On January 2 and 3, 2014, Southwest Airlines had 16 flights on the ground at Chicago’s Midway (MDW) airport that kept hundreds of passengers locked inside planes on the tarmac for more than 3 hours after landing at MDW. This earned Southwest airlines a record $1.6 million dollar civil fine by the Department of Transportation…
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Free Drinks, Honey Roasted Peanuts, And New Beers On Southwest Airlines
Last week, we suggested five ways to get a free drink on Southwest Airlines. One of the five suggestions was checking your mailbox for free drink coupons from Chase for Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Card Members. Well, my set of four free drink coupons came in the mail earlier this week – just in time…
Winter Storm Frona Bringing Travel Nightmares To NE?
As reported by the Weather Channel, Winter Storm Frona is set to bring travel havoc to the Northeast through this weekend! If you are traveling home this weekend, as I’m sure many are coming off their New Years trips; you may want to call ahead to see if your flight has been impacted by the…
How To Get A Free Drink On Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines published its first quarter 2015 beverage menu and listed the following three days as free drink holidays: January 1 (New Year’s Day), February 14 (Valentine’s Day) and March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day). How To Get A Free Drink On Southwest Airlines  Even if you’re not flying on these three holidays, there are a…
Southwest Plane Clips Wing of American Airlines 737
Yesterday, some Southwest flyers got more than they bargained for when they were taxiing in LaGuardia on the way to Denver. Per CNN, Two planes bumped into each other on the tarmac at New York’s LaGuardia International Airport around 11 a.m. Tuesday. After a hectic morning, passenger Stormie Alsruhe, 30, was just settling into her seat…
Winter Weather Waivers Up For Last Minute Holiday Travel
Wintery weather is forecasted in the MidWest over the next 24 hours, and rain, fog and low cloud ceilings are delaying flights in the MidAtlantic, leaving last minute holiday travelers with massive delays and cancellations. According to flightstats.com, 563 flights have been cancelled today with another 7,529 delayed today in the United States.A number of…
Southwest: Save 20% When You Redeem With Rapid Rewards Points (targeted)
Two days ago Southwest Airlines sent out targeted codes via e-mail for saving 20% of your points when you redeem with Rapid Rewards points on a round-trip flight between January 6 and February 12, 2015. It’s good for travel on Southwest domestic and flights to Puerto Rico, and black out dates of January 16 through…
Amazing: $44 Flights From Chicago To Florida On Southwest And American Airlines
American Airlines released some crazy good fares yesterday for flights between Chicago O’Hare and Orlando, and Chicago O’Hare and Tampa, with travel as low as $86.20 ROUND TRIP on selected dates in January and February, 2015.Southwest Airlines decided to match some of those crazy good fares from Chicago Midway to Orlando, and Chicago Midway to…
Southwest Now Selling Summer 2015 – Its Biggest Flight Schedule Ever
Southwest Airlines started selling its summer 2015 schedule today for travel between June 6 and August 7, 2015. Southwest will be operating at least 3,800 flights a day – about 150 more weekday departures than the combined Southwest and AirTran network from the summer 2014. They will be adding service in 83 markets, and decreasing…
Southwest Announces Plans To Serve Belize City From Houston
Southwest Airlines announced today that it applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation to serve Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, Belize from Houston Hobby Airport starting in October 2015. This adds Southwest’s second destination in Central America, a seventh country, and the 96th city on the route map. In addition, Southwest…
Southwest Flight Diverts To LAX After Baby Was Born Shortly After Takeoff
Southwest Airlines flight 623 took off out of San Francisco International airport this morning at 6:24 a.m. with 109 passengers on board. The flight was scheduled to land in Phoenix, but instead it landed at Los Angeles International Airport at 7:38 a.m. with 110 passengers on board after a woman on board gave birth shortly…
Does Southwest Airlines Have A Policy For (Or Against) Saving Seats?
Open seating – it’s a signature of Southwest Airlines, and you either love or you hate it. And open seating has been a policy on Southwest Airlines for 43 years. But what does it mean? And more importantly – are you allowed to save seats once on-board? The answer is – vague(ish). According to southwest.com:…
Southwest Airlines Sued Over Early Bird Check-In
Two California men filed a class action lawsuit against Southwest Airlines this week saying that they paid the $12.50 for Early Bird Check-In, yet others around them received better boarding positions. The 38-page filing against Southwest Airlines is for “breach of contract, fraudulent concealment, intentional misrepresentations, negligent misrepresentations, breach of covenants of good faith and…
Take A Sneak Peek At Southwest Airlines Newest Commercial
Southwest Airlines just released a sneak peek of its newest commercial titled “Swagger” which will debut this weekend, most likely during NFL games on Sunday. Bottom Line: I’ll admit that I haven’t been the biggest fan of Southwest’s advertising lately, but there is something simple, hip and attractive about this one. What do you think?
Southwest Airlines Launches Free Beats Music On WiFi
Starting today customers on Southwest WiFi-enabled aircraft will be able to listen to free streaming music from their personal devices with a new partnership with Beats Music. Southwest Airlines says customers do not have to purchase WiFi to listen to music as they are offering a ‘sneak peek’ of Beats Music (listen to three songs)…
Easy Way To Earn 3,000 Southwest Rapid Rewards with RocketMiles
Looking for an easy way to earn a bunch of Soutwest Rapid Rewards? Consider booking a hotel room through RocketMiles. With this offer, new members will earn 3,000 bonus Rapid Rewards after their first booking in addition to earning up to 5,000 Rapid Rewards points per night through RocketMiles. How To Earn 3,000 Bonus…
Southwest Airlines Continues To Wind Down AirTran Brand
Southwest Airlines is a little more than seven weeks away from making the AirTran brand history when flies it final flight – AirTran flight number 1 from Atlanta to Tampa on December 28, 2014 – and Southwest is making a number of changes as the AirTran brand winds down, including disabling AirTran.com According to the…
Southwest Airlines $49/$99/$129/$149 Sale Ends At Midnight Oct 16
Today is the last day you can purchase nonstop, one-way tickets for $49, $99, $129, or $149 to select markets on southwest.com. These promotional fares are available for purchase on southwest.com through Thursday, October 16, 2014, 11:59 p.m. for the respective time zone of the originating city, for travel every day of the week except:…
Southwest Launches New Routes From Dallas Starting Today
Southwest announced that they would begin launching new routes from Dallas and many of them are starting today! Here’s what new routes are beginning today: Beginning Oct. 13, 2014, Southwest will offer nonstop service between Dallas and: Baltimore/Washington (three roundtrips a day) Chicago Midway (five roundtrips a day, up to six as of Nov. 2) Denver (three roundtrips…
Southwest Airlines Adding New Flights to Orange County in 2015
Earlier this week the Orange County (California) Board of Supervisors allowed Southwest Airlines to add about 15 more flights out of John Wayne Airport (SNA) in 2015 which will raise the daily number of Southwest flights at the airport from 52 to 67 by the end of next year. No other airlines asked for additional…