As a SWA 4x/year traveling family from ALB/MHT/BDL to MCO, we have MANY times witnessed the "miracle healing" on board. Simply amazing. Funny to see others commenting on the same.
We flew last in Oct., before the big changeover, but there was the family preboard, post A. Our son is six, so we've graduated from that procedure. Families seemed surprised to not be boarding first.
All three of us have RR cards - and we have always bought our son a seat - since his first flight at 6 mos.. We all have had several reward tickets in recent years. A SWA VISA is in our wallets too.
The biggest shock for me with the new system is the fare structure. Yikes! I understand that fuel costs have gone up, but the SWA fabulous fare structure is gone. I'm going to spend the least amount possible (for pleasure or business), so I guess we're now out of the A boarding.
I didn't mind rushing to get the 24 hr. in advance "to the second" boarding pass printed for A group and then parking myself at the gate to get the best choice of seat selection - except on those mega-preboard FL flights!
Not sure what the future holds for us and our preferred carrier. We LUV ya, but.......
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