Originally Posted by
flyer4512
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question so mods feel free to move.
I am getting married Sept 6. My wife has to go through all of here Airline and hotel programs and change her last name.
We already have a flight booked for November, when she changes her name with Southwest I'm guessing the reservation will also update ?
She is booked as my companion on SW so I was actually thinking of having her wait until after that flight to change her driver license as her last name wouldn't match the reservation or my companion.
I'm sure TSA and SW run into this issue often but was hoping to get some info on how we should proceed with the name changes, new license, companion name change, etc..........thanks
The easiest thing to do is simply wait to update her driver's license or passport that she'll be using on the trip until afterwards. Unless you have booked an Anytime or Business Select fare, her ticket isn't refundable to your original form of payment (though Wanna Get Away fares can be canceled and turned into travel funds for use by the same passenger up to 12 months from original booking..which doesn't help your situation). AFAIK Southwest doesn't permit a name change on tickets.
Related note, I think you've signed up your fiance as your named companion for the Southwest Companion Pass, is that right (you mentioned "companion" a couple of times)? You can update her name as your companion (after the trip) There is a dedicated thread on the Southwest forum for the Companion Pass, btw if you have any related questions on that in the future:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...15-2016-a.html
Originally Posted by
sdsearch
Oh, this on Southwest, where there's no fee for cancelling, right? (I'm assuming you actually mean WN --
SW is the airline code for Air Namibia!) Has the price for the flight gone up already? If not, can you simply cancel and rebook (using reusable funds) under the new name?
Southwest stopped allowing the travel funds to be used for a different passenger, I think a couple of years ago.