Southwest is quite accommodating when it comes to letting you pick another flight that works best for you — without charging you more money — in the event of weather delays or schedule adjustments.

When a weather alert is in effect (such as one for a hurricane, snowstorm, or other event), the airline is extremely open about adding potential cities to the list as soon as feasible. By doing this, you can move your flight to a different date in advance to avoid last-minute cancellations.

Southwest gives passengers a longer grace period than any other airline, allowing you to change your travel for 14 days in either direction.
You can even switch the airport you'll be flying into or out of as long as it's in the same area. For instance

Simply put, there are no fees associated with changing or cancelling a Southwest flight Change. Southwest Airlines doesn't operate under the same business model as other airlines, which may charge you far over $100 to modify an already-booked itinerary. Additionally, Southwest Airlines flight credits are now perpetual.

Southwest has some of the most forgiving cancellation and refund policies available. So you're in luck if you need to alter or void a Southwest Airlines flight. What you need to know is as follows.

Cancelling a Southwest flight

Southwest makes cancelling a flight quite simple. Both paid reservations and award reservations follow a fairly similar procedure.

Cancelling a paid Southwest reservation

Southwest offers four different categories of fares: Business Select, Wanna Get Away, and Wanna Get Away Plus. For each of these fares, a different Southwest refund policy applies.

Since these are the least expensive fare choices, most travellers tend to buy Wanna Get Away or Wanna Get Away Plus flights. Both of these prices are non-refundable.

If you must cancel your change southwest flight, you will get a credit for the full amount paid as long as you do so more than 10 minutes before the flight's planned departure. The only method to transfer this fare credit to another Rapid Rewards member is if you purchased a Wanna Get Away Plus fare, as it no longer has an expiration date.

Additionally, you are entitled to a full refund (per Department of Transportation regulations) if you cancel a paid reservation within 24 hours of purchasing the flight. You won't need to worry about a flight credit because the money paid is returned to the credit card you used to make the flight reservation.

The entire refund applies to the Anytime and Business Select fares. You'll get your money refunded on the credit card you used to make the reservation if you have to cancel your flight.