You’ve finished earning all the qualifying points you need to earn Southwest Companion Pass. Congrats! Now, when will it show up in your account so you can use it to fly 1 person free with you on as many flights as you want? Lyn has the answer in this 2-minute video.

Please note, Southwest updated the number of points required to earn the Southwest Companion Pass from 125,000 to 135,000 as of January 1, 2023, though that does not affect the simple way we teach earning and always maintaining the pass.

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  • Lyn Mettler is a travel expert, author and longtime travel writer for US News & World Report, USA Today and The TODAY Show. Lyn is also the creator of the Secrets of a Travel Journalist Club, where she shares her secrets for saving on travel and traveling with less stress learned from her 25+ years as a professional travel journalist. She is one of the industry's foremost experts on collecting and using travel rewards with her expertise featured in major media outlets and on podcasts, television and radio.

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