What is Southwest Airlines Cancellation Policy?
There are times when one has to cancel his/her flight for various reasons such as medical emergency in the family, event cancellation, etc. In such situations, one is better off if he/she cancels full or partial depending upon the situation flight booking at the earliest. If you book your flight tickets on Southwest Airlines you need to know the Southwest Airlines cancellation policy in advance to save money that you may have to pay as a cancellation fee along with the ways to cancel your flight ticket. If you have booked your ticket on phone, you can dial the Southwest Airlines cancellation number to cancel your flight. Here is the Southwest airlines cancellation policy in brief for you.
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If you cancel your flight ticket within 24 hours of the original ticket purchase, you will be eligible to get a full refund.
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If you cancel your non-refundable flight ticket after 24 hours of original ticket purchase, you will only be eligible for a future date flight ticket for free within 1 year of the purchase date. In this case, you are not bound to travel to the same destination as in your original booking.
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If you booked your flight ticket using your frequent flyer miles then you are required to inform Southwest Airlines at least 10 minutes before the departure of your flight to get a refund. If you don't do it then your flight reservation will be canceled without a refund.
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Depending upon the various ticket fare categories there are different rules for refunds. For example, if you book your flight ticket in Business Select and Anytime (refundable fares) category, you can cancel your flight ticket at least 10 minutes before the departure of your flight and you will be given a choice to make travel on the same or future date for free for originally ticketed passengers only. You can simply cancel your flight at least 10 minutes before the departure of your flight, receive the refund amount credited to your account and then book a new reservation on the same or a future date. similarly, if you booked your ticket in Wanna Get Away (non-refundable fare) category, you have purchased a non-refundable ticket. But you need to know that you can still buy a ticket on a future date which must be within 1 year from the date of actual ticket purchase for the originally ticketed passengers for free.
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Southwest Airlines cancellation policy in brief for you. Southwest Airlines is a major American airline and provide world-class services to the passengers. It understands the customers' requirements and committed to providing full support for any issue.
You can use the Manage my booking section on the website or mobile app of Southwest Airlines to cancel your flight if you booked your original tickets online. But if you booked your flight ticket on phone you can dial Southwest Airlines cancellation number and talk to a representative of Southwest Airlines and place your request for refunds. Cancellation and refunds would depend upon the time and are the category of your cancellation and original tickets.