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Wanna earn promotional A-list status for 12 months?
As an A-List Member, you'll enjoy:
- Preferred seat(available at booking for flights departing on or after 1/27/26)1
- Extra Legroom seat(space available, 48 hours prior to departure for flights departing on or after 1/27/26)2
- Prioity boarding for everyone on your reservation3
- 1 checked bag free, 2nd checked bag $354
- Priority Land and Express Lane access5
- Same-day standby6
- 25% Rapid Rewards points7 earning bonus
- Dedicated Member phone line

A-List Tier Experience Details
You may be eligible for promotional Rapid Rewards® A-List status for 90 days. Between now and December 31, 2025, follow the steps below to find out if you qualify for this promotion. If you qualify for promotional A-List status, to extend this promotional A-List status for an additional 12 months, between your enrollment date for this promotion (as determined by Southwest) and the end of your 90 day promotional period you must either (1) book and complete three round trip qualifying flights or six one-way qualifying flights, or (2) earn 8,000 Tier qualifying points from your qualifying flights booked and flown between your enrollment date for this promotion and end of your 90 day promotional period. 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. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply and can be found at Southwest.com/rrterms. See terms and conditions for full details.
To find out if you qualify for this promotion, follow these simple steps:
- 1. Sign up for Rapid Rewards
- If you're not already a Member, join Rapid Rewards
- 2. Fill out the form below 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 qualify for promotional A-List status, to extend this promotional A-List status for an additional 12 months, between your enrollment date for this promotion (as determined by Southwest) and the end of your 90 day promotional period you must either (1) book and complete three round trip qualifying flights or six one-way qualifying flights, or (2) earn 8,000 Tier qualifying points from your qualifying flights booked and flown between your enrollment date for this promotion and end of your 90 day promotional period.
In order to qualify for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion, between now and December 31, 2025 (“Registration Period”) (a) Member must complete the steps noted above, including, without limitation, providing the information required in the form and clicking the “Submit” button, (b) Member must not currently have A-List Preferred status on Southwest Airlines, (c) Member must be an employee of a company that either has: (1) a current and effective corporate travel agreement executed with Southwest Airlines that provides for Corporate Tier Experience and the Corporate Tier Experience provision in such agreement must be valid at the time of Member’s request for this Corporate Tier Experience promotional A-List Status, or (2) otherwise agreed with Southwest in writing (email to suffice) that Southwest will provide its employees for a mutually agreed upon time period the ability to enroll in Corporate Tier Experience during the specified time period stated in the invitation to enroll in Corporate Tier Experience sent to Member and Member’s request for this Corporate Tier Experience promotional A-List Status is submitted during such specified time period, and (d) Member must not have received Corporate Tier Experience A-List Status within the last 12 months. Please note: Enrollment in this Corporate Tier Experience promotion more than once during a twelve-month period is not allowed. Qualification and Corporate Tier Experience promotional A-List status confirmation must be completed prior to booking of travel to receive A-List benefits. Please allow up to 10 days to process the Corporate Tier Experience promotional Rapid Rewards A-List status. You will receive an email notification when you’ve qualified for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion. Offer is nontransferable. Current A-List members whose status is expiring are not eligible for the Corporate Tier Experience promotion. If you qualify for Corporate Tier Experience promotional A-List status, during the Corporate Tier Experience promotional period, you will not receive an A-List card, but you will receive all A-List status benefits on all flights booked after qualifying for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion, when you provide your Rapid Rewards account number when making your reservation.
To extend promotional A-List status for 12 months, if Member enrolls and qualifies for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion, then between Member’s enrollment date for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion and the end of Member’s 90 day promotional period Member must either (1) book and complete three qualifying round trip flights (or six one-way qualifying flights) or (2) earn 8,000 tier qualifying points from Member’s qualifying flights booked and flown between Member’s enrollment date for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion and the end of Member’s 90 day promotional period. If promotional A-List status is not extended for 12 months by Member meeting the above requirements, then Member will return to their original status level (if any) held prior to enrolling in this Corporate Tier Experience, unless (a) such status has already expired, or (b) Member had promotional A-List status through Corporate Status Match. If Member currently has promotional A-List status through a Corporate Status Match promotion, then Member will forfeit the promotional status received through such promotion upon enrollment in this Corporate Tier Experience promotion.
Valid on new reservations booked between Member's enrollment date for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion and the end of Member's 90 day promotional period. A qualifying round trip flight is a round trip flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city and back to the originating airport or carrier-recognized co-terminal, and a qualifying one-way trip flight is a one-way flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city. For purposes of this Promotion, a “qualifying flight” must be a flight operated by Southwest Airlines® and paid entirely with dollars, Southwest LUV Vouchers®, gift cards, or flight credits and those paid with Cash + Points. Qualifying flights exclude reward flights, charter flights, nonrevenue travel, Groups travel, Getaways by Southwest™ vacation bookings, Southwest Vacations® packages, and Companion Pass® travel. Purchased points will not qualify for this Corporate Tier Experience promotion. Tier qualifying points are earned through the purchase of revenue flights or through the use of the Rapid Rewards Premier and Priority Consumer Credit Cards and the Rapid Rewards Premier and Performance Business Credit Cards. Changes made to an itinerary after purchase of a one-way or round trip revenue flight may eliminate qualification for extension of promotional A-List status. Upon qualifying to extend promotional A-List status for 12 months, you will not receive an A-List card, but you will receive all A-List status benefits on all flights booked after qualifying to extend promotional A-List status under this Corporate Tier Experience promotion, when you provide your Rapid Rewards account number when making your reservation. If A-List status is earned by flying 20 qualifying one-way flights or earning 35,000 tier qualifying points in the 2025 calendar year while qualified for promotional A-List status, the regular A-List status will supersede the promotional A-List status, entitling the Member to A-List status through December 31, 2026.
