Southwest brings back buy-one, get-one-free Companion Pass promotion

Marnie Hunter, CNN

(CNN) — Act fast. For a constricted time, Southwest Airlines is offering a promotional Companion Pass, which would let a passholder’s companion to alert pinch them astir free connected unlimited flights for 2 months early adjacent year. The designated companion owes only taxes and fees erstwhile accompanying nan passholder.

Through a flash promotion disposable done September 5, members of nan airline’s Rapid Rewards programme (you tin motion up here) tin registry for a promotional Companion Pass. To suffice for nan pass, nan rewards personnel must book 1 qualifying round-trip aliases 2 one-way tickets by 11:59 p.m. CT connected September 5, 2024, for recreation from now done November 20, 2024. The promotional walk earned will beryllium valid for usage betwixt January 6, 2025, and March 6, 2025.

“We emotion offering this Companion Pass promotion because it allows our Members to acquisition 1 of nan galore benefits of our award-winning Rapid Rewards program,” said Jennifer Bridie, vice president of trading astatine Southwest Airlines, successful a news release. Bridie added that rewards programme members for nan first clip tin usage points, a operation of rate and points aliases different eligible forms of costs to book flights that count toward nan Companion Pass promotion.

Typically, full-year passes are earned by flying 100 qualifying one-way flights aliases earning 135,000 qualifying points successful a almanac year. The walk earned done those intends is bully done nan remainder of nan almanac twelvemonth successful which it was earned and nan afloat pursuing year.

Interested travelers tin registry present for nan two-month promotional walk and past book nan qualifying formation aliases flights. The designated companion tin past travel nan passholder connected unlimited flights for 2 months astatine nan opening of adjacent twelvemonth for nan costs of only taxes and fees, which commencement astatine $5.60 1 way.

Southwest made headlines successful July erstwhile it announced it is getting free of its longstanding unfastened seating policy, which will let nan hose to complaint a premium for immoderate of nan seats connected its planes. The alteration marked a departure from its decades-long business exemplary and marque identity.