I'm looking to rack up some reward miles. I've signed up for SW business and personal cards in the past to do this, but I think it's been at least 2 years since I last enrolled. I've since cancelled the business card but kept the personal.
This time around, I want the points and the companion pass. So my plan is to sign up for the Chase Sapphire Preferred as a substitute (Southwest is currently my only visa card), then cancel my SW card.
Then I want to open a SW personal and business card to get those sign-up bonuses as soon as possible after January 1, 2018. How's that work? I assume I can start putting spend on the cards in the last few months of 2017 as long as the I don't hit the spending minimum until 2018?