Southwest
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The Insane World of Baggage Check-in Times
Is there anything more ridiculous than the various baggage check-in time cutoffs that airlines impose? It’s not the idea that bothers me;…
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Southwest Opts for Bingo Seating
Southwest has spent the last year trying to decide whether to keep open seating (take any seat when you board) or switch…
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Southwest to Start LAX – SFO
Southwest finally (re)started flights to San Francisco yesterday with Vegas, Chicago/Midway, and San Diego flights hitting the runway. But that was overshadowed…
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Delta Gets Bloggy
Delta’s really been pushing into the whole web 2.0 world more than any other airline lately. Today, they took another step by…
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A Southwest Airlines Turnaround Plan?
I know, it sounds funny, right? You never think of Southwest needing a turnaround plan, but yesterday that appears to be exactly…
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You’re in Seat 1A, Viscountess
I wasn’t planning on posting again this week, but after seeing this, I thought it would be nice to end the week…
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Southwest Stealthily Cutting Back Flights
It’s amazing what you can find by poking around Southwest’s website in the middle of the night. My friend Robert Stack, the…
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Travel Forecast: Sunny with Lots of Rainbows
Airlines all over the US are making it clear: If you’re gay, they want your money. Well, if you’re not gay, they…
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American’s Gold Star for Taking a Step Toward “Productizing”
American announced yesterday that they’ll being offering a hybrid price/schedule search on the website that looks quite similar to what we’ve already…
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Southwest’s Not-So-Huge Move
Southwest just decided to start participating in the Galileo Global Distribution System (GDS), and the media is running around like it’s the…
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Not So Fast, LAX
To say that this was a bad week for LAWA (the organization that runs LAX) would be an understatement. I mean, if…
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A Good Day for International Travelers in LA
It’s a pretty rare day when you get a new international flight at your home airport, so today is especially rare. There…