Southwest Airlines: Travel App

The Southwest® app lets you easily book flights, hotels, cars, cruises, or vacation packages. Enjoy a seamless travel experience with easy check-ins, flight changes, and low-cost flights all in the palm of your hand. View boarding passes and add flight extras, such as Priority Boarding, through the “My Trips” tab. Rapid Rewards® Members can earn and redeem Rapid Rewards points1 for qualifying Southwest purchases, flights, hotel bookings, or vacations. Enjoy the best travel experience from booking a flight or vacation to planning last-minute trips with the Southwest airline ticket and travel booking app.

Southwest app features:
Flight booking and day-of travel
- Access low-cost fares with Southwest Airlines®
- Travel with ease as you search, book, and manage your flight
- View your gate information, boarding position, flight status, and more in the “My Trips” tab
- Customers can now purchase Priority Boarding to board ahead of group one2

Book hotels with Southwest
- Explore more travel experiences with each hotel booking
- View and manage your reservation and find hotel deals

Boarding passes on the go
- Mobile boarding passes for all Passengers on your trip 24 hours in advance
- Flight number, confirmation number, boarding time, tier status, and TSA PreCheck® details found in one place
- Save your mobile boarding passes to Wallet for convenience


Visit the top travel destinations with Getaways by SouthwestTM
- Book your entire vacation package—flight, hotel, rental car—all in one place. It’s our most flexible way to vacation
- It’s never been easier to get away for vacations. Cancel or make changes to your package up to 10 minutes prior to your first departure3
- Use the in-app booking widget to search vacation packages in 30+ popular destinations like Las Vegas, Hawaii, Cancun, and more

Access inflight entertainment
- Use the app to take you to our Inflight Entertainment Portal, where you can watch free live TV, access free on-demand TV episodes, and view free movies4

Earn Rapid Rewards points when you travel
- Sign up for Rapid Rewards and earn points on your flights. Did you forget to add your Rapid Rewards number during booking? No worries, add it after booking your flight and earn points1

Book a flight, schedule pickups and drop-offs, enjoy fast and easy hotel booking, and embrace last-minute flights for your next spontaneous vacation—all with Southwest.

Disclaimers:
1All Rapid Rewards® rules and regulations apply and can be found at https://www.southwest.com/about-southwest/terms-and-conditions/rapid-rewards/.
2Certain exclusions may apply. Priority Boarding is nonrefundable.

3Bookings canceled or changed 72 hours before your first flight’s scheduled departure will be refunded in the form of vacation travel credits less any optional travel charges & travel insurance. Bookings changed or canceled 72 hours–10 minutes before your first flight’s scheduled departure may be subject to supplier penalties. Bookings must be canceled or changed at least 10 minutes before your first flight’s scheduled departure time or funds will be forfeited. Any eligible credits will be less nonrefundable air travel charges & travel insurance. Subject to Getaways by SouthwestTM Terms & Conditions: https://www.southwest.com/vacations/terms-and-conditions/

4 Where available. Available only on WiFi-enabled designated aircraft. Due to licensing restrictions, on WiFi-enabled international flights, free live TV may not be available for the full duration of the flight. Texting only allows access to iMessage and WhatsApp (which must be downloaded and activated before connecting to SouthwestWiFi).

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