• December 6, 2010

Southwest Airlines has launched a way for Facebook users to give the opportunity of travel to children who need it most.

It will offer the Make-A-Wish Foundation $1 in travel each time a customer uses Facebook Deals to check-in at any of Southwest Airlines' 69 airports between now and Dec. 25.

Customers are asked to use their smartphone to check in using Facebook Places, share their location upon arrival at any airport Southwest serves, and claim the deal. Southwest Airlines will automatically donate $1 in travel to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, up to $300,000.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, and nearly 70% include travel to their wish destination.--Tanya Irwin