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41. Can I use an award for two one-way trips?

a. (nsx) Yes! Although this policy is not stated explicitly on southwest.com, each award has two halves labeled A and B which can be used independently of each other. Each half-award is good for a one-way trip. A single award can therefore accommodate two people on a one-way trip.

b. (nsx) When you book travel using an award, the Payment Information page allows you to "Select Alternate Awards". This is useful for example when you are booking award travel far in the future. You want to skip over your earliest-expiring awards if you expect to use them in the next few months.

c. (nsx) clkelley points out that when two people are traveling you may want to use one of the new capacity-controlled awards for both people on a blackout date. Then you can use an old award for both people for the other direction of travel on a non-blackout date.