According to the website eligibility - only Rapid Reward A list members are eligible for Early Check-in not Rapid Rewards awards. If this is wrong it need to be corrected. As a Southwest credit card holder and Rapid Rewards members I feel any advantage I had of receiving awards through the points from the credit card have been nullified if I am not eligible for the Early Check-In. If it wasn't broke - why fix it? I would rather see the price for a flight rise than these nickel and dime fees. SW seems to be forgetting their market - this policy makes them "just another airline".
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