Thanks for your advise here - I've followed the "contact us" link and sent an email through Southwest's internal system. Hopefully they respond with a refund without incident. It is surprising to me that they require this type of knowledge to get a refund on cancelled flights. Must be a significant number of people who are not interested in flying out 2-5 days after their originally scheduled flight over the Holidays. If refund to your original form of purchase was an option, I would suspect that people wouldn't be waiting 5+ hours on hold on the phone. Southwest for sure has made a conscious decision not to prompt customers for actual refunds, and the result is, right now, a horrible customer experience. Folks like me - who figured out different plans - calling them to get refunds, while other folks, who can't figure out on line how to reschedule their flights, calling to reschedule.
Maybe it's good for revenue to keep folk's money as flight credit, but it's misleading to customers (refunds are required by federal law and Contracts 101) and gums up the customer service operation when people need it most. Southwest should be chastised for this behavior. It's arguably unethical. Other airlines have a refund option on their website. You don't have to ask for it.
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12-25-2022
09:08 PM
12-25-2022
09:08 PM
My flight was cancelled 4 hours before the flight, so I guess I was "lucky" that I didn't go to the airport (and flew out of an alternative airport). You are correct, going with the credit card challenge is likely the easiest option, but it's a joke that we have to resort to that. Anyone else have any ideas, am I missing something here?
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12-25-2022
08:16 PM
12-25-2022
08:16 PM
Folks:
Southwest Cancelled my flight and didn't have an option for 3 days. I decided to fly with another airline. I want a refund of my ticket price and my "upgrade" to the A4 position I spent $40 on .
Department of Transportation rules and contract law 101 suggests that I am entitled to a refund of the cost of the ticket plus upgrade, but NOWHERE can I find that on the Southwest website. I can cancel my ticket, but it told me that I would get flight credits. The text I received from Southwest mentioned that I should rebook on available flights or get a credit for future travel. NO. They cancelled the flight, I didn't buy a ticket under the terms that if Southwest Cancels I MUST book another flight on their airline or lose that money.
I tried to call as that was another suggested "option". LIterally was on hold 3 hours - I have a screenshot on my phone for 2 hours 56 minutes. I just left the phone going on a cold rainy day while I did other things.
Short of travelling to the airport, or calling my credit card company to contest the charge, anyone have an easy way of getting this refund?
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