Southwest Airlines is in a state of flux right now. They’re about to break a 50-year tradition of open seating and begin assigning passenger seats. They plan to introduce premium …
Southwest Airlines
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We probably shouldn’t have been surprised when the announcement went out that Southwest Airlines plans to shake up how they do a lot of their business. They recently announced that …
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About 8 years ago, the internet chuckled for a moment when the news hit the world: Plane Passenger Successfully Checks In A Stick At The Airport A photo was posted …
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Airports
Southwest’s Latest Experiment? Baggage Check In at Airport Garage
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegSouthwest is always experimenting with different ways to make things faster and/or easier. We’ve gone over some of them in the past: When they experimented with boarding order in 2022 …
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Airlines
Well, That’s Odd: Southwest’s “Alternative” Boarding Process
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you’ve ever flown with Southwest, you know the drill. You’re assigned a boarding position that starts with the letter A, B or C, and a number that’s between 1 …
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Credit Cards
Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card Earns Us A Profit; Why We Don’t Get 2
by joehegby joehegI have many credit cards. Some give cash back, while others earn loyalty points in a specific program or transferrable points which I can send to a number of different …
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Airlines
Our Experience: Southwest Airlines’ Upgraded Boarding vs. Early Bird Check-In
by joehegby joehegWe often travel with Southwest Airlines, usually taking at least one trip a year. This is why it makes sense for us to have the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority co-brand …
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Airlines
Why Doesn’t Southwest Just Ask Passengers For Proof of Needing to Preboard?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWe wrote a couple of weeks ago that Southwest Airlines is now looking at how they offer seating and boarding, and seeing if and how any changes could be made. …
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Throughout our years of flying, we’ve witnessed a wide range of unusual events. These oddball occurrences are typically part of daily operations, but the odds of experiencing them during a …
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Airlines
Southwest PAX May Get What They Wanted & They’re Complaining About It
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegYou can make some of the people happy some of the time but you can’t make everyone happy all of the time. Southwest has always been something of an outlier …