{"id":424927,"date":"2026-09-03T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424927\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:44:23","slug":"southwest-airlines-to-open-its-first-airport-lounges-with-austin-among-initial-sites-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424927\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines to open its first airport lounges, with Austin among initial sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Southwest Airlines has announced that it will launch its first-ever airport lounges, one of which will be in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The airline said construction is underway on lounge locations at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Baltimore\/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu and Nashville International Airport. <\/p>\n<p>The first guests are expected to use the new lounges in late 2027.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/conversation-continues-around-perception-desire-for-flock-safety-cameras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Conversation continues around perception, desire for Flock Safety cameras<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Southwest Airlines is collaborating with Chase to build out the lounge experience, combining the hospitality with design. Dining and amenities will be modeled on the Chase Sapphire Reserve Lounge Network. <\/p>\n<p>Tony Roach, executive vice president and chief customer and brand officer at Southwest Airlines, said, &#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; He added, &#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>Access to the new Southwest lounges will be provided through a premium Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card issued by Chase, which is expected to launch in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Southwest Airlines has announced that it will launch its first-ever airport lounges, one of which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-424927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424927","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=424927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}