Can Southwest travel funds be used for anything other than flights?

Southwest® gift cards, Southwest LUV Vouchers®, and Southwest® Travel Funds can only be used on the flight portion of your trip. Southwest Airlines accepts unused ticketless travel funds for Passenger travel purchased through Southwest Airlines, excluding the Southwest Airlines Group Desk.



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What some people do is wait for their travel funds to expire, and then contact Southwest and ask for them to transfer the travel funds to a LUV voucher. This can be done on a case by case basis and Southwest charges $100 for the service, so it is up to you if you think it is worth it based on your travel fund value.

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A flight credit can only be used toward the purchase of another flight. It cannot be used for drinks or EarlyBird. Thanks for posing your question to the Southwest Airlines Community!

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Yes. The travel funds associated with your new ticket will take on the expiration date of the LUV Voucher they were purchased with, and the remaining $300 on the LUV Voucher will keep the expiration. Keep in mind that as always, all travel needs to be completed by the expiration date.

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A flight credit is a credit from either a canceled flight or a downgrade in fare that can be used to buy a future flight. Will my flight credit expire? Flight credits don't expire.

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Credit card: Eligible refunds will be processed to the same account no later than seven business days from the date we receive the request. Cash: Eligible refunds will be issued by check no later than 20 business days from the date of the request for domestic travel.

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so a LUV voucher can be used by anyone but once ticketed with a LUV voucher it is becomes apart of a travel fund. when it is a travel fund it is non transferable and the fund remains in the name of the ticketed passenger(s).

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Re: LUV Voucher and points Unfortunately, no. However, if you're booking a round trip, consider instead booking 2 one-way's. That would allow you to use the voucher on one leg and points for the other.

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Vouchers are fully transferrable and can be used by anyone. They would just need the number and code from the voucher. Once applied to travel, the ticket will take on the name of the passenger(s).

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If you cancel or change a flight paid for with a travel fund or multiple travel funds, the credit is given back to you in the form of a single travel fund with the expiration date of the earliest expiration of the travel funds you used to make the original purchase.

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You ARE entitled to a full refund via your original method of payment EVEN if you booked a nonrefundable Wanna Get Away fare IF Southwest cancels the flight (and not you). You will likely have to be the one to ask them for it, but you are entitled.

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