Southwest Airlines Community

This is very strange. Do you really want the business of the expat community? I know of no other airline that blocks access to potential customers from anywhere.  I can easily access the websites of Spirit Air, Jetblue, Allegiant Air, Frontier Airlines, and SunCountry Airlines here in Norway.  Why can't I access SWA?  You make it seem like this is something  that you do not know how to make happen, yet if I want to book a vacation with SWA, I can easily access your Southwest Airlines Vacation website.  Please explain to me why you think your airline wants me to spend an inordinate amount of time on the telephone, talking with one of your already busy agents, asking them about various options of flights/dates/times/destinations/prices etc only to have to go through the same process again after consulting with family. Do you have so much business that you think that the business of expats such as myself is not worth allowing us access to your website? It appears that it's worthwhile if we want to purchase a vacation package,. So why won't you allow us access? ... View more

This is a big issue for people who want to fly with Southwest who live outside North America. I really don't understand this. I live in Norway. I can access this website (Southwest Air Community)  and I can access their Southwest Vacations website. But when I try to access the offical Southwest Airline website, access is denied.  How can we get SW to understand that this is a big problem and that they need to fix it before they lose customers_ Any ideas? ... View more

So travellers living outside of North America arE blocked from using your official website. You say that the fault lies in the customer's connection. If that's true,  why is it that I can access THIS website, as well as the Southwest Vacations website? But as soon as I try to access your offcial website to view flight schedules and to find out about fares, I get the message "Access denied".  Come on, Southwest Airlines. You are losing a lot of business by shutting out people who live abroad. STOP BEING XENOPHOBIC- FIX THIS MATTER!           ... View more