I think that if SWA is going to keep this fee that it needs to be limited to only those that can get an A boarding number/group. Once all the A positions are filled up then you should not be able to purchase the Early Bird option. It should be pretty easy with technology to tell when enough people have purchased EB check-in on a flight. Then you simply close off the option to purchase it for that flight. If a record has more people booked in it than EB positions are available a message will inform them that EB checkin is only available for X number of people and let them decide if they want to purchase it or not. Paying for EB check-in and then getting a B or C boarding pass is not fair.
DMJ.
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Note to Anonymous regarding my roll of DUCT TAPE - To bad for you if you don't want to pay the fee. The fact that you would think that it's OK for someone else to put up with your kid or kids in a foul mood on board a flight is ludicrous. You're probably one of those people that lets their kids run amok in restaurants and thinks that it's OK. Well it's not. Remember your kids are cute to you but not to other people and I have no problem telling one of them to behave (or shut up) if their parents fail to do so. Better yet maybe you should drive or take Greyhound because from the sound of things you are pretty trashy.
DMJ.
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Note to Anonymous - I'll be sure to bring a roll of duct tape with me just in case I sit next to one of your kids in a foul mood. Have fun un-taping their mouth after the flight. += )
OH I cannot WAIT for one of my 3 children to snuggle up next to one of your $10 paying customers! And I hope they (kids) are in an espcially fowl mood! NOT b/c I want some poor innocent passenger to suffer - simply so they realize they wasted their 10 bucks to LEAP FROG me ... no, no ..... you are nothin' but be a sitting duck! BTW I always play by the rules and check-in on-line to (try) obtain A status vs abusing family boarding.
Anonymous — Thu, 09/03/2009 - 00:46
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When are EarlyBird Check-in Customers' boarding pass positions reserved?
EarlyBird Check-in Customers will be checked in automatically and receive a reserved boarding position 36 hours prior to their flight's scheduled departure time.
SO HOW DOES SWA DETERMINE THE EARLY BIRD BORADING POSITION? IS IT BASED ON TIME OF TICKETING, PRICE OF FARE PURCHASED, OR TIME OF EARLY BIRD CHECKIN PURCHASE ETC?
DMJ.
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Southwest to the rescue again!. No wonder you are the kickin some butt!. Keep it up and to bad for U-haul (United) Those Dener folks will figure out soon enough which airline is the best!
DMJ>
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Hey I don't care who Southwest buys so long as Southwest STAYS Southwest. Decent fares, great service, superb employees, open seating, on-time departures and arrivals. I know that this has got to be creating some anxiety for both Southwest and Frontier employees. As a Southwest shareholder and frequent traveler I doubt that Gary Kelly and the other managers at Southwest would be doing this without carefully thinking it over. Oh just one more thing, I will NEVER fly on a ScAirbus aircraft so no chagning over to ScAirbus or I'll have to find another airline.
THANKS!
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