04-11-2017
12:48 PM
I have never changed or modified a flight before, so I am not sure exactly what to do. I have a late night flight, but now have been able to move my schedule around and depart earlier. The flight I want to take is more, so I know I will have to pay it and that is problem. When I go to modify this is what I get from SW. Modifying a fully refundable fare will result in the fare becoming NON-refundable. To ensure your new ticket is refundable, cancel your existing reservation, request a refund of the refundable balance, and create a new reservation. Non-refundable fares may be applied toward future travel on Southwest Airlines for the originally ticketed Passenger only. The new reservation inherits the earliest expiration date from any funds applied from the old ticket. Therefore, the expiration date of your new reservation and all associated funds may be less than 12 months. Your new expiration date will be displayed on the confirmation receipt sent to you. So if I am reading this right, if I change, my tickets will not be refundable? Do you cancel the entire reservation? Then rebook? Do you not get all of your money back? Would I be better off calling SW and handling this? My flight is not until June, so I am doing this way in advance. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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