Southwest
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Southwest Takes Me to Crankyfest Tahoe (Trip Report)
Every Fall, we put together a gathering for Cranky Concierge employees so we can get together, talk shop, and have a little…
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First…
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3 Links I Love: Joon Gets Worse, Feds Look at Fees, Southwest Says Seeya 737-300
This week’s featured link: Joon, the new generation travel experience by Air France – Air France I’ve made it clear how much…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest CRO Andrew Watterson Talks California
Let’s start this week off with a podcast. I already wrote about Southwest’s declaration of war against Alaska and anyone else who…
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Southwest Declares War Against Alaska and Anyone Else Who Wants a Piece of California
I spent the beginning of this week at the Boyd Conference (aka International Aviation Forecast Summit), and while I was there, war…
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A Southwest 737-300 Surprise (Trip Report)
I’ve had so many trips lately that I’ve tried to spread out my reports so that you don’t get bored. This one…
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Spring Break in North Carolina (Trip Report)
Spring Break! Ok, so that doesn’t quite mean the same thing as it used to. This year, we took the kids to…
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Southwest’s Surprising Decision to Stop Overbooking
If you thought United’s 10-point plan to deal with the Dr Dao dragging incident was a bit much, just look at what…
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Talking to Southwest’s CEO About Why He’s Bullish on Long Beach
Yep, it’s time for another Long Beach post. But this time, I’m only writing about it because Southwest CEO Gary Kelly was…
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A Preview of Southwest’s New Security Checkpoint Opening Monday in Los Angeles
Anyone who has flown Southwest through Terminal 1 in Los Angeles over the last couple of years knows that it’s been pretty…
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In the Great 2017 Mexico City Slot Giveaway, Alaska, JetBlue, Southwest, and Volaris are the Victors
After the US and Mexico agreed to an open skies agreement for travel between the two countries, Delta and Aeromexico wasted no…