Southwest reserves the right to amend, suspend, or change this Corporate Tier Experience promotion at any time without notice. It is free to enroll in Rapid Rewards (to enroll, visit Southwest.com/enroll). All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply and can be found at Southwest.com/rrterms.
1Preferred Seat Selection at Booking: When available, A-List Members will be able to select a Preferred or a Standard seat at the time of booking, or up to 30 minutes prior to a flight’s scheduled local departure time. If no Preferred or Standard seat is available, A-List Members will be assigned a seat in accordance with the fare rules of the ticket purchased. When available, A-List Members will be able to select Preferred or Standard seats for up to 8 additional Passengers on the same reservation as the A-List Member, allowing for a total of 9 Preferred or Standard seats. If the A-List Member is removed from the reservation and there is no tier Rapid Rewards® Member or primary Cardmember with the same or greater seatings benefits, all seating selections for that reservation will be released and seats will be assigned in accordance with the fare rules of the ticket purchased. Benefits may not apply on itineraries booked with partner airlines. A-List Members should allow up to 14 days for tier status to be updated in their Rapid Rewards account to be eligible for this benefit. Rapid Rewards account and A-List status must be open and in good standing when selecting a Preferred or Standard seat. If your Rapid Rewards account or A-List status is closed or not in good standing before or at the time of travel, the seat selection will be released. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply and can be found at Southwest.com/rrterms.
2Extra Legroom Seat Upgrade at 48 Hours Prior to Departure: When available, A-List Members will be able to upgrade to an Extra Legroom seat within 48 hours prior to flight departure for themselves and up to 8 additional Passengers on the same reservation, allowing for a total of 9 Extra Legroom seats. If the A-List Member is removed from the reservation and there is no tier Rapid Rewards® Member or primary Cardmember with the same or greater seatings benefits, all seating selections for that reservation will be released and seats will be assigned in accordance with the fare rules of the ticket purchased. Benefits may not apply on itineraries booked with partner airlines. A-List Members should allow up to 14 days for tier status to be updated in their Rapid Rewards account to be eligible for this benefit. Rapid Rewards account and A-List status must be open and in good standing when selecting a Preferred or Standard seat. If your Rapid Rewards account or A-List status is closed or not in good standing before or at the time of travel, the seat selection will be released. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply and can be found at Southwest.com/rrterms.
3Boarding group is based on the seat type and location in the cabin. The seats included in the fare bundle are based on availability. Our Rapid Rewards® A-List Preferred, A-List members, and Rapid Rewards Credit Cardmembers have a boarding benefit.
4Bag fees apply to Basic, Choice, and Choice Preferred fares booked and ticketed and/or changed on or after May 28, 2025. Choice Extra fares, Rapid Rewards® A-List Preferred members, and Getaways by Southwest™ Customers receive two free checked bags. A-List members and Rapid Rewards® Credit Cardmembers only receive their first checked bag for free. Checked bag benefits do not apply on flights booked with a partner carrier. Weight and size limits apply. Additional allowances, benefits, and/or exceptions may apply. Learn more.
5Priority and Express Lanes, (where available), can be accessed by Choice Extra and Choice Preferred Customers and A-List and A-List Preferred Members. Priority Lanes are at Southwest® check-in counters, and Express Lanes are at security checkpoints.
6Free same-day change/standby: Same-day change: On the day of travel, you can switch to another flight with space
available departing on the same calendar day between the same origin airport and destination airport as your original
flight. As of May 28, 2025, free same-day change is only available for Choice Extra, Choice Preferred, or Choice fares.
Basic fares and Rapid Rewards® A-List Preferred and A-list Members will no longer be eligible for free same-day change
unless the Member purchases a qualifying fare. Same-day standby: You can list for same-day standby on an earlier flight
via a Southwest® Customer Service Agent at the airport or the Southwest app or mobile web. You will receive a message
based on the contact preference selected during booking if you are cleared on the flight. With the exception of A-List
Preferred and A-List Members, Customers who purchase Basic fares are not eligible for free same-day standby.
For both same-day change and same-day standby, you must change your flight or request to be added to the same-day standby list at least 10 minutes prior to the original scheduled departure of your flight or the no-show policy will apply. If using the app or mobile web for standby, you must list your name 30 minutes ahead of original scheduled departure. You will be required to pay any government taxes and fees associated with these itinerary changes, but refunds will be provided. Your original boarding position is not guaranteed. Southwest Business Customers booked through travel agencies may need to see a Southwest Agent at the airport for both a same-day change or standby listing. See southwest.com/standby for more details.
7Points can be earned from (a) Qualifying Flights (defined below) operated by Southwest®, or (b) through qualifying purchases with our Rapid Rewards® partners. A “Qualifying Flight” is a revenue round-trip flight on Southwest Airlines® from an origin city to a destination city and back to the originating airport or carrier-recognized co-terminal, and a qualifying one-way flight is a one-way revenue flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city. For purposes of this Promotion, a “qualifying flight” must be a flight operated by Southwest Airlines and paid entirely with dollars, Southwest LUV Vouchers®, gift cards, or flight credits and those paid with Cash + Points. Qualifying flights exclude reward flights, charter flights, nonrevenue travel, Groups travel, Getaways by Southwest™ vacation bookings, Southwest Vacations® packages, and Companion Pass® travel.