

Southwest Airlines accepts fully trained law enforcement service dogs trained in explosives or drug detection (or other specific functions) and search and rescue dogs for transportation, without charge, when accompanied by their respective handlers on official business.Learn more about traveling with military working dogs.A MWDT includes a trained military handler and a trained canine. Military working dogs (MWDs) can travel on Southwest as part of a military working dog team (MWDT).In an irregular operation situation, the boarding position is not guaranteed. If you purchase an Anytime fare within 24 hours of your flight’s scheduled departure, you will not receive the EarlyBird Check-In benefit. For Anytime fares purchased between 36 and 24 hours, the boarding position assignment process has begun so this may impact the boarding position assigned to you. YCA fares must be ticketed 36 or more hours prior to scheduled departure in order to receive EarlyBird Check-In. *EarlyBird Check-In means you will automatically be checked in to your flight 36 hours prior to scheduled departure. Eligible state government personnel should utilize their agency’s preferred channel for purchasing a ticket. State Government (GST) Fares are not available on and may only be purchased through an eligible state government personnel’s authorized travel agency or through the Southwest Government Reservation Desk by calling 1-88.Eligible federal government personnel should utilize their agency’s preferred channel for purchasing a ticket. Federal Government (GVT) Fares are not available on and may only be purchased through an eligible federal government personnel’s authorized travel management system, travel agency, or commercial travel office or through the Southwest Government Reservation Desk by calling 1-88.Enjoy automatic check-in 36 hours in advance of your scheduled departure with EarlyBird Check-In, now included in our YCA government fare.*.

Coast Guard Academy) and their authorized dependents are eligible for Military fares. United States military personnel on active duty (including reservists, National Guard members, and Coast Guard members with active orders, cadets/midshipmen attending the U.S.Rapid Rewards points cannot be redeemed to purchase government and military fares. To book a military fare, please call 1-800-I-FLY-SWA (1-80) or visit a Southwest ticket counter, as these fares are not available on. Southwest Airlines is proud to offer military and government fares. Note: Dependents traveling without the active-duty military member are subject to normal excess, oversized, and overweight charges.In total, a ticketed Customer (including military Customers) may not check more than 20 pieces of baggage per flight.A valid United States Uniformed Services Active Duty Identification Card must be presented at the time of check-in for military personnel.Bags in excess of 80 inches cannot be checked as baggage but can be shipped as cargo if the Customer is a TSA Known Shipper. Military Customers traveling on active duty will be exempt from the two-piece baggage limit and will not be subject to excess, oversize, or overweight baggage charges, provided that none of the pieces of baggage exceeds 100 pounds in weight and 80 inches in size (L+W+H). Active-duty military Customers must have their current, valid military I.D. No fee is charged for additional pieces of baggage. Out of respect for the customer's privacy, we will not share specifics about her conduct or travel experience.Military Exception: Exceptions are made for active-duty military Customers. The couple’s lawyer, William Burgess, said it is a violation of federal law for an airline to discriminate against passengers on the basis of religion - yet he said he has received about half a dozen similar reports from Muslims this year alone.Ī statement from Southwest Airlines read: "Information available, collected at the time of the event, indicates that our employees followed proper procedures in response to this customer's actions while onboard the aircraft. He asked the flight attendant over the phone to explain why his wife was being escorted off the plane as she spoke limited English. Muslim women much less likely to be employed than non-Muslim women with same qualifications, research suggests.Racial profiling? Man escorted from Easyjet flight 'because passenger didn't feel safe'.Muslim woman run down during anti-Islamic rally in Brussels.
