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"The financial burden on our family has been severe. I have many things to be thankful for, but regaining my health has been a long, expensive road. Southwest Airlines has been a true blessing. Thanks to them the burden is lightened."

–Recipient of MTGP

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"It is through your generous and kind assistance that I have been able to travel with my wife for my cancer treatments. I have been fighting this fight almost five years at great expenses both financially and emotionally. Your generosity has helped to ease some of that burden. Thank you."

–Cancer patient

"It is difficult to put into words how grateful myself, my wife and my disabled son are for Southwest Airlines' Medical Transportation Grant Program. It has been a very difficult ordeal to go through these past two years, but without the assistance of Southwest, I would not have the chance to extend my life to this point and beyond, and for that reason we thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

–MD Anderson patient

"The Medical Transportation Grant program has been an incredible help for our family. We never thought that we would have a life-threatening disease that would turn our lives upside down. Thanks to this program, we had one less thing to worry about and were able to focus on our child’s health."

–Parent of MTGP recipient

"Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have no idea how helpful this program is. We are from Ohio and were accepted on a week’s notice for surgery. I wasn’t sure financially how I was going to do this. You have just lifted a heavy burden. Thanks just aren’t enough. You all are blessed."

–Self-employed MTGP recipient

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Southwest Airlines Medical Transportation Grant Program

Through Southwest Airlines Medical Transportation Grant Program (MTGP) we provide complimentary, roundtrip tickets to nonprofit hospitals and medical transportation organizations. The program was created to provide much-needed assistance to medical patients and their family members who are traveling for specialized life-saving or life-changing medical care. Thereby, giving patients (and their families) peace of mind about how they get to the care they need. We are honored to work with a network of hospitals and organizations that support this special mission.

This year Southwest will partner with the following nonprofit hospitals and organizations in our 2021 Medical Transportation Grant Program. Note, Southwest allows participating nonprofit hospitals and medical transportation nonprofit organizations the freedom to determine how to distribute the tickets to patients and/or caregivers. Therefore, patients and/or caregivers seeking assistance need to contact the program partners directly, using the links or contact information listed below, as each partner has its own guidelines for administration of these tickets.

In 2021, Southwest Airlines is announcing that more than $3 million in free transportation is being provided to more than 75 hospitals and organizations nationwide who have been selected as recipients of this year's Medical Transportation Grant Program. To date, more than $38.6 million in free transportation has been since the program’s inception in 2007.

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