Well, LUV just lost a lot of my shorthaul business.
I'm typically about 4 segments a 12 month period short of A-list. I also tend to buy biz select fares for longer flights and refundables for shorter flights (I often book inside the "wanna get away" window).
I'm not doing middles on those shorthauls, which is essentially where this ends up. Crank the fare up $20.
This is particularly nasty because, as has been documented elsewhere, LUV does not instruct their inflight staff to stop people from saving seats. Ergo, one member of a family is going to spend the $10 and save the whole row. And the F/As are not going to stop the practice. And the ops agents are not exactly diligent enforcing boarding order as it is.
Huge thumbs down.
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