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09-12-2023, 10:52 PM

#1121

calmemployment

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So we need multi page flow charts just to be reimbursed for our parking. UnFcknBelievable

09-13-2023, 01:06 AM

#1122

CA1900

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

I bought tickets on Alaska for our last family vacation. They at least offered a nonstop whereas we would’ve had to go through DEN on SWA. No thanks.

I did the same with a Delta ticket. Theirs was a nonstop, SWA had a plane change in Denver and was literally four times the price of the Delta flight (regular economy, not "basic"). Easy decision!

09-13-2023, 01:23 AM

#1123

ZapBrannigan

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Position: Boeing 737

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BusBoe

Yeah. That's if you don't end up in a fireball on the ground. GA flying is NOT safe and I would never dare fly my family GA.

Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Thanks to ForeFlight and ADSB GA has never been safer. If I had something with the speed to cover some ground, like a Mooney or Bonanza I'd fly my family on vacation too.

09-13-2023, 04:03 AM

#1124

Hobbit64

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BusBoe

Yeah. That's if you don't end up in a fireball on the ground. GA flying is NOT safe and I would never dare fly my family GA.

then you’re doing it wrong

09-13-2023, 06:27 AM

#1125

Zard

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Position: 737 FO

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Quote:

Originally Posted by calmemployment

So we need multi page flow charts just to be reimbursed for our parking. UnFcknBelievable

But it seemed like such a well thought out plan based on the communication preceding the implementation.

our poor coordinators are all going to quit.

09-13-2023, 08:47 AM

#1126

RJSAviator76

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BusBoe

Yeah. That's if you don't end up in a fireball on the ground. GA flying is NOT safe and I would never dare fly my family GA.

Yep... this is a very ignorant statement indeed.

Many of us here own GA airplanes. Believe me, if my family and I are going somewhere in the US for vacation, business, or a mini-getaway, we aren't taking Southwest... or any airline for that matter. Hell, even if I have to go across town during rush hour, I'm most likely flying.

Time.... the most precious commodity in existence.

09-13-2023, 10:17 AM

#1127

Cyio

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Posts: 3,793

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zard

But it seemed like such a well thought out plan based on the communication preceding the implementation.

our poor coordinators are all going to quit.

Yeah its insane and while the coordinators are innocent in this, I am sending each parking request one by one, because the company needs to learn that going the cheapest route on paper, doesnt always end up being the cheapest in practice. So dumb we have to do it this way, but so be it.

09-13-2023, 11:07 AM

#1128

gipple

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

This is arguably a good thing. Full airplanes is the business. To be fair, they've done everything they can to make space positive travel an option. 20% off tickets coming soon, cash in SWAG for Rapid Rewards. I can't really complain about them filling up seats with revenue pax. That's what pays my mortgage.

I agree as far as business and revenue goes. I am ****ed that an overhyped benefit is damn near impossible to use for 1 person. Under Herb, the target load factor was in the 80s. Make money, absorb disruptions and nonrevvers have a chance. GK immediately removed the caps and even oversold flights. Closed call centers and CS degraded. Now you can check a load 7 days out and it shows 30+ seats. One day out and it’s 0. Which means zero chance of getting on or even finding an affordable fare with no time left. As a beLUVed internal customer, some yearly positive space tickets would be reasonable. No wonder my family hasn’t nonrevved for 20+ years. It’ll be 20 years before I try again. More death by a thousand cuts.

09-14-2023, 09:17 AM

#1129

Traffic Alert

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New fight schedules are out and nothing interesting at all. When are we going to start flying like a real airline and accepting payments from the 7.4 billion people outside the USA? It’s not that hard and investors should be demanding it.

https://amadeus.com/documents/en/air...ayment-dcc.pdf

09-14-2023, 04:51 PM

#1130

gipple

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Originally Posted by Traffic Alert

Total BS saying we can’t convert currency. There’s a a 5x5 kiosk in Midway that can convert currency. Buy their software and problem solved. My gut tells me there is a secret deal NOT to step on another airline’s territory.