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Just a friendly reminder, SWA already has an agreement with SWAPA to do a code share/interline agreement in Hawaii/Alaska in section 1 if they choose to. The fact they are building a 12,000 sq lounge with two floors tells me something is missing that we don’t know yet. Why Hawaii? Not exactly a cash cow, high yielding destination. Plus SWA is a distant second in Hawaii in market share. Some pieces missing.
Im guessing it’s a credit card play. Hawaii is probably a big points destination, so got to play to the customer. I just got notice from Chase that my SWA visa will now have an annual fee of like $90, so I’m guessing this is a big part of it.