A companion pass or ticket can help cover airfare for a family member, spouse or buddy. These cards can grant you such a pass.
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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.
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.
It can expireOne 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.
A traveling companion may be desired to help with limitations, assist with transit, monitor medical conditions, reduce anxiety, or generally provide companionship while helping out with whatever's needed along the way.
Flying with SouthwestIf you don't have a credit card and plan to earn the Companion Pass through flying in 2023, you'll need to earn the full 135,000 points or take 100 qualifying one-way flights. This translates to the following spending on base fares: $22,500 on Wanna Get Away.
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.
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.
If you have one of these accounts, the second person you book, using your companion voucher, has to be named within your Household Account or on your 'Friends and Family' list. You can however use Avios that one household member has earned to spend on flights for another member of the Household Account.