It depends on which card you have, but in all honesty, Southwest credit card benefits aren’t much to write home about. The only cards actually worth keeping in our opinion are the Chase Southwest Performance Business and the Chase Southwest Priority cards. These both have ongoing perks that make the cards worth keeping if you frequently fly Southwest.
We say this because simply earning Southwest points from credit card spending is NOT enough to keep a Southwest card. That’s because Southwest is a Chase transfer partner. If you have a card that earns Chase points, such as the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card, you can earn Southwest points just as quickly as if you were using a Southwest card (and oftentimes quicker). And the Chase Sapphire Preferred has much better benefits than most Southwest cards — it’s actually one of the absolute best credit cards for travel.