For the last few years, I have felt that for domestic travel, Southwest offers the best rewards program. How many points you get depends on the price of your ticket, and for business travelers especially that works out well. Awards require fewer points than other airlines, and are based on how far you’re traveling. And…
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Quick etiquette tip: Wait your turn to board!
There is a chronic issue that plagues airports. It’s not delayed flights (although it feels like that’s a constant issue too!). It is people getting in the boarding line before it’s their turn. It happens all the time and is super annoying to other passengers. It’s not just one airline; it happens all over! Last…
Perils of taking a different airline
Today I am headed to a place where I have never been, a town where neither American nor Southwest flies. So I am flying Delta today and United home tomorrow. I know there are plenty of people who travel often and their corporate travel policy doesn’t necessarily allow them to choose their preferred airline every…
New Southwest policy: $40 for better boarding pass
Southwest recently added a new way to board early. Customers can pay $40 to board in an available Business Select space (A1-15) within 45 minutes of a flight. So let’s say there are only 6 Business Select customers on a flight, and A7-15 are available boarding spots. 45 minutes before departure you could pay $40…
Ugh. Regular flight time changed again.
I fly to Nashville every month, sometimes more. There has typically been a direct Southwest flight every morning for years. Sometimes it leaves at 7am, sometimes 630, for a brief heavenly time it left at 830. I always thought it was the perfect time to get you there for the majority of the work day,…
Southwest Bonus Points Promotion
Southwest is running a promo right now where you can get an extra 4,000 Rapids Rewards points on roundtrip Business Select flights. Depending on how much your ticket costs, you could get almost enough for a free flight from one trip! You can earn 2,000 bonus points for one way Business Select flights. I know…
A little flying fun
This morning I got to fly on one of Southwest’s Shamu plane. This is actually the second time in a month, which is unusual for me. The best part of it is seeing the kids’ reactions to flying on Shamu. Priceless! Now if only I got to fly on the Texas flag plane….
Paul denied, “eco-friendly” Southwest, and…. The Negotiator dies? Wow.
Lots of news stories today!! First up: Rand Paul denied. According to CNN (and a lot of other places), Sen. Rand Paul was turned away from a Nashville airport checkpoint. The body scanner went off, he refused a pat-down, and requested to be allowed to go through the scanner again. That’s not TSA policy, so…
Travel News This Week
It’s early in the week, but there are already some interesting travel stories out there. CNN has an interesting look into the future of airport security. What does the future hold? Well, thermal lie detector tests and cloned drug and illness sniffing puppies, for starters. Yowza! Worried about keeping clean on the road? MSNBC has…
Boarding Etiquette Tip: Wait Your Turn!
Coming home from Chicago, Part 2. I’ve already shared the first etiquette issue I witnessed on Saturday. Well, here is the second. Southwest had the best flight times for Saturday (had to get home for my nephew’s first birthday!), so I flew them home. I really like Southwest—the flight attendants are usually pretty happy, the…
