{"id":5274,"date":"2026-08-26T14:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:23:39","slug":"airlines-currently-offering-promotions-for-business-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/blog\/2026\/08\/26\/airlines-currently-offering-promotions-for-business-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines currently offering promotions for business travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two airlines are currently offering promotions for those traveling on university business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>American Airlines AAdvantage Gold Status<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue employees may be eligible for a limited-time offer from American Airlines to receive immediate AAdvantage Gold\u00ae status.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalsales.aa.com\/mp\/CorporateISPGoldCampaign.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AAdvantage Gold\u00ae Instant Status Pass\u2122 promotion<\/a> gives eligible travelers Gold status benefits for an initial four-month period. Travelers may keep or advance their status by earning qualifying Loyalty Points during the promotion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This opportunity may be especially helpful for employees who do not currently have airline status and want access to travel benefits such as preferred seating, priority check-in and boarding, checked bag benefits and upgrade opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To participate, travelers must be AAdvantage members. Membership is free, and travelers should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com\/web\/loyalty\/profile\/enrollment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">join<\/a> before registering for the promotion.\u00a0Travelers have until Oct. 23 to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Southwest Airlines A-List Status<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now through Oct. 31, Purdue employees can earn promotional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/customer-enhancements\/assigned-seating\/#tier-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A-List status<\/a> plus 20,000 Rapid Rewards\u00ae bonus points, when flying for business. Simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/2026BizOffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">register<\/a>, then book through Concur or AAA Corporate Travel and fly qualifying flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book and fly two qualifying round trip flights (four qualifying one-way flights): earn promotional A-List status valid through Dec. 31.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book and fly four qualifying round trip flights (eight qualifying one-way flights): earn promotional A-List status valid through Dec. 31 plus 20,000 Rapid Rewards bonus points.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subject to restrictions. See promotion Terms and Conditions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/2026BizOffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registration page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A-List Members enjoy exclusive perks, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One free checked bag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early boarding in Group 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ability to select an available Preferred seat at booking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The option to upgrade to an available Extra Legroom seat within 48 hours of departure at no extra cost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who already have A-List status can still earn the 20,000 Rapid Rewards points by flying four qualifying round trip flights (or eight qualifying one-way flights).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions may be directed to <a href=\"mailto:purduetravel@purdue.edu\">purduetravel@purdue.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two airlines are currently offering promotions for those traveling on university business. American Airlines AAdvantage Gold Status Purdue employees may be eligible for a limited-time offer from American Airlines to receive immediate AAdvantage Gold\u00ae status.&nbsp; The AAdvantage Gold\u00ae Instant Status<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,48,188],"tags":[189,333],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-community","category-people","category-purdue-travel","tag-purdue-travel","tag-travel-promotions"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-02 22:41:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5286,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274\/revisions\/5286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5274"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}