Southwest to let customers check wine cases from western US cities
Southwest Airlines to let customers check wine cases for free
Southwest Airlines will soon let passengers check out a case of wine for free if they are traveling from select west coast wine country locations.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Southwest Airlines will soon let passengers check one case of wine for free between some west coast cities in the United States as the company rolls out new nonstop routes to California wine county.
What's next:
The Sip and Ship program starts April 24, 2026. Southwest recently added service from Santa Rosa's airport, Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport. The airline will run nonstop flights from the new destination to the following cities:
- San Diego
- Denver
- Las Vegas
- Burbank
Those passengers traveling to the Southern California, Nevada, or Colorado airports will be able to take advantage of the new program. They would have to check in with a Southwest desk agent at the airport. The service allows one free checked case of wine (12 bottles), as long as the passenger is at least 21 years old.
FILE - Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 arrives at Los Angeles international Airport on Sept.02, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
Southwest will soon begin flying to Anchorage, Alaska as part of a larger rollout of expanded service in the United States, including the Virgin Islands and areas in the southeast like Knoxville, Tennessee.
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