We Used Southwest’s Companion Pass for a Year—Was It Worth It?

We Used Southwest’s Companion Pass for a Year—Was It Worth It?

In February of last year, we jumped on one of those Southwest offers that seems to pop up like clockwork at the start of the year: a credit-card welcome offer that came with a promotional Companion Pass (valid through late February of the following year), plus 30,000 Rapid Rewards points after meeting the spending requirement. I’d already written at the time that there’s no holy grail in points and miles—just tradeoffs. And this offer was a perf…