You can cancel your Southwest flight online, and you will get a refund or travel funds counting on the fare type.
Can you cancel a Southwest flight? Yes. Southwest Airlines has one among the simplest cancellation policies among major airlines. Historically, Southwest stood alone among airlines with its customer-friendly change and cancellation policies, but due to the pandemic, other airlines have improved their flexibility toward flight changes.
Still, the Southwest Airlines Cancellation Policy stands out among the simplest . Here's what you would like to understand to cancel your own Southwest flight.
Southwest Airlines cancellation policy
The Southwest flight cancellation policy is simple: you'll cancel your flight at any time, with no cancellation fees, up to 10 minutes before the flight's scheduled departure.
If you booked a flight with Rapid Rewards points, they'll be refunded back to your loyalty account.
If you booked a flight with cash, it'll either be refunded back to your method of payment or converted into Southwest travel funds, counting on the sort of fare you booked.
Even for nonrefundable reservations, if you cancel within 24 hours of booking, you'll receive a refund back to the first sort of payment or convert the airfare into travel funds.
If you get Southwest travel funds after canceling a Southwest Airlines flight, remember that there are some restrictions to using your credit. The travel funds are accessible only with the confirmation number and therefore the name of the first ticketed passenger — in other words, they are not transferable to anyone else. There's also an expiration date: you will need to use the travel funds and take the new flight within one year of the first date of your flight.