They include people who buy Business Select Fares, Rapid Rewards Members with A-List and A-List Preferred status, and EarlyBird Check-In customers.

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When the new Rapid Rewards was first announced in January, customers moaned about it on the company's Facebook page and Nuts blog.

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This past year Southwest rolled out a new Rapid Rewards program.

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The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier credit card is now offering 50, 000 points after your first purchase, enough for two free roundtrip flights to almost anywhere Southwest flies.

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"We certainly understand the convenience that a third-party aggregator can provide for a member, with one-stop to see all your accounts, " said Jonathan Clarkson, director of Southwest's Rapid Rewards program.

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Award availability at AirTran, which still has a separate program from Southwest, increased dramatically in the IdeaWorks' survey because Southwest is managing it similarly to how it manages its own Rapid Rewards program.

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Since then, greater co-ordination among ground troops, the air force and the marines patrolling the country's rivers has begun to bring rewards, enabling a rapid response to several guerrilla attacks.

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