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Inflight WiFi Portal Gets A Facelift!

avargo
Explorer C
Wifi Pi homepage The next time you log on to our inflight WiFi, you'll see something very different! A new portal has been rolled out across all 431 of our WiFi-equipped aircraft.  The new portal interface is fresh, engaging, and showcases our growing lineup of products and services including: TV, Movies, WiFi, and destination content. New features include a redesigned navigation bar and menu for easy access to products; a TV guide so Customers can see what's playing; and "Quicklinks" for the three major categories—Entertainment, Connect, and Destination. This new portal sets the stage for the addition of many exciting enhancements to appeal to an even wider range of Customers.  Many of the new features will be added beginning in the fourth quarter and continuing through 2014. Southwest is charting new territory in the world of wireless Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity with the largest satellite-based WiFi fleet in the world, free TV courtesy of DISH, and now, a new look and feel that is certain to be the envy of the industry. What You Need to Know:
  • Access to the portal is free
  • WiFi is priced at $8 a day per device (free for A-List Preferred Customers)
  • TV is FREE courtesy of DISH
  • Movies are priced at $5 per movieWifi tv_guide1
5 Comments
brett_biba
Explorer C
Will the stability of the in-flight Wi-Fi improve? I believe including the movie and TV services was a bit premature, as the connection is often times too slow and congested to use for even the most basic of browsing, let alone getting work done. I have wasted money numerous times of Wi-Fi that rarely works.
aridpaul
Explorer C
What I need to know is will it work with a Samsung Galaxy tab 3 running android? In September I tried to use it and the only thing it would let me do was use flight tracker.
cavalletta
Explorer C
Looking forward to seeing what's new on my upcoming flights! Thanks SWA 🙂
kohlergenset
Explorer C
I wish there was a way a Southwest customers could pre-purchase wifi for an upcoming flight directly from his/her office computer in much the same way I pre-purchase an Early Bird ticket for my wife . This way I'm not pulling a credit card out in front of fellow passengers (who always seem to be watching me) as I enter my credit card information.
millie-richter-
Frequent Flyer C
Thanks for the suggestion John! I'll share this with our Marketing Folks.