This will be a great new service. I can't believe that people want it for free or to be included in the ticket price. Southwest deserves to be compensated for offering a new service.
Equating this to bags fly free makes no sense. Charging for bags is like charging extra for the bun on a hamburger. Charging for for WiFi is like adding a fee for bacon on a burger. It is a legitimate extra and a fee gives customers a choice. Many fliers don't care about WiFI. Why should they pay for it?
I do hope that WiFi service availability is known with some degree of certainty at check-in time.
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