@chgoflyer wrote: Southwest is basically reinventing itself. It's really no longer a no-frills, low fare carrier -- that role has been taken over by carriers like Spirit and Frontier, etc. Now the focus is on offering the best "overall travel value." Interesting . That strategy seems to be working. I regularly follow another airline related blog. There's a discussion about Jet blue planning to add a deep discount fare(Spirit like service) to it's portfolio. There's discussion about whether or not Southwest will need to do so to remain competitive ( since it seems everyone else is adding the "low" level of service option). Another blog follower chimed in an basically confirmed what chgoflyer said: " I just did a cross country rt this week and chose WN with a connection over AA nonstop. And I'm a lifetime AA gold. I had really exemplary WN crews on all 4 flights. Really service-oriented FAs. I get points that actually can be redeemed. I had a long connection and walked over to a random WN gate and asked the agent for a standby on an earlier flight and within 10 seconds I got an earlier flight boarding pass with a smile. I like to reward service instead of nickel-and-diming." "
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09-27-2018
10:05 PM
I have always flown SW exclusively but lately their prices are not commensurate with other carriers. If their prices continue to remain high you won't have to worry about paying for Early Bird because there will be less people flying Southwest. As an example, bought a United flight for $51 that Southwest wanted $216. They can't justify free bags anymore with that kind of difference.
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