How do I cancel a flight with my companion?

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.



To cancel a flight booked with a Companion Pass (common on Southwest or Alaska Airlines) in 2026, you must follow a specific two-step sequence. First, you must cancel the Companion's reservation before you can make any changes to the Primary Traveler's ticket. Because the companion's ticket is "linked" to the primary booking, the system will not allow the primary flight to be modified while the companion is still attached. In 2026, this can usually be done via the airline's mobile app by selecting "Manage Trip," locating the companion's confirmation number, and selecting "Cancel." Once the companion is removed, you can then cancel or change the primary traveler’s flight. Any taxes or fees paid for the companion (usually around $5.60 each way in the US) are typically refunded to the original form of payment or held as a flight credit. If you cancel the primary traveler first by mistake through a customer service agent, it can "orphan" the companion ticket, requiring a 2026 help desk intervention to resolve the system error.

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If the primary ticket or the Companion ticket is cancelled, both tickets will be cancelled and the Companion ticket will not be reissued.

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To cancel flights for a specific traveler, you must divide the reservation. That will create multiple individual reservations, and then cancel the applicable reservation. To divide the reservation, select the individual cancel option in the travelers section on the reservation.

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You can't change your flight while there is a companion reservation accompanying it. You will need to cancel the companion reservation, change your flight, re-add companion. To cancel the companion reservation: In your account go to upcoming trips.

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You can change your companion up to three times per calendar year. After you set your initial companion, you can change it three times in 2022 and then three times in 2023 — if you earn the pass in 2022. This means you can have up to seven different people fly with you on the pass over two different calendar years.

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The Mileage Plan™ member who owns the companion fare code must either be one of the travelers or the purchaser of the reservation. If the member is allowing two travelers to use his or her companion fare code, then the member's name must match the name on the credit card used to purchase the reservation.

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Ryanair doesn't actually give you the option to cancel flights, but you can change your bookings.¹ This means that if you can't travel at all and no longer want the flight, all you need to do to cancel is not show up at the airport. You don't need to notify Ryanair and you won't be charged a penalty.

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In your account go to upcoming trips. On the flight you want to change click companion details then cancel that reservation. It will show you the associated companion pass holder confirmation number as being unaffected by the change.

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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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You must redeem your companion certificate by its expiration date, usually 12 months after issue, but your travel can take place up to 12 months from your booking date. The Mileage Plan member who owns the companion fare code must either be one of the travelers or the purchaser of the reservation.

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It can expire One of the strictest Delta Companion Certificate rules is that travel for any companion pass must be booked and completed by the expiration date listed on the certificate. Note that its validity is not based on the calendar year.

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You may not sell or barter your companion certificate. Any companion certificates acquired through prohibited transactions are void and will not be honored for travel.

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Re: Priority Boarding when traveling as a companion If you are A List with a fellow traveler on the same reservation/booking as you, they will get a boarding position with you and can board with you. It is automatic.

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The need for companionship is very human, very normal, and very necessary. It gives us emotional balance and lets us enjoy life. It is also in our DNA, so to deny that we need others isn't facing reality.

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