re: Southwest is the most overrated airline

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What your worst case scenario on a flight, other than crashing?

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I'm claustrophobic....tight enclosed spaces with or without a bunch of people makes me feel really panicky, no matter the situation.


I just feel like I'm being smothered...like I cannot breathe.

Never used Southwest but anything has to be better than my past three trips with American.

Lake Charles only has United and AA so I don't have many options other than driving to Houston, BR, or Laffy every time I fly and that would be a huge hassle.

Those people usually don't know any better and check

Hell all you have to do with United is get their credit card for free checked bags. AMEX Platinum will credit you $200 a year on any airline

Never had a single problem w Southwest. I'd never fly another airline either.

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oh and the fact that Virgin only goes to handful of major cities makes it all the better, almost no trash from the South or Midwest

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The trashiest people I have ever seen get off of a plane was off of an incoming flight from Philly to L.A. last Friday.

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-Free checked bags doesn't automatically mean it's a good deal

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The bags aren't free. They are baked into the price of the ticket.

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Driving is the same for you?

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Cars have windows everywhere though...so not really the same thing.


Now if I was sitting in the backseat of a car overly full of people it would make me panic.

I actually had a mini panic attack in the back of a van while on a church trip. Everyone piled into the van. In order for people to all fit...some people sitting on laps (this was Kenya...seatbelt laws are pretty lax). It was a 45 minute drive and we were all squished in and I got stuck in the middle of the seat. I started hyperventilating by the time we got to our destination.

SW consistently beats others in pricing. I have flown plenty of times with them and I have ZERO complaints. I've heard way too many horror stories of other airlines to ever want to make a change. I'll continue to choose them until they give me a reason not to.

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My main criteria is

# landings = # takeoffs

where landing = wheels touch first without bursting

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QANTAS.

I have not been impressed with Southwest lately. They aren't a bad airline, but I dislike the lack of assigned seats (which makes deboarding slower as people scramble for carry ons), lack of upgrades, and the lack of service in even some domestic markets.

Those shortcomings combined with their increasing prices mean that they are an "also ran" for me. I fly about 70,000 miles a year. Mostly on Delta and their partners (Air France, KLM Royal Dutch, etc.)