Can you add a companion on Southwest after booking?

After booking your flight, visit the My Trips section of your account. Find your flight in the Upcoming section and click on Add Companion link. Click Continue to proceed to the purchase screen and review your Companion information. Click Purchase to complete your Companion's flight reservation.



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Generally, yes. On almost all airlines you can select/change frequent flier accounts as often as you want until check in. Final selection typically happens during check in and most check in processes have an explicit or optional step explicitly for this.

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Companions receive sequential boarding so you will get boarding positions next to or very close to each other. Since that is the case, only one of you needs to purchase EBCI, the 2nd person will automatically get the benefit. You do both need to check-in, but there's no rush as EBCI will be applied.

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Membership in the Rapid Rewards program will be granted by Southwest Airlines and is for individual travelers only. Individuals must enroll separately and may not pool or combine points with other Members.

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If you wish to include an additional traveler, you will need to make a separate booking.

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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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Once you earn it and pick your Companion, you can begin enjoying the benefits immediately after designating a Companion. You'll maintain your Companion Pass for the remainder of the calendar year in which you qualified and the entire calendar year immediately following the year you qualified.

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The Companion Pass is valid for travel only when the Companion is accompanied on his/her flight(s) by the Rapid Rewards Member. When you add a companion to a Southwest reservation, your itineraries will be linked.

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If it's not, most auto-check-in procedures let you add it at some point. If that doesn't happen, or you forget to take any of the other steps to get your miles, don't worry; your miles aren't lost. You'll just have to take a couple extra steps to claim them.

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Or you even forgot to add the number. Both things are not a problem, as all frequent flyer programs allow crediting miles retroactively. Depending on the program, you can credit the miles up to 12 months after the flight. Most programs, however, only allow this up to 6 months.

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Membership numbers are nontransferable. Only one person may be enrolled per SkyMiles account.

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Most airlines, Keyes said, allow travelers to request miles three to 14 days after booking and within 12 months of travel.

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Most frequent flyer programs only allow you to credit mileage to the account of the person flying. Inputting the same frequent flyer number for two different passengers wouldn't work, because the name on the account has to match the name on the ticket.

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10,000 Southwest points are worth about $150. How much are 25,000 Southwest points worth? 25,000 Southwest points are worth about $375.

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