Sally French

You know, Megan, actually last year I took advantage of a very similar offer. Okay, tell people what it's about then. So there are two cards, the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus credit card and then the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority credit card.

Both have a limited time offer where you can earn 30,000 bonus points and Southwest Companion Pass after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. Okay.

Both have a limited time offer where you can earn 30,000 bonus points and Southwest Companion Pass after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. Okay.

Both have a limited time offer where you can earn 30,000 bonus points and Southwest Companion Pass after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. Okay.

Hopefully you're listening to this sooner rather than later, so you can jump on this offer. As you said, the longer you have it, the more you can take advantage of it. And we have talked about the companion pass a lot already in this very short life of the show thus far.

Hopefully you're listening to this sooner rather than later, so you can jump on this offer. As you said, the longer you have it, the more you can take advantage of it. And we have talked about the companion pass a lot already in this very short life of the show thus far.

Hopefully you're listening to this sooner rather than later, so you can jump on this offer. As you said, the longer you have it, the more you can take advantage of it. And we have talked about the companion pass a lot already in this very short life of the show thus far.

Just a quick debrief for those of you who don't know the companion pass, it's basically a buy one, get one free offer on flights. You designate someone as your companion and then they can join you on the flight that you're already on for only the cost of taxes and fees.

Just a quick debrief for those of you who don't know the companion pass, it's basically a buy one, get one free offer on flights. You designate someone as your companion and then they can join you on the flight that you're already on for only the cost of taxes and fees.

Just a quick debrief for those of you who don't know the companion pass, it's basically a buy one, get one free offer on flights. You designate someone as your companion and then they can join you on the flight that you're already on for only the cost of taxes and fees.

Both super tough to hit purely by flying spending alone, but this should make it a lot easier.

Both super tough to hit purely by flying spending alone, but this should make it a lot easier.

Both super tough to hit purely by flying spending alone, but this should make it a lot easier.

And the annual fee is something that you do need a budget for. On the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card, it's $69. And on the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority credit card, it's $149.

And the annual fee is something that you do need a budget for. On the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card, it's $69. And on the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority credit card, it's $149.

And the annual fee is something that you do need a budget for. On the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card, it's $69. And on the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority credit card, it's $149.

And speaking of cheap airfares, we got some really interesting inflation data last week.

And speaking of cheap airfares, we got some really interesting inflation data last week.

And speaking of cheap airfares, we got some really interesting inflation data last week.

So this month was super interesting. Across all items, U.S. inflation rose to 3% in January. That's up 0.5% since December. Travel prices are also up 4% year over year based on NerdWallet's own travel price index. That's just a calculation that we put together. We use BLS statistics to put kind of a single figure on how travel prices are changing.