Any targeted offers to congressional staffers?
Dec 7, 2021, 8:21 pm
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Any targeted offers to government employees
My neice just became government employee I'm wondering if southwest has any targeted offers for them. Southwest is the only nonstop to AUS out of DCA (unless AA adds it to their Austin expansion), so she is probably going to use it alot.
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Dec 8, 2021, 6:42 am
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Never heard of any such thing.
But - there are some good offers to get 50-100,000 miles via Southwest Credit Cards.
But - there are some good offers to get 50-100,000 miles via Southwest Credit Cards.
Dec 9, 2021, 2:22 pm
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Dec 13, 2021, 5:41 pm
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general broad brush offers like military discounts are allowed.
southwest will offer lower fares deals out of DCA to airports they fly direct to thst come up.
getting to BWI is not hard from the Capitol.
metro or walk to union station ( about a 15 min walk)
take a $7 MARC train to BWI station
across the road to the parking garage there is a free bus that takes you to bwi airport.
United has a hub at Dulles so directs are offered. In spring 2022 silver line metro will open at Dulles airport. It’s about an hour ride from Capitol south metro station. Unsure what the fare will be for this.
WN usually has a one stop/ no plane change flight to austin too. I think it goes through New Orleans but could go through nashville.
Dec 13, 2021, 5:45 pm
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ait.ines offering a staffer anything special is an ethics violation where they can get fired.
Dec 13, 2021, 5:50 pm
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even for official travel, you still need to book early to get The nonstop flight. Booking last minute the non stop price even for GSA exceeds the price cap so a connecting flight is the only option.
The last 20 years my work travel has been under GSA/ fed travel rules.