Can you use Southwest credit for anyone?

Can someone else use my flight credit? Business Select, Anytime, and Wanna Get Away Plus fares are eligible for a Transferable Flight Credit. Transferable Flight Credit allows you to transfer your flight credit to someone else. Both must be Rapid Rewards Members and only one transfer is permitted.



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Normally, a future flight credit is non-transferrable and therefore must be used by the same traveler it was issued to.

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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 by flight credit you mean a mileage account or credit card points, then yes, you should be able to book for someone else. But if it is a ticket in your name that you did not use and the airline extended the value as a credit, it is not transferable to another person.

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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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Southwest points' value varies from 1.3 cents to 1.5 cents. In most cases, you get better value when redeeming your points for short flights and affordable fares instead of longer flights or more expensive fares.

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Flight credits don't expire. Are Southwest LUV Vouchers® flight credits? No. A Southwest LUV Voucher is issued by Southwest® and can be applied toward a future flight.

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If you cancel, you're eligible to receive 100% of your ticket value as a refund to your original form of payment. A Southwest flight credit from a previous reservation that are applied toward a Business Select or Anytime Fare will be refunded as a flight credit.

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No cancel fees. No change fees. Failure to cancel a reservation at least 10 minutes prior to departure may result in forfeited travel funds. Fare difference may apply.

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You can use travel funds to rebook and change a Wanna Get Away fare to an Anytime or Business Select one, but you can't use travel funds to pay for Upgraded Boarding or buy EarlyBird Check-In.

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New for 2022, EarlyBird Check-In is included with the purchase of an Anytime fare. Customers who purchase an Anytime fare will automatically be checked in to their flight 36 hours prior to scheduled departure—that's 12 hours before our traditional 24-hour check-in.

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No, your Rapid Rewards points do not expire. However, if you choose to close your account, the points in your account will be terminated.

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*FLIGHT CREDIT TERMS Flight credits unexpired on, or created on or after July 28, 2022 do not expire and will show an expiration date (12/31/2040) until systems are updated. A flight credit with an expiration date on or before July 27, 2022, has expired in accordance with its existing expiration date.

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Trip credits: Trip credits are issued as refunds and remaining value from flight credits. Trip credits can be used on domestic or international paid flights originating in the U.S. and expire within one year from the date of issue. Flight credits: Flight credits are provided for unused or canceled tickets.

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