Aug
28
2024
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards has a new promotion offering four ways to accelerate progress towards elite status.
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Southwest Airlines Tug Plows Through Crew Break Room In Fort Lauderdale
Aug
27
2024
A Southwest Airlines tug went through a wall and into an employee break room at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Someone on social media writes, “did someone say there’s fresh doughnuts in the ready room!!?”
Flavor Flav Suits Up As Southwest Flight Attendant—Passengers Get Snacks And Hype With Every Bite
Aug
23
2024
Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer and founding member of Public Enemy Flavor Flav handed out snacks on a Southwest Airlines flight. He says he ran into some flight attendants in Paris during the Olympics and they invited him to do it – along with making the landing announcement – on his next flight. Well, they were crew on a trip he was taking and why not?
Yeah, boyeeeeee!
Southwest Airlines Faces Critical Decision: Ending ‘Bags Fly Free’—Could It Sink The Business?
Aug
22
2024
Southwest Airlines is beginning redeye flights. They’re working on premium seating and assigned seats. They’ve been slow in most of their new efforts, and are being dragged into change faster by an activist investor. But some of what’s under consideration could do real damage to the Southwest brand and the multiples that their stock has been able to achieve – and alienate customers who are fanatically loyal.
Chase Targets Radical Overhaul Of Southwest Airlines Credit Cards As Assigned Seating Upends Everything
Aug
22
2024
Yesterday I covered changes being considered for United Clubs and for United’s premium credit card. Chase, which issues United cards, is also surveying changes to Southwest’s credit card portfolio at least in part as a result of the planned move to assigned seating.
Southwest Airlines Reveals Strategy: Unprofitable Hawaii Flights Protect Prime Gate Access
Aug
13
2024
Once Southwest starts flying Hawaii redeyes (which lets them reach destinations further east) they won’t need as many intra-island flights to maintain six flights per gate. We could see fewer intra-island flights as a result, if redeyes are additive to current Hawaii-mainland operations.
Yet Again: Southwest Employee Caught With $36K In Stolen Travel Vouchers Hidden In Airport Locker
Aug
08
2024
A Southwest Airlines employee at St. Louis airport has been charged with printing and stealing flight vouchers. For two months last year the customer service agent apparently generated vouchers in customer names – and redeemed them for himself.
He confessed after police found a stack of 119 travel vouchers worth $36,300 in his airport locker.
Southwest Passengers Left Helpless As Flight Attendant Ignores Inflight Hair Nightmare
Aug
03
2024
Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Chicago Midway found themselves sitting behind a woman with her hair draped over their seat back. They didn’t want a confrontation, but they didn’t want the woman’s hair in their face, so they sought help from a flight attendant.
According to the passengers, the flight attendant replied, “What exactly would you like me to do?”
Southwest Passengers Fight Over ‘A2’ Boarding Spot: New Rules Coming To End The Madness
Aug
01
2024
On Tuesday a Southwest Airlines passenger was queuing to board. He and his wife had two of the very best boarding positions – A2 and A3. The person with A4 became hostile.
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Southwest Airlines; The True Cost of ‘Low Fares’
Jul
31
2024
Southwest hasn’t been a low fare airline in a long time and they are no longer a low cost airline. New federal rules will make Southwest look cheaper at the same price. That’s an underrated ace in the airline’s hole and a reason they’ll want their fares to show wherever people search for airfare. There’s no more need to hide the comparison, when people see only price.
