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| - Southwest Airlines is my main way of getting out of Dodge aka Reno NV. No frills, peanuts and maybe on a long haul cookies or pretzels or cheese crackers, Tip! Pack a lunch if you want something more. Yes you can get it through security. Just don't bring wine or beer. SWA has both and at a reasonable price.
SWA also has a decent rewards plan so far, plus cheep drinks, free bags, and free wifi now on all their planes with really good stations like the Food Channel. Or the Disney Channel for the children.. Love watching that as I cross the USA. The miss, I may have to go to LA before I can go to Fort Lauderdale with a stop in Atlanta. Never mind all the planes you may have to change to get where you need to go and the fear and angasity that you will go through if the weather is bad or the Harpies conspire so you will miss your connecting flight.
If you want to serf the net you do need to pay. It's modest compared to other airlines.. but there is a charge. Since everything I have to do by email these days can wait, and I can write my Yelp recommendations off line etc. etc. and my FB people do not need to know what's happening at 35k+ feet I love the free wifi.
SWA however is much more then just shuttling me around. It has been the airlines that has shuttled precious cargo. Ever since I was the Executive Director of the Nevada Diabetes Association way back in 1980 SWA has been flying our kids into Reno from Las Vegas and back home again for our biggest camp for kids with diabetes. Plus for the past 10 years they have flown our kids for Teen Camp too.
It takes a lot of heart and a lot of cool to handle 40+ kids and 20+ staff who are all singing camp songs in the back of the plane while having their blood sugars checked and who may have a major medical emergency at a moments notice. Yes we do have medical staff with them. But still there are other passengers who do not know that and SWA has never lost their heart or their cool.
Look, in all honesty flying these days is not a joy. We get packed like sardines into a tin box and pray to the powers that be to keep us safe as we amazingly enough get off the ground. Image that?? We defy gravity!. So.. what makes a difference. The flight attendants, the check in people, the voice on the phone.. Customer services is everything. Plus.. the Pilots . They are really the coolest. If ever they say we are not leaving.. do not argue, they have made a right decision because no matter how long it might take they want you to get to your destination and then home in one piece safe and sound. I trust them with my life every time I fly.
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SWA is my airlines of choice as I travel around these United States. I take them to NYC, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, LV, New Orleans and lots of places. My only problem is if only I could get there without having to go some place else they would be perfect.
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