12,000 Southwest Airline Miles

Anyone who pays for hotels should go pick up miles here. It’s simple. Buy $100 in Marriott gift cards and get 1,200 Southwest miles. $1,000 in gift cards? 12,000 miles.

It’s a perfect example of how different mile nerds are than “regular” people. They just go and spend $1,000 on their hotel stay. No miles, no points. Nothing. We get the following:

• Marriott points from the hotel stay
• Upgrade, lounge/free breakfast, free internet for those with a Marriott or Ritz Carlton card
• Miles (or points) from using one of our many credit cards
• 12,000 Southwest Airline miles from using this promotion