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SMF to SDF is connectable with MDW, PHX, or LAS or STL. Best combination is 1071/2771 going east and 2541/2398 going west in terms in time from first departure to final arrival. ... View more

So do all of the Wolverine fans have their DET-PHX reservations in for the BCS Championship? The Same for Buckeye fans (CMH-PHX)? The Cowboys (the ones that play in Dallas not Stillwater) are suddenly looking strong maybe a Jan 31st Flight 27/1142 reservation is in order for Fort Lauderdale for Cowboy fans. Base Fare $73.49 Taxes $12.11 PFC $3.00 Security $5.00 Total Fare $93.60. Great fare for Love Field to Ft Lauderdale for the Wednesday of Super Bowl week. ... View more

Louisa, Don't hesitate to let the great staff at the departure gate and/or on the plane know that you do have a fear of flying. They will look for an opportunity to help make it easier. I would also try to get to the airport with more time prior to departure than usual. Also check in online as close to departure time as close to possible the day before your flight. This will be especially important on your return flight. But take time to talk with the great Southwest employees when they are free before boarding. ... View more

Here is an example for the 5:10 1 stop from Buffalo to Los Angeles with a stop in Phoenix. Yes, this one gets a 700. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA2512 ... View more

With Southwest's great 7:35 AM Oakland to Dallas one-stop it's scheduled length with a stop is only 55 minutes longer than the other Dallas-based airline's non-stop and after all fees can do the round trip for $185 and change instead of $217 on the other Dallas-based airline for an early January trip, Lisa. Southwest will allow you to board your return if you don't take the going something the other Dallas-based airline won't allow you to do. ... View more

There is a link on the side of this blog to a great flight tracker site called Flightaware. If you go there and you do know your flight number(s) you can key them in track a flight window. Let way your flight number was 1783 Just key in SWA1783 for the flight number when the information loads it will tell you which type of 737 last flew that flight number. Unless there is a last minute change it's a pretty good guide. There are also some sites that list the fleet of Southwest by delivery date if you know the Nxxx number. 737-700s are 1997 and newer planes. 737-500s are either 1990, 91 or 1992 planes. 737-300s range from 1984-1998. Source: airfleets.net ... View more

For Northern Californians you have two great one-stops (one direct, one connecting) from Oakland to Dallas in the four hours plus mark. How about one of those for Sacramento to Dallas. Thanks. ... View more

I'm a subscriber to the Southwest Airlines Google News and Web Alert. Google has added a feature that tracks blog as the well as news site. As a result I'm now getting e-mail alerts when comments are added to this blog just by subscribing to "Southwest Airlines" as a topic on Google News. I was going to suggest that you add an e-mail feature when someone posts a new comment to a "thread" that you posted on but it seems that Google doesn't make that necessary. Keep up the good work. ... View more

Get price from SMF to DAL, can we trim the eastbound time down from 7 hours and 40 minutes though. Be open to connecting 2 stops that run through PHX, ALB, or ELP that may take less time. Thanks. ... View more

Not only does Shamu visit Sacramento on my birthday but Boeing delivers to PHX as well. When Shamu was landing in Sacramento your brand new bird was already 40 some minutes out to Boeing Field. Someday I'll ride in that bird just don't know when yet. Maybe on Dec 8th from Las Vegas to Sacramento. ... View more

Yesterday was my 40th birthday, thank you for sending Shamu I (334) to Sacramento as Flight 289. It was great to see your first special plane come in. It must be really cool for a child who has gone to Sea World and is waiting for their plane to pull to the gate and looky here a plane that looks like Shamu. ... View more

Quick shout out to the STL crews. Did the dejected Tigers pass through terminal where Southwest is to catch their Minneapolis-based charter back to Detroit? ... View more

Looking forward to more flight plans from SMF to DAL then the one that is currently there. There could be some good connections using PHX and LAS with a little fine tuning could set up for some great connecting two stops that beat the current connecting one stop that is currently listed. Examples: 999/31 PHX/2 has very tight 30 min connection. 2456/2399 has a 25 min connection. With some fine tuning you could give SMF about 8 good plans. Go Garage-O-MIzer. ... View more

The Trojans will have a run for their money from Cal. Is the Oakland base beginning to talk about Cal football? ... View more

As it turned it didn't take long for the Lions to get their win after all. As soon as you say some will be either undefeated or winless for the season sure enough they soon become neither. ... View more

Flightaware is showing that this plane arrived from Gander at Love Field today (Oct 17th) just before 4 PM. Does this mean you got the other Ford too? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0700337/L/ ... View more

