DALLAS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California travelers will be
seeing double with one very special offer for Rapid Rewards Members. Starting
today, Rapid Rewards Members who book travel online to or from any of
Southwest's eight California cities by March 8, 2007, will receive double
credit in Southwest's (NYSE: LUV) award-winning frequent flyer program, Rapid
Rewards. This offer is good for travel from Feb. 8 through April 4, 2007.
Double Credit will be awarded only through reservations made on
http://southwest.com or Southwest's business booking tool, http://SWABIZ.com.
Rapid Rewards Members who earn 16 credits within 24 months automatically
receive a free roundtrip "Award." Typically, each roundtrip earns two credits
toward an Award, or eight roundtrips to earn free travel. With double credit,
that means Members can earn free travel on Southwest even faster, by flying
just four roundtrips within the promotion period.
Southwest offers service to and from eight great California cities:
Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Burbank, Los Angeles, Ontario, Orange County,
and San Diego. The airline carries more travelers within the state, with an
Intra-California market share in second quarter 2006 of more than 69 percent
(according to latest statistics supplied by the Department of Transportation).
For eight straight years, Southwest Airlines was honored with first place
for Best Award Redemption at InsideFlyer magazine's 18th annual Freddie
Awards. Along with the Best Award Redemption, Southwest's other first place
honors include Program of the Year, Best Web Site, and Best Bonus Promotion.
Here's some interesting information: Award travel is subject to the
government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $10 per roundtrip. You
can earn Rapid Rewards credit (one credit for each continental one-way travel,
two credits for travel to Hawaii and international destinations) when you
purchase ATA Airlines-only service through Southwest Airlines to select ATA
Airlines destinations. For one (1) roundtrip Award, you can fly roundtrip on
any service we sell in the continental U.S., including codeshare and ATA
Airlines-operated service. And, for two roundtrip Awards, you can fly
roundtrip on codeshare and ATA Airlines-operated service to Hawaii. Seats for
Award travel on ATA Airlines or codeshare flights will be very limited and may
not be available on some flights, especially flights to Hawaii. You can see
how close you are to earning that free Award by viewing your Rapid Rewards
account through MySouthwest, which is the password-protected area on
southwest.com. You can check your credit balance, view your Awards, save your
frequent trips, car rental and hotel preferences, store credit card
information and change your account information.
SOURCE Southwest Airlines
02/08/2007
CONTACT: public relations of Southwest Airlines, +1-214-792-4847
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