Southwest Hotels Scraper for Stay Totals and Rapid Rewards Points

Southwest Hotels points, totals and fees: what we extract

A search on Southwest Hotels returns a result count and a list of cards; a details page adds rooms, policies and reviews. We collect both levels and stamp every row with the search behind it.

• Search - destination, check-in and check-out dates, rooms and guests, mode (Earn points or Redeem points), sort order and position in the list.
• Hotel card - hotel name, neighborhood, star rating of the property including half steps, guest rating and the Free cancellation mark.
• Price - the total price of the stay with the number of nights it covers, labelled as including fees, in USD.
• Points - points per stay for a Rapid Rewards Member and for A-List Preferred status, two figures on every card.
• Rooms - from the details page: rooms available, room name, bed type, the occupancy the price is for, Non-refundable or free cancellation with its deadline, and the room rates - a standard one and, on select rooms, a dearer one that carries bonus points.
• Property details - street address, languages spoken, amenities by group, check-in and check-out times, house rules, age policy, restaurants on site with their cuisine types and the property's public notes, where a fee collected at check-in is spelled out when the property charges one.
• Identifiers - the hotel id in the details address and the place id of the destination, written there as AGODA_CITY or AGODA_REGION plus a number; both keep rows stable between runs.

The total on the card is not always the whole bill. Southwest Hotels warns that some properties charge a resort fee that is paid at the property and sits outside the quoted price. We keep the quoted total and the property notes side by side, so the gap can be measured.

Southwest Hotels price tracker and the Redeem points view

A Southwest Hotels price tracker is a fixed set of searches repeated on a calendar. Between runs the total moves, and so do the points: the earn figure is set per hotel and per rate, not as a flat share of the price, and it is bounded - the site's own FAQ names a floor per reservation and a ceiling per night. Stored run after run, totals and points form a rate history for each hotel and check-in date.

The Redeem points view is a second dataset over the same hotels. Each card then shows the points asked, often with a cash remainder, again for a Member and for A-List Preferred status, and the site lets members pay a tenth, a quarter, half, three quarters or all of a stay in points. Set against the cash total, it yields the value of a point for every hotel and night.

Coverage rests on the Sort + Filter panel: sorting by Featured, lowest or highest price, Highest rated, Most points earned or Distance, and filters for star rating, guest rating, average price per night, neighborhood and popular options such as Pay later, Free breakfast, Pool or Pet friendly. Large destinations are sliced by these filters and merged on the hotel id.