Thread: Southwest Airline

Oh, I should say(in regarding of the Op question) that Southwest is superior by any means when compared to Ryan Air or Air Berlin, I just mentioned it as a comparison to other parts of the World...

Alex, Have you read all the complaints about Ryan Air??? I always tell folks from Europe that Southwest is the friendlier/better organized version of RyanAir!!

thanks for your help. Sounds like it will be a good airline. For 1 hour on a plane I don't care where I sit.

dhauk- Southwest started showing red ink a few quarters ago and it's been getting redder. It was their first loss in years....they had very favorable fuel hedges that secured their fuel supply at a low price. That insulated them from fuel costs when they went through the roof in summer 08. It also buffered against losses in other areas. As their fuel hedges are expiring the losses are starting to bleed through to the bottom line; also...

I forgot to say Davdaven..you are spot on with Jet Star in Australia. I flew with them once to move states and I will never fly them again. The flight attendants were so rude it has put me off and I dont like the way they operate. I have never had trouble with Virgin Blue. We need an edit button on trip advisor!

Southwest has been around for nearly 40 years and is consistently rated as one of the best airlines in America from both a customer service and safety perspective, and has been able to do it while maintaining profitability more consistently than most other airlines. Southwest always offers competitive fares with less restrictions than most other carriers. It's a great way to go Vegas .

To add to the recommendation for Southwest, we just returned from a trip to New Mexico and Texas from San Jose . On the whole trip we had 6 segments of flights, with three destinations and a plane change for each. It sounds terrible, but was not...very efficient. I checked in, online, as mentioned, 24 hours in advance and in every case we had low number places in the A group and were able to board in the first group and get good seats when we...

Southwest Airlines is often the first place locals turn to booking a flight when they want to fly within California or to Las Vegas . Its reliably run; lots of flights; good staff; and free baggage. Its a good way to fly to Las Vegas. Have a good trip.

It's a bit of a cattle car (no pre-reserved seats), but they have consistently excellent on-time and safety records. In certain big cities they've been successful by using secondary airports (like Midway in Chicago instead of O'Hare and Baltimore in DC rather than Reagen). They're about the only US airline on which your "bags fly free." As riffsmom said, you probably haven't heard of them as they fly...

Southwest is one of the best managed companies in the world, and it's been pretty consistently profitable. They'll get you there on time and without charging for baggage. I wish they flew to more parts of the world.