge. But you never know.
Too bad about the $250 minimum. That's worthless to me as I'd simply use a RR for any tix at that level. Not to mention the added disadvantage of doing a roundtrip rather than 2 one-ways (assuming you aren't doing a $250+ for one direction). However it is still a better offer than the worthless $15 off BS fares.
Too bad about the $250 minimum. That's worthless to me as I'd simply use a RR for any tix at that level. Not to mention the added disadvantage of doing a roundtrip rather than 2 one-ways (assuming you aren't doing a $250+ for one direction). However it is still a better offer than the worthless $15 off BS fares.
I have no intention of using the ticket I purchased. I will cancel the flight and use the funds as ticketless travel down the road. Everyone is happy. SWA gets my cash until I reuse the funds, I get $50 from PayPal, and PayPal gets... ? I guess PayPal gets something here, exposure, new customers (although I already have a PayPal account), churn?