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[hardcorestitch]

BAd analogy. There's only one WDW. There's a bunch of other airlines.

The open seating on SW actually lent itself to a much more orderly and organized boarding process as opposed to all other airlines... especially at the gate. Passengers each had a specific place in line and lined up accordingly ( off to the side). You didn't have every passenger, even if they were in the last group to board, standing directly in front of the gate agent blocking everyone.

Not to mention 3 other airports in the region to choose from! Daytona, Melbourne, Sanford…

 

[DCLMP]

BAd analogy. There's only one WDW. There's a bunch of other airlines.

The open seating on SW actually lent itself to a much more orderly and organized boarding process as opposed to all other airlines... especially at the gate. Passengers each had a specific place in line and lined up accordingly ( off to the side). You didn't have every passenger, even if they were in the last group to board, standing directly in front of the gate agent blocking everyone.

I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I prefer choosing a seat. I think most people like choosing a seat, but your never going to make everyone happy.

If SW offers the best fare from point A to B I doubt someone is going to hold a grudge. Honestly there's not that many airlines anymore with all the consolidation, and it really hard to find a non-stop on the big three if your not flying from one of their hubs. The hub and spoke model SW uses means a better chance of having non-stop from any airport. I live at an AA hub. AA and SW are the only airlines that offer non-stops to MCO or anywhere in Florida. There are really not as many options as you think if you want a good flight.

 

[hardcorestitch]

I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I prefer choosing a seat. I think most people like choosing a seat, but your never going to make everyone happy.

If SW offers the best fare from point A to B I doubt someone is going to hold a grudge. Honestly there's not that many airlines anymore with all the consolidation, and it really hard to find a non-stop on the big three if you’re not flying from one of their hubs. The hub and spoke model SW uses means a better chance of having non-stop from any airport. I live at an AA hub. AA and SW are the only airlines that offer non-stops to MCO or anywhere in Florida. There are really not as many options as you think if you want a good flight.

It’s not a hub and spoke for Southwest… they call it a focus city… Southwest has and still is an airline that uses point to point for its operations…

 

[DCLMP]

It’s not a hub and spoke for Southwest… they call it a focus city… Southwest has and still is an airline that uses point to point for its operations…

Sorry my bad. Yes a point to point. A hub and spoke is what all the other airlines use.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I prefer choosing a seat. I think most people like choosing a seat, but your never going to make everyone happy.

If SW offers the best fare from point A to B I doubt someone is going to hold a grudge. Honestly there's not that many airlines anymore with all the consolidation, and it really hard to find a non-stop on the big three if your not flying from one of their hubs. The hub and spoke model SW uses means a better chance of having non-stop from any airport. I live at an AA hub. AA and SW are the only airlines that offer non-stops to MCO or anywhere in Florida. There are really not as many options as you think if you want a good flight.

The reason why it hits hard for SWA is because those "most other people" would and could actively fly and choose the other airlines that suited them. Many regular SWA fliers kept flying SWA because of open seating, flexible policies and ability to easily get money or points back if the price of the ticket went down, included checked luggage, and more.

And SWA has moved away from prioritizing non-stop, something also (amongst the above) was due to Elliott and is now doing more hub and spoke. We're flying them to Costa Rica and a decent amount of their options are 15-20 HOURS to get there, we're taking one of the only few flights that gets you there in 7+hours (that's with connections). Orlando is still competitive enough from my home airport and thus non-stops are plentiful....for now.

While SWA doesn't have traditional hubs they do have concentrations on airports like BWI, Denver, etc which combined with the reduction in non-stops means more people are having to make connections than before.

 

[DCLMP]

Many regular SWA fliers kept flying SWA because of open seating, flexible policies and ability to easily get money or points back if the price of the ticket went down, included checked luggage, and more.

This is standard on all airlines now. I use miles on AA, delta, Alaska and United they all easily refund miles now. AA is annoying because you can't change the flight you have to cancel and rebook. I believe they all allow a flight credit for cancelling. It's one of the few good things that came out of Covid.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

This is standard on all airlines now. I use miles on AA, delta, Alaska and United they all easily refund miles now. AA is annoying because you can't change the flight you have to cancel and rebook. I believe they all allow a flight credit for cancelling. It's one of the few good things that came out of Covid.

You already said a while back you were uninformed about what Elliott Management was, I and a few other posters tried to give you more information. Then I commented about what regular fliers of SWA liked about SWA. Unfortunately it would appear you're not reading the comments paying attention enough to them so you might have better luck googling it if you care.