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| - I like southwest. I fly them for business a lot - especially to California and other nearby states, though I've flown them to the east coast, too.
I don't care about unassigned seating. I always get an aisle seat. Just check in 24 hours early! Most people don't. You can even check in, not have a printer, then just pick up a boarding pass from the machine at the airport. I do that a lot for my return travel.
Their frequent flyer program is good, I fly on southwest for free, a LOT. I just earned another ticket this week. I think it's my 5th! I also get free drink coupons in the mail from them. I never use them all, and so on a flight I'll be on right before they expire, I'll bring all I have with me and be mr. popular in the area I'm sitting, because I got the other nearby passengers free drinks.
Anyway, what do you expect? All airlines are more or less the same. If you're going to want something to eat or drink on the plane, just pack it with you. Then you can have exactly what you want.
Southwest is a low priced carrier, but the seats are comfortable and the planes are clean. I mean, I get on the plane, sit in a chair for a few hours, and get off. I don't have too high of an expectation in terms of needing hosts/hostesses to fawn over you or smile or whatever. I just want to get there with my luggage, on time. They generally do that, are usually among the most reasonably priced, and their freq flyer program is great. So I giver them a high rating!
About their freq flyer thing - when I book my hotel and rental car with it too, I can still use all my normal discount codes etc from membership in whatever, but also double dip on points!!! So - for example - I get say - Hilton points, Hertz points, AND Southwest miles - for booking it through the Southwest site. And the same price as booking directly. I don't know why Southwest doesn't advertise this? With the double dipping and frequent travel, I have been collecting points FAST since I figured this out recently.
Next personal trip - SF!
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