Southwest Airways has decreased the Fast Rewards program incomes price for Wanna Get Away and Wanna Getaway Plus fares with out discover.
The brand new incomes charges for money fares are as follows:
- Wanna Get Away: two factors per greenback spent (down from six factors)
- Wanna Get Away Plus: six factors per greenback spent (down from 10 factors)
- Anytime: 10 factors per greenback spent (unchanged)
- Enterprise Choose: 14 factors per greenback spent (up from 12 factors)
This implies that the points-earning adjustment is to encourage members to improve to dearer (and versatile) fares.
All Wanna Get Away fares are nonrefundable, although passengers can obtain a flight credit score in the event that they want to cancel with out charges. They embody checked baggage and same-day standby, with Wanna Get Away Plus fares additionally providing free same-day confirmed modifications and the flexibility to switch flight credit to anyone else.
A major discount for top-tier elite members
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Nonetheless, with the decreased charges for the most affordable two fare varieties, this implies a top-tier A-Record Most well-liked elite member who beforehand earned 2,400 Fast Rewards factors on a $200 Wanna Get Away fare (value $32.40 by our March 2025 valuations) will now earn simply 400 factors, value simply $5.40, a major discount.
Anytime and Enterprise Choose fares are often noticeably dearer than Wanna Get Away fares, so you will must pay extra to earn extra factors and revel in different advantages like absolutely refundable fares, early check-in and precedence airport providers.
This variation is one among a number of the airline is making to essentially change its enterprise mannequin. These embody letting go of 1,750 principally company employees to scale back prices, launching red-eye flights for the primary time, forming a brand new partnership with Icelandair and ending its distinctive open seating coverage.
Associated: Now you can ebook Southwest Airways flights on Expedia, Travelocity and three different websites
Backside line
We’ve got seen loads of airways devalue their loyalty applications with out discover by growing the variety of factors and miles required to ebook flights, however it’s rarer to see a devaluation by lowering the variety of factors and miles members earn for taking flights.
Southwest might hope its Fast Rewards members purchase up dearer (and fewer restrictive) Anytime and Enterprise Choose fares in change for greater incomes charges.
Nonetheless, for these on the lookout for one of the best worth fares on this historically value-orientated airline, this can be a adverse change to the Fast Rewards program, which frustratingly comes with out discover.
