How can I change the date or time of a flight with Southwest Airlines?

A Southwest time change should retain the full city pair, local date and every traveler while the replacement is priced. The displayed fare difference is separate from the fare product's flexibility. If Southwest changed the schedule, preserve that notice and review disruption options before turning the event into a voluntary paid change. Retrieve the Southwest confirmation and identify the fare product printed on the booking before choosing Change or Cancel. For this date time change decision, reconcile Southwest confirmation with old and new local calendar dates, then compare Southwest flight-credit against later segments and operating carriers. Record the new Southwest confirmation, the form and owner of any remaining value, and the status of every traveler on the reservation.

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What this answer depends on

  • Confirm local date and time before submitting.
  • Confirm airport before submitting.
  • Confirm connection before submitting.
  • Confirm issuer before submitting.
  • Confirm fare difference before submitting.
  • Confirm fee before submitting.
  • Confirm ticket validity before submitting.
  • Confirm reissued ticket before submitting.

Important exceptions

  • A time change can also change the calendar date or airport after time-zone conversion.
  • Cancelling first can lose protected space, ticket value or later segments.
  • Do not confirm while any airport code, local date or operating carrier is ambiguous.
  • Stop if the replacement silently removes a segment or breaks the connection.
  • Do not assume seats, bags or upgrades automatically transfer to the new flight.

Important unknowns

  • This guide does not quote a live Southwest Airlines fare, fee, seat or availability result.
  • Only the airline or ticket issuer can confirm the current result for a specific ticket.

What to do next

  1. Step 1

    Identify the ticket issuer, fare product, original segments and the date or time that must change.

  2. Step 2

    Use the official manage-booking flow to select the replacement without confirming.

  3. Step 3

    Compare airports, dates, local times, connections, operating carriers and minimum connection time.

  4. Step 4

    Review the fare difference, fee, remaining value and treatment of seats, bags and upgrades.

  5. Step 5

    Confirm only after the full new itinerary is visible, then save the reissued ticket and verify later segments.

  6. Southwest Airlines official date time change servicing channel

    Use when Southwest Airlines issued this ticket directly and its official booking flow recognizes the exact date time change request.

  7. Issuer controlling the Southwest Airlines ticket document

    Use when an agency or partner issued the ticket, owns payment or credit, or Southwest Airlines directs this date time change case back to that seller.

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