Southwest Airlines news and trends

Bilt Partners With Southwest Airlines to Enable 1-to-1 Points Transfers
Loyalty & Rewards // April 24, 2025

Bilt Rewards has partnered with Southwest Airlines to enable Bilt members to turn points earned from housing payments into points that can be used to book flights. As of Thursday (April 24), Bilt members can convert their Bilt Points into Southwest Rapid Rewards points at...

Airlines Boost Premium Offerings as Demand for Main Cabin Seats Slows
Travel Payments // April 14, 2025

Airlines are reportedly focusing on roomier seats and other perks for wealthier leisure travelers as other customer segments cut back on their spending. Spirit Airlines is marketing its “Big Front Seat” that offers more legroom and other perks for a price that can be three...

CellPoint and Southwest Expand Payment Orchestration Partnership
Travel Payments // March 18, 2025

Travel-focused payment orchestration provider CellPoint Digital is expanding its partnership with Southwest Airlines. The new collaboration will see Southwest use CellPoint’s new cloud-native orchestration platform to provide a personalized travel experience via an “advanced Offer & Order payment solution,” the company said in a Tuesday (March 18) news release....

Airlines Report Bookings Drop Amid Macroeconomic Uncertainty
Travel Payments // March 11, 2025

A day after Delta Air Lines cut its guidance, citing lower U.S. consumer confidence, three more airlines made similar comments about the current macroeconomic environment. In presentations made Tuesday (March 11) at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines revised their outlooks downward...

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Southwest and Galileo Bring Rewards to Debit’s Doorstep

November 06, 2025
Watch more: Galileo’s Co-Branded Debit Card With Southwest Airlines Debit is the payment method of choice for millions of Americans. PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that for their last in-store non-grocery purchase, 39.8% of consumers used a debit card, compared to 29% for credit. Yet even as cardholders increasingly favor using funds already in their accounts, […]

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Bilt Partners With Southwest Airlines to Enable 1-to-1 Points Transfers

April 24, 2025
Bilt Rewards has partnered with Southwest Airlines to enable Bilt members to turn points earned from housing payments into points that can be used to book flights. As of Thursday (April 24), Bilt members can convert their Bilt Points into Southwest Rapid Rewards points at a 1-to-1 ratio, the companies said in a Thursday press […]

Airlines Boost Premium Offerings as Demand for Main Cabin Seats Slows

April 14, 2025
Airlines are reportedly focusing on roomier seats and other perks for wealthier leisure travelers as other customer segments cut back on their spending. Spirit Airlines is marketing its “Big Front...

CellPoint and Southwest Expand Payment Orchestration Partnership

March 18, 2025
Travel-focused payment orchestration provider CellPoint Digital is expanding its partnership with Southwest Airlines. The new collaboration will see Southwest use CellPoint’s new cloud-native orchestration platform to provide a personalized travel experience via an...

Airlines Report Bookings Drop Amid Macroeconomic Uncertainty

March 11, 2025
A day after Delta Air Lines cut its guidance, citing lower U.S. consumer confidence, three more airlines made similar comments about the current macroeconomic environment. In presentations made Tuesday (March...