{"id":424319,"date":"2026-09-02T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424319\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:12:09","slug":"this-texas-airport-just-one-of-four-in-first-ever-southwest-airlines-lounge-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424319\/","title":{"rendered":"This Texas airport just one of four in first-ever Southwest Airlines lounge network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/southwest-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Southwest Airlines<\/a> is launching its own lounge network, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/organization\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Austin-Bergstrom<\/a> is just one of four airports in the nation to be part of it first.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The airline announced the collaboration with Chase on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Southwest says construction has begun on its first four lounges, with an expected opening date in late 2027.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The lounges will be located at:<\/p>\n<p> Austin-Bergstrom International AirportBaltimore\/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportDaniel K. Inouye (Honolulu) International AirportNashville International Airport <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The lounges will be accessible using a new, premium Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card issued by Chase.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Southwest Airlines has built one of the most trusted brands in travel by delivering authentic Hospitality that Customers value. Our lounges will be a natural extension of that experience, offering Customers a place to relax and experience the Southwest brand in a new way,&#8221; said Tony Roach, Executive Vice President, Chief Customer &amp; Brand Officer at Southwest Airlines. &#8220;The introduction of a lounge network represents a strategic investment in Rapid Rewards and deepens our 30-year partnership with Chase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Southwest says it plans to open at least seven more lounges over the next several years across high-demand and leisure business markets.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">FOX 7 Austin has reached out to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for more details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report comes from a Sept. 2 press release from Southwest Airlines. This story was reported from Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/southwest-airlines\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/travel-news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travel News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/organization\/abia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin-Bergstrom International Airport<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/md\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/hi\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tn\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; Southwest Airlines is launching its own lounge network, and Austin-Bergstrom is just one of four airports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19891,132,56611,134631,223,1827,7329,27,29,28,20209,3019,394,216,393],"class_list":["post-424319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-abia","tag-austin","tag-hi","tag-md","tag-news","tag-organization","tag-southwest-airlines","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tn","tag-travel-news","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}