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I'm curious what you define as a "better seat".  You're not getting stuck in a middle seat,  are you?      And paying for overhead bin space seems silly to me.   Checked bags are free and don't get scrutinized by TSA to the same degree.    I'm not following the logic,  sorry.  ... View more

@n0logic wrote: I’m just hoping SWA can get back to keeping a schedule and stop this medical theater nonsense soon. I would much rather arrive on time than police who has a vaccine for the most overhyped nonsense since 9/11.  While I agree it's past time to give people some flexibility on this mask stuff, it's an FAA rule, not SWA.      And I hope you don't consider 9/11 "overhyped nonsense ".  Maybe just the security theater that is TSA.  There again,  I'd tend to agree.   Dangerous water bottles, flip flops, and peanut butter.... ... View more

Not sure why the app won't work.   Try the chat feature first,  and then call.  ... View more

@dsblume wrote: I am traveling to Costa Rica (Liberia airport) in a few weeks. Has anyone had success using the eMed self-test results for US re-entryat the Liberia airport on SW? Do they accept the results in the app? It is SW that has to accept it,  not the airport.  So I don't see why they would be less likely to accept it at any particular airport.   They didn't give mine a second glance.      But I guess it can't hurt to find testimony from your airport.  ... View more

We used the at home test to get out of Mexico with no issues.   I don't see why customs would care.  ... View more

Not within the United States except Hawaii ... View more

As an aerospace engineer,  I could explain what they are for and why they don't be removed.   But as an English speaker,  I have absolutely no clue what you just said.  ... View more

Yes,  some crews handle things differently.   They're human... not the automatons you find on other airlines.    And you claim you were treated like a child.   Well,  I daresay you sound like one coming here to vent in public that you were "offended".  So maybe they treated YOU appropriately.    They are tasked with enforcing mandates that are tedious,  honerous, and in many ways past due for repeal.   At least many people think they are,  and act accordingly.   If you had to deal with that every day,  you might be surly as well.    So have some compassion and toughen up a little bit.   Whining is not an appealing quality.   I've been on over a hundred flights with mask mandates and have seen the gamut of attitude out of the flight attendants.   It's certainly gotten worse over the months.   Does it annoy me sometimes?   Sure.   But never enough to get on the internet and publicly disclose that I'm so frail that I take rule enforcement personally and need a support group when I land.  ... View more

Do you think that's a viable reason to preboard?  Doesn't seem like one to me.    Are some seats more soaked in peanut oil?   Are you afraid of being forced to eat peanuts if you sit in back?      ... View more

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/southwest-airlines-canceled-2600-flights-june-crews-theyre/story?id=78629900   This is a bit incriminating.  ... View more

@HiDawn wrote:  I FEEL that this policy is extremely unsafe for both employees and your passengers.  Thankfully,  your feelings do not drive corporate or governmental policy.    I could explain the myriad reasons why your suggestion doesn't make sense,  but I'm pretty sure logic and facts won't change your feelings.    So I suggest since you feel you could still get your loved ones sick by passing them the virus,  you stay home.   Definitely don't fly.   That's the only way to be SURE,  as you said.    Thanks for doing your part.  ... View more

@DisneyDad64 wrote: 30 miles apart, and last I checked the weather didn't care about driving time and use of highways . . . and never the same when only 30 miles apart?   I said the weather is never the same for me when I drive between the two.      But if you wish to claim that it's always the same,  and that SWA is making up fables for why their flights are canceled... that's your prerogative.  ... View more

I never considered BWI and DCA to be in the same area.   The drive certainly isn't short,  and the weather is never the same.   ... View more

@dfwskier wrote: at the Mirage going from 8000 points to 14000 points costs $88 or a bit under 1.5 cents a point   CP earning points rules say (bold is mine):   "Companion Pass qualifying points are earned from revenue flights booked through Southwest®, points earned on Southwest Rapid Rewards® Credit Cards, and base points earned from Rapid Rewards® partners"     I read that to mean that hotel bonus pints would not count.   Anybody read it differently?   I've done the same calculus.   But I've never ended up booking that room.   They are only common to me in Vegas,  and I didn't up picking a big hotel that offered them.    I didn't conclude that those were bonus points,  but it would be good to know for sure.   I ended up getting close enough to CP this year that I won't have to worry,  but won't be so fortunate in the future.  ... View more

