How Do I Book a Flight with Southwest Airlines?

It is very simple to choose the right flight for you that also fits in with your budget on Southwest Airlines. When searching for a flight, you are given many options to sort the search results and view what's most important to you. After you have decided on the flight you want to take, just click on it, answer the questionnaire, choose your payment method, and once your flight is paid for, you are all set and ready to go.

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Jul 9, 2020

How do I book a flight with Southwest Airlines?

If you are looking to book a flight with Southwest Airlines, you are bound to get a great deal. Not only does Southwest offer great deals on domestic and international flights, but they also won't charge you an arm and a leg for your luggage as most other airlines do.

Searching For the Best Flight

Go to Southwest Airline's booking page where you can see ahead of the booking schedules. If you are looking to book a flight that is further out into the future, you can go to the travel tools page where they show schedules they are planning on opening for additional dates. Whether you are looking to book a one-way trip or round trip flights with Southwest Airlines, you can book flights for up to eight passengers right on their website fast and easily. Click here to find out more.

All you have to do is enter the specifics for each passenger traveling, the destination, origin, and dates of travel to be on your way. Southwest has different types of tickets and pricing for special passengers and special circumstances, including Government employees, Pets, military personal, groups of ten or more passengers, accompanied kids ages 2 through 11, or Unaccompanied Minors ages 5 through 11.

If you don't have to leave on a specific date, but want to travel during a certain month, you can look through the low fare calendar, where the lowest fares are displayed allowing you to select the flight that fits in with your budget and works the best for you.

Book Your Flight

All flights are shown in the order from earliest to latest of the day although the time may not be an important factor for you. You can re-sort the flights on the list based on your preferences and what's more important to you. For example, if you would like to see the lowest fares first, just click the pricing header columns. This will re-order the fares list starting from the lowest priced flights to the highest. In addition, in the narrow results area, you can click the "Nonstop" box or re-order the column to help you out even more.

When you have chosen the flight you would like to take, just click on it then fill out the questionnaire with your basic information and finally select payment type. You will receive a flight confirmation when done.

At Southwest, there are three fare groups; Anytime, Business Select and Wanna Get Away, this allows for the perfect combination of perks and price. It also has various payment options available, so you can pay with PayPal® payments, with cash, Southwest® LUV vouchers, unused travel funds, major credit cards, or Southwest® gift cards. Moreover, there are many locations available to make payments, including Southwest ticketing location or pay online. If you have a promo code that you would like to use, you can do so when searching for your flight. Click here to find out more.

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