How To Cancel Southwest Airlines Flight

Southwest Airlines is the world’s largest low-cost carrier. The airline, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, operates flights to over 120 destinations around the United States and 10 other countries. Southwest is well-known for providing a great passenger experience and its customer-friendly policies. The various booking and flight-related procedures with the airline are simple and easy to follow.

If you have booked a flight with Southwest Airlines and wish to cancel it due to alterations in your travel plans, in this blog we provide you a step-by-step guide for the flight cancellation procedure. Let’s first familiarize you with the Southwest Airlines cancellation policy.

If the passenger has purchased a refundable ticket, they can cancel their flight anytime they wish up until 10 minutes before the flight’s scheduled departure time. Doing so, you will not be receiving any penalties whatsoever. Your money is refunded to you through the mode of payment you used to make your booking. Otherwise, it will be added to your travel funds and you can use it for your future travels with Southwest. Here’s how you can know How to get a refund for Southwest airlines cancellations.

In case the passenger has purchased a non-refundable ticket, they can still get a refund if they make their cancellation within 24 hours of making the booking. Now that the cancellation policy is out of the way, let’s go through the flight cancellation procedure.

Southwest Airlines flight cancellation process:

First, visit the official website of Southwest Airlines.
Open the flight cancellation page. You can also directly visit Southwest.com/cancel.
Fill in your first and last name and your reservation number
Check the details such as the refundable amount (if any) shown on the screen.
Now click on the ‘Cancel’ option and your flight will be canceled.

If you wish to get more details on cancellation charges then this article on Does Southwest charges for canceling flights will prove to be of help. It provides information on the entire Southwest Airlines cancellation policy, Cancellations for different types of tickets, and also a cancellation process guide.
As stated earlier, Southwest Airlines has very lenient policies. If you have any other flight-related queries, you can contact Southwest’s customer service.

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