Southwest Airlines: Travel App
Description
The Southwest® app lets you easily book flights, hotels, cars, cruises, or vacation packages. Enjoy a seamless travel experience with easy check-ins, flight changes, and low-cost flights all in the palm of your hand. View boarding passes and add flight extras, such as Priority Boarding, through the “My Trips” tab. Rapid Rewards® Members can earn and redeem Rapid Rewards points1 for qualifying Southwest purchases, flights, hotel bookings, or vacations. Enjoy the best travel experience from booking a flight or vacation to planning last-minute trips with the Southwest airline ticket and travel booking app. Southwest app features: Flight booking and day-of travel - Access low-cost fares with Southwest Airlines® - Travel with ease as you search, book, and manage your flight - View your gate information, boarding position, flight status, and more in the “My Trips” tab - Customers can now purchase Priority Boarding to board ahead of group one2 Book hotels with Southwest - Explore more travel experiences with each hotel booking - View and manage your reservation and find hotel deals Boarding passes on the go - Mobile boarding passes for all Passengers on your trip 24 hours in advance - Flight number, confirmation number, boarding time, tier status, and TSA PreCheck® details found in one place - Save your mobile boarding passes to Wallet for convenience Visit the top travel destinations with Getaways by SouthwestTM - Book your entire vacation package—flight, hotel, rental car—all in one place. It’s our most flexible way to vacation - It’s never been easier to get away for vacations. Cancel or make changes to your package up to 10 minutes prior to your first departure3 - Use the in-app booking widget to search vacation packages in 30+ popular destinations like Las Vegas, Hawaii, Cancun, and more Access inflight entertainment - Use the app to take you to our Inflight Entertainment Portal, where you can watch free live TV, access free on-demand TV episodes, and view free movies4 Earn Rapid Rewards points when you travel - Sign up for Rapid Rewards and earn points on your flights. Did you forget to add your Rapid Rewards number during booking? No worries, add it after booking your flight and earn points1 Book a flight, schedule pickups and drop-offs, enjoy fast and easy hotel booking, and embrace last-minute flights for your next spontaneous vacation—all with Southwest. Disclaimers: 1All Rapid Rewards® rules and regulations apply and can be found at https://www.southwest.com/about-southwest/terms-and-conditions/rapid-rewards/. 2Certain exclusions may apply. Priority Boarding is nonrefundable. 3Bookings canceled or changed 72 hours before your first flight’s scheduled departure will be refunded in the form of vacation travel credits less any optional travel charges & travel insurance. Bookings changed or canceled 72 hours–10 minutes before your first flight’s scheduled departure may be subject to supplier penalties. Bookings must be canceled or changed at least 10 minutes before your first flight’s scheduled departure time or funds will be forfeited. Any eligible credits will be less nonrefundable air travel charges & travel insurance. Subject to Getaways by SouthwestTM Terms & Conditions: https://www.southwest.com/vacations/terms-and-conditions/ 4 Where available. Available only on WiFi-enabled designated aircraft. Due to licensing restrictions, on WiFi-enabled international flights, free live TV may not be available for the full duration of the flight. Texting only allows access to iMessage and WhatsApp (which must be downloaded and activated before connecting to SouthwestWiFi).
What's New
We've made improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother ride.
Details
- Developer
- Southwest Airlines Co.
- Main Category
- Travel
- Version
- 13.11.0
- Version Release
- 2026-06-03
- Initial Release
- 2009-12-18
- Size
- 458 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.southwest.iphoneprod
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.84 (7,063,493)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-13
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Travel Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uber - Request a ride | Free | ★ 4.90 | 16,125,084 | 49 | 2026-06-08 |
| 2 | Airbnb | Free | ★ 4.76 | 702,055 | 54 | 2026-06-13 |
| 3 | Lyft | Free | ★ 4.92 | 17,262,943 | 5 | 2026-06-08 |
| 4 | American Airlines | Free | ★ 4.77 | 1,166,278 | 1 | 2026-06-09 |
| 5 | Booking.com: Hotels & Travel | Free | ★ 4.84 | 1,987,087 | 40 | 2026-06-11 |
| 6 | Southwest Airlines: Travel App | Free | ★ 4.84 | 7,063,493 | 1 | 2026-06-03 |
| 7 | Fly Delta | Free | ★ 4.85 | 7,005,816 | 2 | 2026-06-04 |
| 8 | United Airlines | Free | ★ 4.78 | 8,051,018 | 2 | 2026-06-11 |
| 9 | Hilton Honors: Book Hotels | Free | ★ 4.90 | 3,178,138 | 7 | 2026-06-09 |
| 10 | Expedia: Hotels, Flights, Cars | Free | ★ 4.79 | 5,750,012 | 19 | 2026-06-08 |
User Reviews
I’m not a fan of the new seating for Southwest. It was easy before and now it’s convoluted and overpriced. I’m gonna find a new carrier.
The SW app works great, super convenient to be able to check in before I arrive at the airport.
Too many adds makes it difficult to get tickets and add luggage. Not able to add luggage to return trip.
Mostly good, check in viewing flights and upgrading all in line. Keeps pertinent I info. Error when passing boarding g passes to wallet.
Always select my seat rather than assigned
SW Air was one of the best. Since the intrusion by private equity into the corporate structure, they’ve removed everything that made SW a unique company. Instead of a great airline you can depend on, it’s a gamble whether you’ll get a decent seat when you check in immediately at the 24 hour mark, and the system that assigns seats is dumber than a box of rocks. Additionally, only SW will offer you the privilege of a 11 hour flying day with two connecting flights for an offensively large amount of money.
First time to use app and it went great
It’s simple, thank you !!
Sorry to the devs for 3 stars. The app is fine, but charging same prices and now 74 dollars to pick a seat is an absolute joke.
The app forced me to check-in as if I had a greencard and not an American passport
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