Southwest Airlines mobile boarding passes come to RSW

Southwest Airlines is now accepting mobile boarding passes at Southwest Florida International Airport.

An airline press release notes:

Customers can show the electronic boarding passes on their Web-enabled devices at security checkpoints and also at the gate when they board.

Fliers can obtain mobile passes at check-in by: immediately viewing and saving the passes in a new browser window after checking in via Southwest's mobile site or app; choosing to have a mobile-optimized email containing a boarding pass sent to you; or after checking in, choose to receive a text with a link to the mobile boarding pass.

Southwest is phasing-in the mobile boarding pass; it's not for all destinations as yet.

The airline joins an unknown number of other carriers that have added such passes, including Delta and United.

Before checking in, fliers should consult their airline's website to learn whether the mobile boarding pass option is available at the origination and destination airports they'll use.

Airports that now support Southwest Airlines' mobile boarding pass feature include: 

- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) 

- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) 

- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) 

- Baltimore–Washington International Airport (BWI) 

- Nashville International Airport (BNA) 

- Bob Hope Airport (BUR) 

- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 

- Denver International Airport (DEN) 

- Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) 

- William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) 

- McCarran International Airport (LAS) 

- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 

- Kansas City International Airport (MCI) 

- Orlando International Airport (MCO) 

- Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) 

- General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) 

- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) 

- Oakland International Airport (OAK) 

- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 

- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) 

- Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) 

- San Diego International Airport (SAN) 

- San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 

- San Jose International Airport (SJC) 

- Sacramento International Airport (SMF) 

- John Wayne Airport (SNA) 

- Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) 

- Tampa International Airport (TPA)

You can also utilize a mobile boarding pass if you are connecting through one of the aforementioned cities. However mobile boarding passes are not currently available to passengers traveling on AirTran-operated flights and/or international flights.