I would pay 25% premium to be able to avoid having to play some demeaning and patronizing game to a) get to the airport 3 hours early to get into a line to be able to get into another line to be able to squeeze past others to run for squatters rights on an aisle seat or b) set an alarm for 24 hours plus fifteen minutes in advance of a departure time to be sure that I was sitting in front of a internet connected computer to be able to check in online so that I could get a decent seat. As things stand now, it is simply not worth it to have to play these games. I used to fly SW but have not in five or more years because i am so turned off by being treated like steers being funneled into a Kansas city stockyard.
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