Why is the baggage transferring not up to par at Midway?
I say this as an ardent Southwest flyer (one RT per week), but I have learned my lesson never to check a bag and connected through Midway.
On five separate occasions, different times of the year, different departure cities, different arrival cities, my girlfriend or I have connected through Midway checking bags. On all five occasions the checked baggage did not arrive at the destination on-time!
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Although I recognize thousands of detailed matrix algrothims go into making the schedule, I am personally disappointed in the 'crunching' of Baltimore - Columbus flights, a roundtrip route that I commute on weekly. For the past few years, there has been a consistent flight after 930pm. From anecdotal evidence of being on that flight, I would imagine the load factor was rather high with commuters from the Baltimore and Washington area. The latest flight is now at 655pm, more than two hours earlier than the current final flight of the day. Doing a brief look at the BWI November schedules, Columbus is one only a couple cities in the Northeast/Midwest with no service after 7pm. Columbus is now served at 140p, 425p, and 655p.
Unfortunately, living in Washington, I will need to rethink ways to get to Baltimore on weeks when I need to take that flight.
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02-26-2007
04:33 PM
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There is an editorial in this morning's Financial Times which primarily discusses the lack of choice when it comes to U.S. low cost carriers (although I was disappointed that they did not mention SWA). Primarily, the article mentioned how JetBlue, with their passenger bill of rights are moving away from 'low cost' and toward higher cost. Also, companies usually drift toward the 'industry mean'. I'm glad SWA has not done this. It is an interesting read if you can find a copy.
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