Southwest College Rapid Rewards Program Rocks
Attention college students: fly Southwest. Not only are their commercials the best, their rewards program is pretty exceptional for college students. College students, simply, get almost double everyone else.
Here is a table breaking down the sweet Southwest.com rewards…
| College Student | Old Person | |
| Credits earned for signing up | 4 | 0 |
| Credits earned for one round trip | 4 | 2 |
| Credits needed for bonus round trip | 16 | 16 |
| Number of Round trips needed before bonus round trip | 3 | 8 |
So you only need 3 round trips as a student traveler before earning your free round trip to 60 Southwest destinations. Rapid Rewards return rewards rather rapidly, as shown. The only real “catch” to the program is that you have to book through southwest.com, but I hardly consider convenience as a catch.
So if you’re in college, enroll in Southwest Rapid Rewards if you fly often, or want to start flying often. (Idea via Business Travel Logue)
A pretty good airfare perks for college students who frequently travel.
There's one big catch.... A college student who is already enrolled in Rapid Rewards is deemed ineligible for this college student program. Once they've got you in the regular program, you're stuck. What a crummy deal is that?!
Can budgetglobetrotting.com register a complaint to Southwest about this gotcha tactic?
College students would appreciate any support you can provide on this.
Thanks.
J.D. Stack
I was originally enrolled in the regular program and SW switched me over to the college program when I called in and requested it. You just have to send in some information... I believe you can enroll for the college program online, actually.
SWA is discontinuing the college program as of 10/15/2009