Southwest Drink Coupons: 5 Ways to Get Them Free

Want some free Southwest drink coupons to enjoy a glass of wine, cocktail or beer on your next flight? Unfortunately, drinks are not free on Southwest Airlines (alcohol costs $6-$7 per drink), but there ARE ways you can score a freebie, and it doesn’t require you to have earned any rewards.

Note: If you have a Southwest drink coupon that expires anytime in 2020, Southwest has extended the expiration date to December 31, 2020. More details here.

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5 Ways to Get Southwest Drink Coupons

1.  Join Southwest Rapid Rewards

If you are not yet a member (and you should be if you want to learn how to fly free on Southwest!), join the Southwest frequent flyer program, which is called Rapid Rewards. Sign up at Southwest.com.

Southwest sometimes sends Rapid Rewards members free coupons in the mail after they have flown a set number of flights (the rumor is 10 one-ways in a calendar year). You’ll see the image above shows a letter I received with four coupons, which appears to be because I am a Rapid Rewards member.

 

2.  Apply for a Southwest Chase Rapid Rewards Credit Card

 

This is also key if you want to fly free on Southwest. To earn the coveted Southwest Companion Pass, which lets one person fly free with you up to two years, you’ll need at least two of Southwest’s travel credit cards.

 

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Check out the Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Visa cards, which let you earn tens of thousands of points that you can use to book free flights on Southwest!

These include:

• Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Visa card (Personal: 40,000 points after $1,000 minimum spend in 3 months)
• Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card (Personal: 40,000 points after $1,000 minimum spend in 3 months)
• Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card (Personal: 40,000 points after $1,000 minimum spend in 3 months)

These points also qualify for the 125,000 points you need to earn the Southwest Companion Pass, so one person can fly free with you for up to two years.

 

Credit card holders often get free drink tickets as thanks for being a card holder. Plus, your Southwest points never expire as a card holder!

On my second, third and fourth anniversaries of holding the Southwest Business Premier card, Southwest sent me four free drink coupons in the mail. Hooray!

 

Thanks for my free drink coupons Southwest ❤ 💙💛 ! An unexpected surprise in the mail today in celebration of my second full year holding the Southwest credit card 💳 ✈ #rapidrewardscard

A post shared by Lyn Mettler (@gototravelgal) on Mar 22, 2018 at 10:21am PDT

 

 

3.  Ensure You Are Opted in to Receive Free Southwest Drink Coupons

To get any free Southwest drink coupons, you’ll need to be opted in. Here’s how you do it:

1. Log in to your Rapid Rewards account at Southwest.com.

2. Click on My Account (top right).

3. Scroll down to My Preferences/Travel.

 

4. Click on Travel/Extras.

 

5. Click “Yes, send me drink coupons as I earn them.”

 

4.  Sign up for all Southwest Airlines Communications

By ensuring you are receiving all Southwest email communications, you’ll increase your chances of getting these coupons. Sometimes they’ll offer a freebie in one of their emails, plus you’ll also find out about their sales. You can also check the latest Southwest sale on Go to Travel Gal’s Southwest sale page.

On some special occasions, like Mother’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween, they give away free drinks … if you know to ask for them! You’ll find out in the Southwest enewsletter or by reading Go to Travel Gal 🙂 (make sure you have signed up to receive my enewsletter in the lefthand sidebar!). They usually include it on their current drink menu in your seat pocket, as well.

Ensure you are signed up for Southwest emails by logging into your Rapid Rewards Account at Southwest.com, clicking My Account, then Preferences/Communication. Ensure all boxes are checked.

 

5.  Purchase a Southwest Business Select Fare

Business Select tickets cost more, but they do throw in a free drink each direction.

When you buy a Business Select fare, you earn 12 Southwest points per dollar versus 6 points per dollar versus Southwest Airlines Wanna Get Away Fares (the cheapest Southwest fares).

You will get your printable drink coupon when you check in at the airport. It will be on the end of your Business Class boarding pass, so don’t lose it!

Here is a good forum post from the Southwest Airlines Community site that discusses free drink coupons.

 

Alcoholic Drink Options

• Beer (Miller Lite, Dos Equis Special Lager, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy (seasonal), Fat Tire, Lagunitas 12th of Never Ale)
• Wine or sparkling wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sparkling Wine)
• Spirits, including:
  • Dewar’s Scotch
  • Jack Daniel’s
  • Wild Turkey
  • Bacardi Rum
  • Baileys Irish Cream
  • Sauza Gold Tequila
  • Deep Eddy Vodka
  • Deep Eddy Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka
  • Tanqueray Gin
• These fun cocktails:
  • Vodka and Cran Apple
  • Rum and Coke
  • Gin and Tonic
  • Bloody Mary
  • Tequila and OJ
  • Vodka and OJ
  • Jack and Coke
  • St. Roc sparkling wine and Cran Apple – I recently tried this one and it’s super yummy!!

Here is the full Southwest inflight menu, including Southwest Airlines beverages.

 

In Summary

There are a variety of ways you can score free Southwest drink coupons, so you can toast your travels without spending a dime!

They include signing up for Rapid Rewards, holding a Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card, purchasing a Southwest Business Select fare and signing up for Southwest email communications.

Have you found other ways to get free drink coupons?

Good luck!

 

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