And as for San Francisco being on the list, my experience is that the delay usually occurs when you are on the plane, on the tarmac, which does not offer that much opportunity for pick ups, unless you have identified someone on your flight who looks interesting, but the flight attendants usually frown on moving about the cabin….

Ahhh Oakland. I had the pleasure of visiting it again over thanksgiving. The accomdations are medicore, but it does have the distinction of being the only airport, hell only place, where I bought a Dole Banana on my Chiquita expense account…. hmm.. well it was funny to me…

For the uninitiated:
Steps to meeting someone when flying southwest:

a] Check in online and get a good low ##d boarding pass
b] once at the airport, scan the gate area for a cute girl (statistically, at least one cute single girl per ~50 pax).
c] get in line a couple people behind her (but not right behind her) when boarding
d] pick a seat next to the one she picked
e] chat

Then you can have a reasonable shot of making your connection _and_ get to meet a cute girl (note, if connecting- feel free to repeat….)