Gift cards, LUV vouchers, and southwest travel funds

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Southwest Airlines gives its passengers lots of “LUV”. Free checked bags, free seats, and free drinks are among its generous and unusual rules!

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Southwest accepts travel cash, LUV coupons, and gift cards for flight payments. The rules of these payment options can be complicated.

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Southwest offers credit-like flight reimbursements under specific conditions, as explained below.

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Southwest travel monies result from refund credits. Cancelling or missing a flight will result in travel funds.

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Southwest offers generous cancellations. Depending on your Southwest ticket pricing, you can change flights and

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cancel flights up to departure without penalty. Southwest travel money can be earned by canceling flights.

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Southwest Airlines Anytime and Business Select allow cancellations up to 10 minutes before departure. Southwest refunds these two fares in full.

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How does not canceling and not showing up affect your flight? Southwest sends travel monies instead of a refund.

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Southwest Rapid Rewards points will be refunded for Southwest Rapid Rewards tickets. The taxes and fees paid on your Rapid Rewards flight

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reservation become reusable travel funds that can be utilized for a future flight for the original individual identified on the cancelled ticket.

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