Can I change my companion on Southwest after booking?

You may change your designated Companion up to three times each calendar year that you maintain Companion Pass privileges. Any reservation with your current designated Companion must be canceled before changing your designated Companion. To change your Companion, you must call 1-800-435-9792.



Yes, you can change your designated companion on Southwest, but there are a few 2026 "fine print" rules to keep in mind. You are allowed to change your companion up to three times per calendar year. To do this, you must first cancel any existing reservations you have for your current companion. Once those flights are cleared, you can change the name via the "My Account" section on the Southwest website or app. It typically takes about 24–48 hours for the new companion to be officially "active" in the system, though many users find it happens almost instantly. A critical tip: if you have already booked a flight for yourself and then change your companion, you simply go back into "My Trips" and click the "Add Companion" button to generate a new ticket for the new person. You cannot simply "swap" names on an existing companion ticket; that ticket must be cancelled and re-booked under the new companion's name to ensure the manifest and security data are accurate.

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You may change your designated Companion up to three times each calendar year that you maintain Companion Pass privileges. Any reservation with your current designated Companion must be canceled before changing your designated Companion. To change your Companion, you must call 1-800-435-9792.

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Both travelers must be booked at the same time and on the same reservation, and travel must be reserved and completed by the expiration date on the certificate. If either ticket is canceled, the other will be as well. Finally, the Companion Certificate is only valid on round-trip tickets.

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Pro tip: if you add your companion and later want to cancel your flight, you must first cancel the companion's itinerary before you can change or cancel the itinerary for the primary traveler.

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Yes, you can buy transferable airline tickets. However, most airlines do not offer transferable tickets and only sell non-transferable flights. The majority of transferable flight tickets are offered by low-cost airlines, such as the airlines that are listed above.

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To change or cancel a flight for a specific traveler on a reservation with two or more travelers, you must first divide the reservation. After you divide the reservation, you will be able to change or cancel the reservation that needs updating.

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Yes, although every airline's policy is different, it will almost always cost to transfer an airline ticket to another person. Sometimes, the cost of transferring a flight ticket to someone else can actually be more expensive than purchasing an entirely new ticket.

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This pass grants you the privilege of bringing a companion along for free (excluding applicable taxes and fees) on an unlimited number of Southwest Airlines flights throughout the pass. For frequent Southwest flyers, this benefit alone can easily amount to thousands of dollars saved annually.

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If you need to change the name of the passenger, you can cancel the original ticket as per the conditions of the respective price package under which the ticket has been purchased and make a new reservation with a different passenger name.

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What's Southwest's No-Show Policy? If you don't cancel your reservation at least 10 minutes before the flight's original scheduled departure time, your reservation will be canceled, and the value of Business Select or Anytime tickets will be refunded in the form of a Transferable Flight Credit.

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If I cancel my reservation within 24 hours of booking, can I get a refund? Yes, you can choose either to a) receive a method-of-payment refund or b) hold the value of the ticket as a flight credit or Transferable Flight CreditTM (depending on the fare) to buy a future flight.

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How do I change my Companion? You may change your designated Companion up to three times each calendar year that you maintain Companion Pass privileges. Any reservation with your current designated Companion must be canceled before changing your designated Companion.

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So if you, for instance, signed up for one of the cards and achieved the Companion Pass status through earning the qualifying points from a combination of credit card spend and flights booked, you would not lose the pass if you were to close the card at a later date.

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Taxes/Fees: The fare for Companion tickets requires payment of government-imposed taxes and fees of no more than $80 for roundtrip domestic flights (for itineraries with up to four flight segments). Taxes and fees depend on the itinerary.

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