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Massive abuse by people gaming the system. These are the parasites of society. ... View more

@ovocop8 wrote: I've been waiting for years for Southwest to look into flying to Canada, as SWA is my preferred airline (almost all flights I've ever taken have been with them). Been across the country, been international now by air. First country ever traveled to outside the US was Canada by car, but mostly in the East. There are many different places to see in Canada. For entertainment/leisure, I would visit the following: British Columbia: Vancouver Alberta: Edmonton, Calgary Saskatchewan: Regina Manitoba: Winnipeg Ontario: Toronto, Ottawa, London, Sault Ste. Marie Quebec: Montreal, Quebec (City) Nova Scotia: Halifax There are several others I would drive to for CHL games (including Hamilton, Kamloops, Saskatoon, etc.) but I would fly into these other cities. I'm sure for other people, there are probably some rural and rustic places to visit in the prairies out west and maybe some coastal areas, but these are the places I would like to see flights into from Southwest. One issue is that Southwest can only take bookings in USD while flying in Canada would require accepting CAD - it’s an IT issue, not any lack of interest.    ... View more

Hello i read this and thought it was me writing. Did you ever find a solution to this fear?  I am trying now. Any suggestions would be appreciated.  ... View more

I fly out of BDL (Hartford) and PVD (Providence). PVD has 3 parking garages...2 owned by the airport and one that was owned by the airport but is now privately owned. I park in the private garage (called Red Beam Garage C). It is a good deal cheaper than the others and is still on airport property. There are very few off-site lots at PVD. If I stay overnight the night before I stay at the Holiday Inn Express.   BDL has a parking garage and 4 lots scattered around airport property. The garage is expensive. In winter I park in the garage as things can get brutal around here. In other times of year I park in what's called Express Lot 1. It is next to the terminal and not a long walk. If there is a shuttle waiting I take that, if not I walk. There are a lot of off-site lots at BDL, and I have friends who always use the Parking Spot. For overnight stays I use LaQuinta. ... View more

I have a dilemma, I bought a flight to participate in this promotion. Only problem is that the flight that I bought out of Love Field was cancelled the morning of. It made us miss our son's game that we were going to see, so we had to cancel the trip. I guess that excluded me from the promo. SWA was very apologetic and even sent us $100 vouchers as an apology. The problem is, we missed out on the companion pass promo, I guess. I went online to book it this morning and it wasnt to be found. Can someone help me? I feel like we missed this promo on a "technicality".  This seems like it could be easily rectified. ... View more

I’ve flown my qualifying segments as of 10/31/21 and had 4 different SW reps tell me I’ve qualified for A List renewal for ‘22. Yet, my account has not been updated to reflect it. Just this morning, I was told that they see in my record that I’ve qualified, but that no one’s will show up until a system-wide update on 12/31. Obviously, that’s false based on what some have written on this thread. I’m concerned because I have one more (expensive!) flight in ‘21 I can convert from a points to a paid business class fare to qualify. The rep this morning said I “absolutely do not need to do that.”  Thoughts from those more experienced than I in dealing with Southwest? ... View more

I've flown 61 flights so far this year. I've had one flight canceled and no flights delayed more than an hour.   I'm not doubting anyone else's experience, but I do wonder if we are all flying on the same Southwest. ... View more

Alcohol hasn't been served since 1 year. Now a days you can get a few drinks Coke, Sprite, Water, and Coffee. I usually love to drink coffee but now a days coffee taste is not good that's why during traveling I prefer to carry my fitness related diet like Apple Cider Vinegar gummies which is all time best then all other drinks. I am totally get rid off these drinks. ... View more

Not quite anyone.  The OP, Community moderators, and Community Champions can mark a post as a solution.   --TheMiddleSeat ... View more

@jksobonya  "The facts" about COVID-19 have been ignored in many cases, particularly the fact that COVID is a mild-to-moderate virus, always has been even before vaccines were introduced, and that most who get it recover. People love to say how infectious COVID is to make you afraid ("It's 10x worse than the flu! Run for the hills!") or how many deaths there are in the United States (or world) to show just how "deadly" it is, but they conveniently ignore how many recover. In the US, the "death count" is around 700K now but almost 45 million have gotten COVID and recovered. Worldwide, over 200 million have recovered compared to just under 5 million deaths. COVID is simply not as deadly as people seem to think it is, but getting through to them is a lost cause. People are obsessed with death when they should be obsessed with recovery; some of these lost causes go as far as to make web sites to spread fear and try to shame unvaccinated people who die of COVID. It's really sickening behavior. There is a special place in you-know-where for those who are so terrified - for no real reason - that they promote unfounded fear to the masses.    Anyway, back to mandates, I will continue to suggest in regards to US COVID deaths alone that had the nursing home "mandates" in NY, PA, OH, and other states not happened at the beginning of the pandemic, our death count would be cut significantly. We failed to protect the at-risk when they needed the most protection, and we are continuing to fail by over-protecting the least at-risk which is children. It really is a shame.   Wow! So much wrong with this reply....I don't have the time or patience to reference the 1000+'s of non-biased publications that contradict every point you make...I respect your right to your opinion, regardless of it's scientific merit..Stay healthy and fly safe! ... View more

@aubreybaileyI honestly have no idea why Southwest would refund your money unless WiFi didn't work on you iPhone. Southwest has no control of the fact that you don't have a hotspot to work with you laptop....it's only $8....I've made much bigger financial mistakes! 🙂   Fly safe! ... View more

This is obviously discrimination against skinny people.   We should all boycott SWA immediately.   #SkinnyLivesMatter ... View more

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The irony….  I reply from SW… ... View more

I agree, no WiFi can be frustrating! In terms of work, I always plan to do work that doesn't require a connection to the internet and if I do have a connection, which is the vast majority of the time, I can e-mail and text as needed for free with Southwest ALP.   I have yet to fly an airline that has 100% uptime with their intent connections, including United...I think it's a big gap/problem that all airlines need to address!     ... View more

LOL...   You'll be missed! ... View more

@chrisnyc1    LOL!   While you're at it "Blame Canada!" ... View more

35 minutes? Ugh.....   Lots of factors obviously go into connecting flights....you might want to take a look at the historical delays from your arriving and connecting flights...   Are there additional flights in case you miss your connection? Are those flights at capacity/ sold out?   Secondly, are you the last flight out? If so, SWA seems to be more accommodating to connections at the end of the day (I know after having sat on flights delayed for 45+ minutes waiting for connecting passengers)   What gate do you land at and what gate is the departure for the connecting flight? Even If you land "on time" but by the time you disembark and then the time it takes you to get from one end of the airport to the other..even if you make it on time, welcome to your "Middle Seat"even though you are holding A-19!   Typically if you are "first flight out" in the morning, you will be OK..anything after that is a crapshoot   Wish you luck! ... View more