Southwest Airlines offers opportunity for Purdue employees to earn A-List status

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Southwest Airlines is offering Purdue employees the opportunity to earn A-List status beginning Aug. 1.

Employees may register for the Corporate Tier Experience using their Purdue email address between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31 to receive A-List status for 90 days. Employees may then be able to extend A-List status for an additional 12 months if they meet one of the two following requirements:

  1. Book and complete two round-trip qualifying flights or four one-way qualifying flights
  2. Earn 5,333 tier qualifying points from qualifying flights booked and flown between the enrollment date for this promotion and the end of the 90-day promotional period

Some of the benefits included with A-List status include:

* Priority boarding

* Priority and Express Lane access

* 25% earning bonus on qualifying flights

* Dedicated A-List member phone line

* Same-day confirmed change and standby

Business and personal flights may be used to earn A-List status during the 90-day promotional period and for the extended 12-month period.

More information about the promotion is available on a flyer from Southwest Airlines and on the Purdue Travel website. Questions may be directed to Purdue Travel at purduetravel@purdue.edu.

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