On this day that SWA makes its major Love Field schedule announcement it is fitting that Boeing released another 737 into your fleet that arrives at Love. ... View more

until the new schedule comes out here is the best two reservation program to get from SMF to DAL Going to Love Field Plan A Flight 1739 ( 1 stop to Houston) leaves at 8:55AM PT arrives at 3:55 PM CT then get the 4:30 CT from Houston to Dallas. Plan B Flight 604 (another 1 stop to Houston) leaves at 1:05 PM PT arrives at 8:00 PM CT then get the new Flight 112 that leaves at 8:45 PM CT and gets to Love Field at 9:35 PM CT From Love Field Get Flight 1369 from Dallas to Kansas City leaves at 1:00 PM CT arrives at 2:20 PM CT then get Flight 742 from Kansas City to Sacramento leaves at 3:05 PM CT arrives at 4:45 PM PT ... View more

No, I don't think Detroit is sports crabby now. Being just 2 wins from a World Series. Get your Oct 20th trips into Detroit booked ASAP. ... View more

I'm glad, if the Baltimore Sun article is correct, that it appears that the results from the San Diego project appears that Southwest performs better under the open seating envirnoment than assigned. I still hope that it stays that way. If low-cost travelers still want their assigned seats, then they can use the New York and Atlanta based low cost carriers. Keep open seating. Also congratulations on Southwest getting exposure on CNBC in the New York Stock Exchange's latest TV ad. Also congratulations to the Betancourt family on their nationally covered new addition to their family. ... View more

I parents rode Southwest's first ever non-stop flight from Dulles to Las Vegas. Which arrived EARLY even with a short ground hold over southwest CO. ... View more

Regarding bringing planes in before the first day, they ended up bring a flight in from Dallas, Chicago and Baltimore the previous day. ... View more

The Ford 737-700 Registration is N270WN. ... View more

I think most of the current interest in sports in Detroit is with the Tigers (who play the Oakland (another great Southwest city) in the ALCS. And also with the University of Michigan Wolverines who only need about three teams ahead of them to get upset and a win over Ohio St to have a shot at the BCS Championship game. ... View more

In response to Kevin's question about LUV stock, LUV closed on Friday in the mid-16.60s. The stock did open a dime higher at 8:30 AM Monday (All times CT) and hovered a while before moving to the mid-16.90s in the 11-12 AM area. (this is in response to Congress passing the Love Field legislation). LUV stock did close at about 16.87 which was a good 20 some cent gain. On Tuesday the stock challenged the 17 mark but couldn't hang on. With regard to the Passenger numbers, the one thing that isn't released with the traffic information is how much revenue is being generated. What was the mix of fares behind the revenue passenger numbers. Traffic statistics do not show how many cents per revenue passenger mile was being generated. There was a built in expectation that the load factors would remain solid. But I think Southwest did have more fares so the number of cents per revenue passenger mile could have been a bit soft. But we will not know that until Southwest reports its earning in mid-October. The investor relations department has the exact date. Southwest always reports before the market open (not after the close) of the date listed. There was also a statement made earlier this month that LUV's revenue for the third quarter of '06 was going to be up less than 10 percent than revenue for the third quarter of '05. I think that this statement is keeping a lid on LUV stock short-term. ... View more

Go as the most famous of the people who fought for the Wright Amendment that is still recognized by face. ... View more

I stand corrected as the House in now completing the passage of the bill that the Senate passed by voice earlier today. Will there we a schedule announcement when the President finishes signing the bill? Congratulations on getting this done. ... View more

Earlier today Flight 8503 came from Boeing (BFI) to Phoenix (which I'm assuming to be the delivery of N256WN). My question is did N256WN leave PHX 12 minutes later as Flight 8692 or was 8692 a different 737-700 coming to Dallas? Heres the link to Flight 8692: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8692/history/20060927/2309Z/KPHX/KDAL ... View more

Next summer you may want to consider bidding out to the Bay Area (OAK or SJC) they have some great r/c facilities and you don't get the TX humdity. One of them is near Livermore and can be seen from Interstate 580. Another one if found near Ione near Hwy 104 (SMF is the closest SWA airport) for this facility. Given the fact that Southwest families get to fly free, don't limit yourself to Texas for your radio-controlled piloting needs. ... View more

I have seen photos of it (as a Ford) on another website and noticed that it does NOT have winglets yet. Will it get winglets right away before being put to work or will it be wingletless (is that a word) for a while and be included with the 737-300 group of 90 next year? ... View more