When I flew for a big discount retailer, the company had a strict limit on hotel costs. $100 per night unless at the primary airport under class B airspace, then $130 per night. Everybody was subject to those limits from pilots, to merchandisers, to lawyers, to (theoretically) the CEO.

I was curious if SWA had similar policies, so I searched SWALife and found the business travel policies for headquarters employees traveling for business. Here is what I found.

"Travelers must utilize the least expensive property in the moderate hotel category.

Domestic properties in this category include: Clarion, Courtyard, Crowne Plaza, Embassy Suites, Fairfield, Hampton Inn, Hilton, Holiday Inn, Homewood Suites, Hyatt Place, Marriott, and Sheraton"