"Southwest Business Assist is a transformational one-stop shop for our Southwest Business Customers as we deliver industry-leading capabilities on one of the most advanced platforms available today," said Dave Harvey, Vice President of Southwest Business. "The on-demand self-service tool will provide easy access to real-time information, reporting, and benefits designed to improve efficiencies and communication for our business travel Partners and continues our journey of making it easy to manage business travel on Southwest."
When the first phase of Southwest Business Assist is available, it will bring a variety of new features to the business travel community including:
- Travel funds management
- Enhanced insight to contractual benefits, account performance, and dashboards
- Expanded sustainability reporting
- Increased automation with real-time capabilities and service
More features are planned as additional phases of Southwest Business Assist are released including duty of care reporting, the ability for travel managers to manage eligible flight credits, and additional automated functions.
Learn more by visiting southwestbusinessassist.com.
Streamlining Products & Services
Southwest continues implementing new tools and programs to enhance its offerings to business Customers. EarlyBird Check-In® is now available to be booked within Travelport and Amadeus global distribution systems (GDS) and it is planned to be available in Sabre. The airline also recently added Mexico itineraries that can now be booked within the participating GDSs. Additionally, Southwest rolled out Airline Tariff Publishing Company's (ATPCO) Express Contracts and Routehappy to further enhance and streamline the management of business travel programs on Southwest.
Southwest Business continues evolving by enhancing its offering including rewarding companies booking and traveling on Southwest as well as rewarding its travelers through Rapid Rewards Business. Launched in 2021, Rapid Rewards Business gives participating Companies and their travelers the ability to earn Rapid Rewards points which can be used for travel on Southwest Airlines*. See how Rapid Rewards Business can help your organization at Southwest.com/RapidRewardsBusiness.
