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Welcome, University of Kansas, KU Medical Center, and Kansas Athletics Travelers!

Get ready to do business travel better with Southwest®.

Perks and promotions

Make business travel work for you with these exclusive business travel offers.

Earn promotional A-List status

You may qualify for a tier experience with us.

Your university’s partnership with Southwest Airlines® may make you eligible for promotional A-List status for 90 days with Corporate Tier Experience. You'll be able to extend A-List status for an additional 12 months if you complete the promotion requirements.

Please note: if you currently have promotional A-List status through a Corporate Status Match promotion, then you will forfeit the promotional status received through such promotion upon enrollment in this Corporate Tier Experience promotion.

To find out if you qualify for this promotion, between now and April 30, 2026, follow these simple steps:
    • If you’re not already a Rapid Rewards Member, join here.
    • Fill out the form and click the “Submit” button.
      • Provide the information required in the form and click the “Submit” button to accept the Corporate Tier Experience Terms and Conditions and find out if you qualify for this promotion. If you are a part of a university, you will just put the name of your university under company name and use your university email address.
Two ways you can extend promotional A-List status:
  1. You must book and complete three round trip qualifying flights1 or six one-way qualifying flights.1
  2. Earn 8,000 tier qualifying points from your qualifying flights1 booked and flown between your enrollment date for this promotion and end of your 90-day promotional period.

Note: must be a Rapid Rewards Member to be eligible for this promotion.

Sign up for Rapid Rewards here.

See the Corporate Status Match Terms and Conditions below for full promotion details.

Benefits of A-List:
  • Preferred seat (available at booking for flights departing on or after 1/27/26)2
  • Extra Legroom seat (space available, 48 hours prior to departure for flights departing on or after 1/27/26)3
  • Priority boarding for everyone on your reservation4
  • 1 checked bag free, 2nd checked bag $355
  • Priority Lane and Express Lane access6
  • Same-day standby (taxes and fees may apply)7
  • 25% Rapid Rewards points8 earning bonus on qualifying flights
  • Dedicated A-List Member phone line

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Check out the latest from Southwest by visiting our Newsroom, where you can learn more about our latest station openings, new partnerships, events, what’s new and upcoming on our flights, and more.

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Ready to book?

  • Book in your company’s preferred booking tool.
  • Link your Rapid Rewards® number to your online booking tool profile so you can earn points.8