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Southwest Airlines Adds Sparkling Wine Onboard Flights

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Southwest Airlines has launched champagne sparkling wine onboard their flights. Southwest added some new beverage offerings lately including Margaritas, so things are headed in the right direction by offering another new beverage choice. Here are the details: Beginning Saturday, February 11, our Customers will have the option of purchasing St…

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Southwest Launches More New Service to Mexico

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Southwest Airlines announced new service between San Diego and Mexico starting April 25, 2017. The airline plans to add new daily San Diego to San Jose del Cabo/ flights, and to kick things off, they’ll be offering introductory fares of $104 each-way. Per Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines Co. today announced new flights throughout its previously published schedule that bring San Diego…

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Southwest Airlines New Domestic Routes and Service to Grand Cayman

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Southwest Airlines announced its’ plans to offer new service between Fort Lauderdale and Grand Cayman starting June 4, 2016. The airline plans to add several new domestic routes across the country including intra-Florida service between Orlando-Ft Lauderdale, as well as new nonstop service from New York (LGA) to Tampa. To kick things off, they’ll be offering introductory fares start at $49…

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Southwest Airlines to Launch New Cincinnati Service

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Southwest Airlines has announced that they will be adding new service to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport beginning on June 4, 2017, from Baltimore and Chicago-Midway. Per the Cincinnati Business Courier Southwest Airlines is launching flights from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, it announced on Wednesday afternoon. The mid- to low-cost carrier will offer eight daily flights from the…

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Deal Alert: Southwest Airlines $59 Fares Sale

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Southwest Airlines launched a deal with fares from $59 one way (and up). You have to book by January 26, 2017 for travel in the U.S. from January 24, 2017 through May 24, 2017,  and travel to/from San Juan, Puerto Rico valid March 2, 2017 and March 29, 2017 through May 19, 2017. International travel valid January 10, 2017 through March…

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Negative Change for Southwest Rapid Rewards Members

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Southwest Airlines offers Rapid Rewards members who earn 110,000 Rapid Rewards points each year a Companion Pass, which essentially means you can bring along a travel partner with you free of charge on both paid and award flights. Southwest has just made a change that will make earning their lucrative companion pass more difficult since…

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Southwest Airlines Launches New Route from Austin

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Southwest Airlines their latest new route this week as they are continuing adding more routes nationwide. The latest route is between Austin, Texas and Kansas City, which will commence on March 13, 2017. This new route comes as no surprise, as Southwest Airlines has the most capacity in Austin serving over 30 nonstop destinations worldwide including…

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Southwest Airlines Launching Service to Cuba from $59 Each Way

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Southwest Airlines announced they would be launching new non-stop service from a couple Florida cities (including Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa) to Cuba starting on November 13, 2016, and to celebrate, they’re launching introductory fares of $59 each-way. Per Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines Co. announced its flight schedule of new nonstop service between Florida and Cuba, bringing Southwest’s…

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Southwest Airlines Launches Great New Perk for Elite Members

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Southwest Airlines has launched a great new perk for its elite level flyers. Starting September 13, 2016 the airline will be offering  A-List and A-List Preferred Rapid Rewards members free priority standby status to take an earlier flight two hours before their scheduled flight. Per the Chicago Business Journal, Southwest suddenly announced it is adding…

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Southwest Airlines Launches New Routes to Mexico

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Southwest Airlines announced new service between Los Angeles and Mexico starting December 4, 2016. The airline plans to add twice-daily LAX- Cancun flights, twice-daily LAX- Cabo San Lucas trips, and once-daily LAX- Puerto Vallarta service, and to kick things off, they’ll be offering introductory fares of $129 each-way. Per Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines today announced new international service between Los Angeles…

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Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants Forced To Sleep at Airports

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Southwest Airlines has been in the midst of a technology outage causing delays and cancellations for hundreds of thousands passengers, but one group its causing havoc on is its flight attendants– some of which had to stay overnight in airports as they didn’t have any hotel rooms for them. Per the Chicago Business Journal, In the…

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Delta and Southwest Continue to Flight Over Dallas Love Field

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The battle continues between Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines at Dallas Love Field, over use of Gate 15, and which carrier is able to use it. Southwest technically has the lease on the gate, however Delta is arguing its unfair competition as Southwest controls the majority of the airport. The airlines are headed back…

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More Mexico: Southwest Adding Service From Oakland

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Southwest Airlines announced today that it will be the first U.S. carrier to operate non-stop flying between Oakland and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (PVR); and Oakland and San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos (SJD).  Service would begin in February 2017, subject to governmental approval. The introductory fares and proposed schedules have not been released. Licenciado Gustavo Díaz…

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Flight Review: Southwest Airlines New Interior On BWI-LAS Flight

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In late May, we wrote about the new interior that would start appearing in Southwest Airlines fleet of -800 series aircraft. The new interior is currently featured in just three airplanes so far, and I was pretty excited on Sunday to have the airplane known as N8689C at gate A-4 at Baltimore Washington International Airport…

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