Southwest Airlines Book a Flight with Points

Southwest Airlines is a very popular airline which is headquartered in Texas, US. If you fly frequently with Southwest Airlines and you have earned enough points through your previous flights using which you can Southwest Airlines book a flight with points.

The number of points that are needed to do a reservation depends upon the fare type and fare type is determined by departure point, arrival point, booking type whether you want a round trip, one way or multi-city. So, reward pricing varies according to destination, time, day of travel, point redemption rate and there are other factors that determine the points needed to book a flight.

How To Book Southwest Award Travel

If you wish to use air miles, the following procedure illustrates how to book Award Flights. Award flights are those flights that are booked using air miles.

1. Go to website Southwest.com
2. Log into the account of Rapid Rewards that you can get on Southwest.com homepage.
3. You need to enter flight information and you can view fares in points.
4. From the search result, select the flight that you wish to fly into, review the price of the flight and schedule accordingly.
5. You get the option to pay using the air miles. Make payment using air miles.

Once you have made payment, you can review your booking.

Once you have got your booking done, you can still manage your booking through Southwest airlines manage booking. Later on, you can add some features to your booking. You can add/ make changes to your booking:

Add Baggage: You can add baggage if you wish to carry more baggage than that has been mentioned onto your booking.

Flight Rescheduling or Cancellation: If you need to change date and time of flight, you can reschedule your flight and even if you needed to cancel your flight, you can do it under manage the booking section.

Add Car on rent or book a hotel: If you want to take a car on rent while reaching the destination or needed a hotel for accommodation, you can book both through Southwest Airlines booking.

Add Special Assistance: If you or the person traveling with you need special assistance like mobility aid or needed special assistance for expectant mother, both can be added during booking.

For more information, you can contact the customer care of Southwest Airlines.

How Do I use Southwest Miles & Points

Also, when you wish to use air miles, there are certain restrictions and rules for how and where you can apply the air miles. The following gives the description for the same:

• There are certain fares that one cannot purchase using air miles. Those fares include infant, child, military or government fares, these fares one cannot purchase using air miles.
• Other travels which do not fall into the category to be booked using points but are not limited to are group travel, charter flights, Fun jet vacations, Southwest vacation packages, service charges, reduced rates, travel and trade out that are purchased through a travel agent.
• If you wish to combine cash and points for travel, you can do it. You can book one way through points and one way using cash

Southwest Airlines also gives special offers to its passengers. If you wish to make the booking on special offers, you can log into the website of Southwest Airlines and search for the offers. Also, you can click on Deals and look out the deals that have been introduced by Southwest Airlines.