C.L. Brown, honey, the carryons ARE limited. Personally, I try never to check. If you don't want to be bumped against, and you will be if you sit in an aisle seat with the baggage compartments above them, book a seat next to the window. I can see that you are a bigot about weight. it's one of the few things that's it's still PC to be bigotted about, and getting worse. I'm beginning to wonder when the lynchings will start. How about big, tall, muscled men? They take up more room than I do. I'm heavy, and I never impinge on the space of the person next to me, but I still get "looks" from people like you. You sound like a really charming person.
John, baby equipment is very expensive. Why should anyone want to buy a new stroller, just to travel with on the few times they'd travel with a child young enough to need one. And no, I don't have a baby or a baby stroller, but I did 25 years ago. Fortunately, I remember. And no, I don't generally travel for two weeks at a time (wouldn't that be nice), and I'm not going to use brand X soap, shampoo and conditioner at the motel, and I'm not going to spend my precious time at my destination shopping for them. For crying out loud!
Maharder, I don't check my luggage because it takes time I don't have, or want to have, at both ends, gets lost, and gets damaged. And yes, we've had luggage both lost and destroyed (not on SW, however). I spend enough time in the airport without adding to it.
The baggage limit should be 100 lbs total, with a possible of 75 lbs in one bag. As I said, I basically never check bags (3 times in the last 10 years), but if I have to, I really don't want to have to have more than one. Kevin's idea about packing a small duffel is good, though, so that you can have it both ways, if need be.
Southwest is a good airline to take. I went to Hawaii on Continental, and on a 5 or 6 hour flight, we didn't even get peanuts and the staff was surly both directions. Thank goodness Southwest still cares about its passengers.
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