Southwest Airlines has been in this news All wrong reasons So far in 2025, but it has been a bright place to include international partners. The airline has now announced a new partnership with Taiwan’s biggest carrier, China Airlines. This move is after its first international contribution, With an IcelanderWhich was announced in February.
June 2, 2025 announced, in China Airline’s partnership, starting in early 2026, expected to sell joint travels later this year. China Airline says the target for the partnership is to link its passengers to the rest of the United States on a ticket flying in US gateway cities.
I reached the southwest about the partnership. The airline confirmed that it would provide China Airlines users a way to connect throughout the United States, but did not provide additional details.
This is what we know so far and can look like a partnership.
What we know: two airlines, a travelogue
China Airlines will be the second internal partner of the South West. An internal contract partner enables airlines to manage passenger and luggage handling on a single journey, allowing passengers to check the bag or connect to multiple airlines without multiple tickets.
The agreement between Southwest and China Airlines will provide opportunities for passengers of China Airlines through cities where both airlines run, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Ontario, California. The deal may include contacts from the United States for travelers from Asia, though no explanation has been issued.
According to an email from the Southwestern Representative, the Internal Tickets will be available in the third quarter of 2025 in the third quarter of 2025 for the journey in early 2026. However, no additional information was provided about the mail or book award’s travel capacity.
Do we not know
Will China Airlines Flight Points Fast Rewards Points in Southwest Be Arnibly?
Southwest did not answer my questions whether you would book China Airline flights Fast rewards points. If this is possible in the future, it raises other questions about the award prices. For example, will the award pricing be at the same prices as the domestic award flight in the southwest?
Will passengers succeed in making China airlines when flying to the southwest, and vice versa?
Interfaren contracts often provide the opportunity to make mail credit to the airline’s loyalty program. China is a member of airlines Sky Team Alliance And provides you with credit mail earning a second -time flight programs within the alliance. But since the South West is not a member of the Sky Team, we still do not know whether you will be able to credit the miles earned at China Airlines while flying in the Southwest (or if it will provide good value). Likewise, we do not know if you will be able to get credit points from flying on the South West, in the China Airlines Fly Loyalty Program.
Will China Airlines Mail be usable for booking southwestern flights?
The family flyer program is not a transfer partner of any major credit card rewards programs, but when you fly on the Sky Team partner, you can earn their mail by flying with China Airlines or crediting in the program. However, we do not yet know whether you will be able to release family flying fairs for a dedicated or joint travel adage in the southwest.
How fast rewards can get rid of the airline
Once again, Southwest has not confirmed that rapid rewards points for China Airlines flights will be irreparable.
But if partnerships work like many internal contracts, you will be able to book a double carrier travel names using the Southwest Rapid prizes through the Southwestern website. For example, Southwest internal contract flyers with the Icelander will allow flights from the United States to Iceland and then to more than 30 destinations in Europe. If this is the case with this new agreement, then after contacting the China Airlines Center in Taipei, Taiwan, the Southwest passenger will be able to access more than 35 locations in Asia and Oshiana.
Southwest recently transferred the award to the dynamic prices of flights, where the number of points with ticket prices fluctuates. This means that we do not know how many points will be needed to fly in the Pacific (if this is exactly the option).
According to this writing, one -way economy flight from Los Angeles to Taipei is about $ 450. If the South West Southwest website (which can be a huge assumption), a similar price is offered, the price of this flight can cost 35,000 points on our grounds. Existing diagnosis Injured 1.3 cents Each one for the fastest prizes in the southwest. But we have to wait and see how much flights will really cost.
Is this a valuable contribution?
The rise of the Southwest Transpace Partner is certainly interesting and should provide passengers from Asia to access the US Midwest and East Coastal Additional Additional Additional Options, which can also provide domestic passengers with Taipei access to Asia and Oceania’s additional additional options.
However, for now, this is just an internal contract that lacks details. We do not yet know whether pricing will be meaningful for revenue or award tickets, or how the availability of availability will look like. But over the past few months, in view of numerous negative changes in the Southwest, the addition of another partner is promising.
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