Booking your first Southwest Companion Pass trip: check both reservations
Purchase the Member’s flight first, then book the Companion through Southwest’s Companion Pass option. Both must use matching flights and dates within Pass validity. The Pass may be added to Cash + Points Member travel, but not Southwest Vacations, Getaways, Group Travel, charter, Interline Itineraries or nonrevenue travel. The Companion needs an available seat. Government or airport charges vary by arrival and departure destination and are payable when booking.
Important unknowns
- The source does not establish the outcome of an individual request. Confirm current instructions with the airline; the effective date of these provisions is not established.
What to do next
- Identify the account
Start with the complete trip you want both people to take. Identify the Member’s proposed itinerary and booking product before payment. If you cannot establish that the intended arrangement is available, ask Southwest about that exact trip before committing on assumptions.
- Use the official recovery route
Keep separate entries for the two reservations. A useful personal planning sheet contains each traveler, flight, date, reservation status and amount actually due. Do not assume that completing the Member’s purchase has also produced a confirmed Companion reservation.
- Keep your request focused
Follow the Companion booking option for the second traveler and review the result. Compare the flights and dates against the plan, then retain both confirmations. If the intended second reservation is not confirmed, describe that problem explicitly rather than treating the Member’s booking as proof that both can travel.
- Check the result
Review the charges shown for this journey. Do not assume that every amount payable is zero. This guide quotes no fixed tax total.
- Scope and limitations
It does not guarantee availability, matching boarding groups, an automatic second ticket or a replacement if plans change. Later itinerary changes and changing the designated Companion are separate requests; identify which task you need before altering the existing reservations.