@jksobonya wrote: Also: at one point I believe it was mentioned that drink coupons with an expiration date of 2020 would be valid through the end of 2021, so that's something to keep in mind if/when they reinstate alcohol on flights in the fall (and IMO, I don't see why they won't, since more and more drinks are being added back into service as time goes on).   --Jessica If they don't hurry, they'll have a lot of drunk people trying to catch up.   I know everyone next to me on a few flights may be getting free drinks.  ... View more

@honeyaho wrote: Interesting how all over the USA Southwest is cancelling flights due to weather when Delta, United and American and the faa.gov is not showing any cancelled. I don't think people should fly a dishonest company Wow,  you're right!   You caught them.   They really have the planes available and are actually flying them!  They just lied and told the passengers they were canceled because they wanted to fly a bunch of employees around the country instead.   A few of them actually flew empty because,  you know,  it's a treat they reward pilots with to be able to hot rod once in a while.     Thank you for creating a new account and leaking your insightful conspiracy.   I would have thought Southwest would prefer to make money on their flights and avoid bad publicity.   But you're smarter than they are.   I appreciate you enlightening us to their true nefarious motives.  ... View more

My companion boards right after me.   I think this is the new policy.  ... View more

The plane you were to be flying on had a whole day of other flights before it got to Denver.   So 10 hours prior to your flight,  it was in a different city with different weather.    If it got stuck in that city,  it couldn't make it to Denver.   Therefore,  your flight would necessarily be canceled.   SWA doesn't have a surplus of extra planes and extra pilots sitting around the country waiting to make up for bad weather.    So no,  I don't find it suspicious at all.   Unfortunate,  yes... but at least you learned early on and could investigate other options.  ... View more

You do realize that ads are preprogrammed MONTHS in advance, right?   And sent out by computer?   They don't have someone wake up in the morning and start sending emails.  ... View more

@juliawalther wrote: I simply asked as a courtesy, as most people would.  As for the other comments, you are missing the point completely.  I refuse to support entitled, lying people and the spineless attitude of the company.  There's no way someone else's rudeness has to lessen my right ( or any other customer's) to chose.   No,  we're not missing the point.   You are.    You just used 4 or 5 quite descriptive emotional adjectives to describe an airline seat.      We don't understand why you would describe a seat with such vitriol,  or if so,  why that particular seat was so different than the one you ended up sitting in.    In my opinion,  the two seats are rather identical,  and as an inanimate object,  neither is worthy of such description.  ... View more

Look at it the other way around.   You didn't get stuck between annoying people.   You got to pick your own seat.   Any other airline you'd either pay extra to get a seat,  or be stuck with what they gave you.    All the seats go to the same place.   You saved money and got a better seat.    What is there to complain about exactly?  ... View more

Got my first chance and boy, are they quiet!  ... View more

I'm guessing it's because you bought a NONREFUNDABLE ticket?  ... View more

@chgoflyer wrote: @gsking wrote:     Why buy points at all?   Mainly to get to a Companion pass.     Otherwise,  it doesn't really make sense.   Unless of course someone else is paying for the hotel.    Purchased points are not Companion Pass Qualifying.         You edited my reply out of context.   They are when it's through the hotel reservation.   You pay more for the hotel room, you get more points.   You aren't purchasing them directly.    If you haven't tried Southwest hotels Rapid  rewards offers,  you haven't seen what I'm referring to.  ... View more

As said,  do it the other way.   Gain points doing other things and spend them on flights.   One thing about Vegas... you can book lots of hotels through Southwest and get extra points for a very good rate... pretty close to their value.  It's probably the best rate I've seen.    Why buy points at all?   Mainly to get to a Companion pass.     Otherwise,  it doesn't really make sense.   Unless of course someone else is paying for the hotel.  ... View more

Sigh.... amen?  ... View more