Southwest Airways Declares Huge Partnership With Expedia—What to Know

• Southwest Airways will start promoting its tickets on Expedia Group’s web sites.
• Often known as an internet journey advisory, Expedia contains Orbitz and Travelocity. 
• The announcement comes as Southwest has expanded its route map with new worldwide and home flights.

Reserving a low-cost getaway simply received simpler.

Southwest Airways not too long ago introduced a brand new partnership with Expedia Group, the place the journey firm will start promoting tickets on behalf of the low-cost airline. Expedia, which owns CheapTickets, Hotwire, Orbitz, and Travelocity, has over ten million each day guests to its web sites. 

Southwest’s route map presently spans 117 locations over eleven nations. The airline additionally not too long ago introduced an settlement with Icelandair to supply connection service all through Europe and Iceland.

The brand new partnership with Expedia will develop the ways in which vacationers should purchase tickets on the flights, the place beforehand they may solely guide on Southwest.com. The journey firm will formally begin promoting Southwest tickets by Thursday, February 27, 2025, and each the airline and Expedia described the transfer as a “journey trade first.”

“Southwest Airways is a beloved model identified for its customer-first service and operational excellence,” Expedia Group’s Chief Business Officer Greg Schulze shared in a press release to Journey + Leisure. “This partnership aligns completely with our mission to supply probably the most journey choices and ship distinctive worth to our prospects.”

The partnership will even develop entry to Expedia’s AI-driven instruments, the place vacationers can make the most of synthetic intelligence for help in reserving journey. Expedia can also be identified for its free journey rewards program, OneKey. Members can earn factors and perks on journey purchases, together with a ten % low cost on resorts, and additional reductions when combining a flight and resort. 

Expedia Group is named an internet journey agent, or OTA. Different on-line brokers embrace Reserving Holdings, which owns the Priceline, Kayak, and OpenTable manufacturers. 

In Might 2024, Southwest made headlines by saying they might start sharing their flight knowledge and costs on Google Flights. The transfer allowed Southwest to stay aggressive with different airways, by displaying their costs alongside the likes of United, Delta, American, and Alaska. 

The airline additionally started providing red-eye routes, offering in a single day cross-country journey from Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZ to Baltimore, MD.