Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Card

Card Value & Southwest Points Calculator

Fees

Earning Rates

Earn 3X points on Southwest® purchases.
Earn 2X points on local transit and commuting, including rideshare.
Earn 1X points on all other purchases.

Intro Bonus

Main Benefits

1,500 Tier Qualifying Points for every $10K you spend, 6,000 anniversary points, 2 EarlyBird Check-In per year, and discounts on in-flight purchases.

Rewards Details

Based on our valuations, Southwest points earned with the Chase Southwest Premier Business Card are worth 1.3 cents each on average when redeemed for award flights on Southwest.

Our Take

If you don't need all the bells and whistles offered on the higher tiered card, this is the perfect middle ground. It offers solid earning rates and a good amount of benefits that can be useful to any Southwest business traveler.

Card Details

Southwest Premier Business Card earning rate

The Southwest Premier Business Card earns Southwest points at the following rates:

3 points per $1 spent on Southwest Airlines purchases.
2 points per $1 spent on Rapid Rewards hotel and car rental partner purchases.
2 points per $1 spent on local transit and commuting, including rideshare services.
1 point per $1 spent on everyday purchases.

Calculator: Southwest Premier Business Card points value

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Southwest Premier Business Card benefits

Here are the main perks and benefits of the Southwest Premier Business Card:

Anniversary Points: Receive 6,000 points after your cardmember anniversary, every year.
EarlyBird Check-In: Receive two EarlyBird Check-In each year.
25% Savings In-Flight: Receive 25% back on inflight purchases for drinks and WiFi in the form of a credit card account statement credit.
Earn TQPs On Spend: Earn 1,500 tier qualifying points toward A-List status for every $5,000 spent – with no limit on the amount of TQPs you can earn.
Fee Credit For Point Transfers: When you use your Rapid Rewards Credit Card to transfer points to another Rapid Rewards Member, fees associated with the transfer will be reimbursed–up to $500 in statement credits per anniversary year.
Travel & Purchase Coverage: Lost Luggage Reimbursement, Extended Warranty Protection, Baggage Delay Insurance, and Purchase Protection.

Southwest Premier Business Card fees

Annual Fee

The Southwest Premier Business Card has an annual fee of $99.

The majority of this fee is covered by the 6,000 Anniversary Points you will receive every year which is worth about $70 to $80 on average.

Authorized User Fee

There is no fee to add authorized users to the Southwest Premier Business Card. Adding employees to the account can help build Southwest points faster.

Foreign Transaction Fee

The Southwest Premier Business Card does not have a foreign transaction fee. This makes it a great option for earning Southwest points spending outside of the United States.

Southwest Premier Business Card points calculator

Calculate how many Rapid Rewards Points you can earn with the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Credit Card based on spend and the cash value of those miles. Results can be compared side by side any U.S. credit card featured on the site.

Quick Card Overview

Calculator Options

Add Card Categories

When On, adding a card to the calculator will add that card's bonus categories if they aren't already present.

Change Card Name

Name the card something else for your own records.

Add To Column

Edit Card Name

Set the name of the card to something of your choosing. Leave it blank to default back to normal card name.

Quick Assign

Use quick assign to quickly toggle this card on for Spend Categories in the calculator. If the card is already assigned, toggling off will set the category to No Selection.

Any currencies you add to the tool will be selectable when entering spend into the Spend Categories section of the calculator.

Do note that any foreign currencies selected will automatically be converted to the card's default currency when calculating rewards.

You can add elite status to one or more columns. This allows you to calculate the extra points you would receive from having status with that program.

If the status is already added, you can update the currency the status is based on by specifying a different currency than what the one in the calculator already has.

NOTE: Elite status is automatically added to the calculator for most credit cards that grant it.

Statuses

Add To Column

Status Value Based On

Clears all spend from a single column or all columns in the calculator. This resets the spend to 0 (zero) for each field, sets the time unit back to 'Monthly' and resets the currency to column's default.

Remove all credit card selections from a single column or all columns in the calculator.

^*NOTE: This has no impact on columns that feature only one credit card.

If you're looking to quickly assign cards to multiple categories, click on the card itself under the Credit Cards section.

Removes all categories from the Spend Categories section (for all columns).

Category:

Spend:

Select the card you will use for this category.

Do note that the order of the categories in the Category Spending section makes a difference. Spend is calculate by month in order of categories listed.

No Selection

Apply the selected card to all categories in this column.

Credit Cards

Search Cards

Search through our credit card database by keyword. This is the most basic of searches. Keywords include:

Credit card name (e.g. Chase Sapphire Reserve, American Express Gold Card)
Credit card code (e.g. PLAT, CSR, VEN)
Issuing bank (e.g. American Express, Chase, U.S. Bank)
Currency (e.g. Membership Rewards Points, Altitude Points, Delta SkyMiles)
Network (e.g. Visa, Mastercard, Discover)

Enter spaces between keywords. Click on a card to view the details as well as the option to add it to the tool.

Show Unavailable Cards

When On, credit cards that are discontinued or currently unavailable will show up in the list.

Credit Card Codes

Enter credit card codes (3-13 characters each).

Use (+) plus sign to add multiple cards to the same column. (e.g. PLAT + PRG2)
Use (,) comma to start a new column. (e.g. PLAT + PRG2, BINKP, CSR + CSP)
Skip columns with empty entries (,,). (e.g. ,, PRG2)
Spaces are ignored.
Max: 10 columns. No max on cards in a column... at the moment.

New cards will be added to the tool along with any already existing entries. When adding more than one card to a column, there will be no selected cards for the column (as in, you will have to select which cards you'll use for each category manually).

(I apologize in advance for some of the codes these credit cards have.)

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Add All Categories

When On, adds all the spend categories from each of the cards above.

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