Southwest
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Southwest and Frontier Tip Theirs Hats to the World Series Teams
The World Series is over, and now we have four long months of cold and darkness before the glory of spring training…
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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…