The new Southwest Airlines association with Iceland is officially live and available for reserve, but keep in mind that it will be a bit limited for the moment.
As of Thursday, customers can book itineraries with connections between Southwest and Iceland through the solid Southwest station at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall (BWI) international airport.
That means that you could start a trip with a flight in a Jet from the southwest and connect without problems, both you and your bags, to an Iceland flight to Keflavik airport (KEF) in Reykjavik. From there, it could even continue, on the same itinerary, even additional destinations in Europe.
The launch of its first air association, for which TPG witnessed the formal firm Earlier this year in Washington, DC, it is an important step for the southwest.
“This is an important milestone in our plan to expand how and where our clients can travel,” said Southwest’s executive vice president Ryan Green, last month about the carrier’s gain call.
A close association, at the beginning
As mentioned, the association, known as an interlineal agreement, will be quite narrow from the beginning.
At the moment, you can only book Southwest-Icelandair itineraries using the Icelandir website and some third-party online reserve services.
Nor can you win or exchange Fast rewards Points in these itineraries abroad yet.
That is ready to change in 2026 when the southwest change to assigned seats He will live. At that time, you can reserve flights to Iceland and Europe through the Southwest reserve channels.
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And you can pay in cash and gain quick rewards points in those reservations, or redeem points for your trip, a change that should be a great boost for the usefulness of Southwest’s points.
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How to reserve through the Southwest-Nocendair association
Meanwhile, however, we want to show you how to book an itinerary of Southwest-Icelandair under the association as it is at this time.
Flights to Iceland
Starting with the Icelandir website, suppose I want to make a round trip trip from Dallas Love Field (DAL) – Southwest’s start airport – to Kef.
As you can see, the Icelandir website offers an itinerary with one leg from DAL to BWI aboard the southwest, followed by a connection flight to Iceland for the BWI section to KEF of the trip.
Reserve of flights to Europe
It can also technically reserve an itinerary to Europe through this association, although it may not be the most efficient way to cross the Atlantic; In addition to making a stop at Kef, you would also have to go through BWI (at the moment, at least).
Here is a trip that begins at the Midway International Airport in Chicago (MDW) in the southwest and ends at the Heathrow airport in London (LHR).
You would fly to the southwest to Baltimore before connecting Islandiair for the flight of Reykjavik. Once in KEF, I could make a standard connection before the final stretch to Europe, or spend a day or two (or more) in Iceland as part of a scale; You can fit on the scales up to seven days.
Expansion of the association soon
Less tortuous itineraries to Europe through this association should arise as airlines put online the new bases of the southwest. At this time, the association focuses solely on BWI connections, but that will expand to Denver (DEN) International Airport and Nashville International Airport (BNA) in the not too distant future.
“Then we will evaluate things from there,” Green told TPG last month.
End
The new Southwest Association with Isandiair is officially live and is available for reservations through the Icelandir website and some third -party sites. Although it is limited at this time (and is not yet available for rapid reimbursements or reimbursements), it will expand significantly over the course of next year.
During that time, Southwest also plans to announce a second international partner of the airline, so be attentive.
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