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We have five nonstops a day between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, so one of those should work for her connection. There is a shuttle bus that runs between the Southwest Terminal (Terminal One) and the Bradley International Terminal. If she doesn't have a lot of baggage, it's also possible to walk between the terminals, but the shuttle bus will be quicker. Here is the page from the airport's web site: http://www.lawa.org/lax/hotelShuttles.cfm ... View more

I just wanted to let everyone know that we did check on Phillip's reservation and the problem was that he wasn't age-verified for the Senior Fare. We conntacted him and are working on his verification. Blog Boy ... View more

Phil, To paraphrase Scarlett O'Hara, "As God is my witness, I'll never eat a Twinkie again." Blog Boy ... View more

Phil, I salute those peeps researchers; they clearly are taking science to new frontiers. Blog Boy ... View more

Hi Tim Your funds are good for travel for up to a year from their purchase date. The next time you make a reservation, when the web site asks for form of payment, you have the option of using funds from a previous reservation. If you book over the phone, just tell the Reservations Sales Agent that you want to use exchange funds. Keep your confirmation number from the old reservation handy because it will speed up the process. It is very easy. Brian ... View more

Ding boy! The real Mrs. Blog Boy might have something to say about that. Blog Boy ... View more

Scott, as you can see, we made it safely through the night. Severe weather and tornado watches are a way of life if you live in this part of the country, but we appreciate your kind thoughts. And, we need the rain! Blog Boy ... View more

Stefani, Your grandfather is a true American hero! All of our service men who faced combat in World War II faced arduous times that none of us who follow can truly understand, but your grandfather and the other Tuskegee Airmen faced another trial just because of the color of their skin! We owe them so much! Brian ... View more

Cindy, Sssshhh! I didn't think they would find it. Blog Boy ... View more

Ding Blog Boy Tricia was my office Lucy, and yeah, I am a sucker for the football trick! Charlie Brown Blog Boy ... View more

Trojan Blog Boy, I always share my candy corn Blog Boy ... View more

Ding Boy Without Charles Schultz, the world is much poorer and drearier. Peanuts is still the first thing I read in the Sunday paper. My favorites are his strips from the early sixties. It's amazing the beauty of thought that can come from a pen and paper. Before I became Blog Boy my office nickname was Charlie Brown. Good Grief, Blog Boy ... View more

Marcus, Our apologies for that. When we changed publishers of Spirit Magazine, we lost our procedure to get the articles on southwest.com. We will be updating the site very soon, and we have a new procedure in place. Blog Boy ... View more

External Blog Boy, That would be great to see the Academia Waltz book. However, in Jeramy's defense--not that he needs it. While Berkeley Breathed is a well-known literatry figure, USC can claim George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Blog Boy ... View more

Hi Anna, yes the Las Vegas Crew Base should open on schedule. Blog Boy ... View more

Jeramy USC IS a pro team, and I bet the could have beat last year's Lions--sorry Ding Boy Blog Boy ... View more

Jenny I so miss Calvin and Hobbes, and I have a lot of the books. That strip, Bloom County, and Doonesbury are my alltime favorites. Of course, Doonesbury is still active, and Opus appears on Sundays, but I used to laugh outloud at Calvin and his adventures with Hobbes. Blog Boy ... View more

Hi Jeff, I was the one who wrote that article, and it was for Airways magazine. I think you are confused by autopilot and autoland. Autopilots have been on every major airliner since 1945, but autoland is on some widebodied aircraft and the Airbus narrowbodies. Autoland essentially flies the aircraft completely, whereas an autopilot is actually controlled by the Pilots. My article mentioned that Southwest doesn't use the autothrottle feature of the 737-700. Captain Evans can provide you with more information about that. Even without autoland, our HGS-equipped aircraft can operate as Captain Evans mentioned in the same Category IIIA conditions as an autloand aircraft, the difference is that our Pilots fly the aircraft instead of the computer. For more information on HGS, please see this post by Captain Stark. Brian ... View more

Hollee, I'm suprised that Irish-Oregonian Erin hasn't weighed in on this. One of the oldest botanical celebrations is the Rose Festival every June in Portland. One of the events is the judging of the rose varieties which is held in the Rose Test garden of Washington Park. Blog Boy ... View more

Dear SWA DAL, I hope you're not turning to the dark side. Blog Boy ... View more

Dear Frantic, Yes, we are extremely safe. Safety is our most important duty. For more information, please read Captain Stark's post and comments on his "Landings" post from a couple of weeks ago. (It may be in the March Archives now.) Captain Stark has also written a lot of other posts that will help you, just click on his name under the title of his post for more of these. Also, please check out the Taking Flight web site which is under our "Link LUV" section above on the right. Brian (FYI, I deleted your second post because it was a duplicate.) ... View more

Dear External Blog Boy, You are showing your lack of Texas roots. Dr Pepper had a period after the Dr. up until the 60s. When I learned to drink it, the bottles said Dr. Pepper. I haven't been to the museum in Waco but once. However, we make the pilgrimage to Dublin (Texas nor Ireland, Erin) at least three times a year because they still make Dr Pepper with real sugar and are the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottler. I have had hot lemon Dr Pepper, and I have also had Dr Pepper in the UK. Blog and Dr Pepper Boy ... View more

Mr. Kanan, Welcome to Nuts About Southwest. Your product was the inspiration for our blog, and we LUV your product! Brian aka Blog Boy ... View more

Oh USS Blog Boy, why did you have to mention "The Snap"? A dark night in Cowboy's history! And Kim, EBB, I can't tell you how disappointed I am with you. A man who espouses Texas and all it's virtues, and you drink a soft drink from GEORG IA???? Although USS Blog Boy and I are native New Mexicans, my parents are proud Texans, and my mom's grandfather first fed me the official drink of Texas, Dr. Pepper back when the idea of a computer was only a gleam in the eyes of those working at IBM. Blog (and Dr. Pepper) Boy ... View more

Jedi Blog Master If the force truly was with you, then you ccould make the packages open on your own. Blog Boy ... View more

JBM, EBB, and Shelley The ultimate book for your group would be a eco/medico/snack food/romance novel. Let's call it Crimson's Anatomy--Episode Six, The Jedi Doctor. A handsome young doctor, Cliff Granite, attends to an beautiful economist, Mony Golightly, who is from the freakonomics school. She is presenting shinsplints, boils, and bunyons. Dr. Granite discovers the healing powers of candy corn, Miss Golightly falls in love with him, and they both honeymoon on the SS Minow, all the while drinking mimosas and munching on toasted candy corn and caviar. Blog Boy ... View more

Well, we have gotten sidetracked into a discussion about ducks, steers, and farmers, but since this post is about Fred, he shares EBB's lack of inactivity in the later stages of March Madness. Yes, Fred's Louiville Cardinals joined the ranks of the also rans. Blog Boy ... View more

Hey "not posted" before you get so critical, try reading correctly. Captain Evans didn't say his son was riding the Vespa in Colorado. Go back and read what he wrote. He said his son was riding his Vespa in Central Texas a few hours after flying home from Colorado. Methinks the astroturf is in front of your glasses. Blog Boy ... View more