How Can I Manage My Southwest Airlines Booking?

Southwest Airlines is one of the most widely used American airlines. It is known to be the world's largest low-cost carrier. Apart from providing all the comfort and luxury to its passengers, they are widely popular among their customers due to the customer support service they provide. They cover both online and in-flight services.
No matter how carefully we book our tickets, there are always chances that we might end up making mistakes in our flight reservations, or there are times when our traveling plans change. In that case, the airline provides you the flexibility to use Southwest manage my booking service.

The process to manage your Southwest booking is quite easy, and in case you need to know more about it, you can continue reading the article below, as it clearly describes the step-by-step procedure to manage booking in detail.

Ways To Manage Bookings with Southwest Airlines Manage Booking

In order to make any modification to your Southwest flight that you already booked, you need to use the manage my booking facility of Southwest Airlines. For that, you need to follow the below-prescribed steps:

1. First of all, visit the official Southwest airlines website and click on manage booking.
2. Now, you will be provided with the option of "retrieve Air reservations" click on it.
3. It will require you to fill in the important information, including your name, contact information, and booking reference number.
4. After you tap on the search button, you will be navigated to a page that enables you to make changes and correct policies.

After you make the relevant changes, you will be provided with the confirmation mail that confirms that your changes are now officially made.

What Are The Changes You Can Make via The Manage Booking option?

If you use the option of Southwest manage to book, then the following services will be provided to you by the airlines.
Let us have a quick overview of each of them:

Flight Modification: If any urgency comes up that needs you to alter your travel plans, that is, the date of the journey, boarding, or landing station, then you can avail of this facility using the manage booking option. This not only saves your flight cancellation cost but also prevents you from getting into any kind of trouble. You can even make changes up to four hours of flight departure time.

Early or Priority Check-in: This facility is available for both domestic and international flights, and it enables the passengers to check in early if they don't wish to wait in the long queues at the airport, hence saving a lot of time. However, the Southwest check-in process is not very time-consuming.

Seat Pre-Booking: This is again one of the important factors that passengers want to take care of while booking their flight tickets.
You can always choose seats according to your wish, comfort, and availability. You can pick window seats, aisle seats, or even seats with extra space.

Advance Menu Booking: You can now even book your meal in advance when traveling with Southwest. Advance menu booking can be made while making a flight reservation. You can choose your meal from a large variety of options available on the menu. You need to mention your traveling class after filling in the booking reference number in order to book your meal.

Please take note that due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, meal options might not be available on all the flights.

Cancellation and Refund: If you wish to cancel your flight and want to request a refund, then the airline provides you the option to do so simply by using the manage booking option.

Always be sure that you are aware of the Southwest cancellation and refund policies before you cancel your flight.

You are also required to clearly mention your reason for canceling and request a refund and if your situation is genuine and found valid under the airline's regulations, then it will take some time to process your request before a refund is provided to you.

Apart from the above-mentioned changes, you can also make some additional changes to your ticket reservations that are described in detail below:

Name Change: Southwest also provides you to make corrections in your name on the ticket up to four characters that may present in your first, middle, or last name.
Airlines will allow you to make changes in your name only when it is legally valid and you need to provide documents that support your name change application. Name changes after marriage or divorce are permitted under airline regulations.

Flight Change: You can change your flight free of cost in case your travel plans change suddenly, but when the cost of a newly purchased ticket is more than the old one, you need to provide the difference to the airline & when the cost is less as compared to your original ticket than they will provide you a refund.

You can only change your flights according to Southwest Re-booking Policy which states that in certain cases if an airline changes your flight, they are liable to provide you with compensation, but if you change your flight, that is against their policies, then you will be charged a penalty fee.

Special Assistance: you can also request the airline for special assistance like wheelchair accessibility or child assistance using the manage booking option. Any other medical assistance can be made to the airline via connecting over the phone call.