How to Cancel a Southwest Airlines Flight & View Travel Funds

There are two flight cancellation situations. First, if you cancel a cash flight, you get a travel fund credit.

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As seen in the chart above, different fare classes have varied refund policies for tickets and travel monies.

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Wanna Get Away tickets are Southwest's cheapest, thus most of us buy them. These prices have different cancellation rules

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Cancelling a Wanna Get Away fare saves the full sum as travel cash. You can cancel your flight 10 minutes before departure

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Travel funds must be spent within one year of ticket purchase. Remember that travel funds expire 12 months

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You can earn hundreds of Southwest points without flying! Additionally, Southwest provides the Southwest Rapid Rewards®

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First rule of Southwest: always write down the confirmation number from the canceled flight. This is needed to access ticket travel funds.

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Travel funds require some work to view because they are not automatically added to your account. As strange as it seems, you must find them.

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Step 1. Click View Travel Funds under Manage Reservation.

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Step 2. Enter your confirmation number, name, and captcha code. Next, click Check Now. Add and check up to 4 trip funds simultaneously.

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