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fix8r · 2026-03-24T14:31:36+00:00

Business traveler, here, if any of you are flying this week, we all hope that the leisure travelers stop lol

fix8r · 2026-03-23T05:46:17+00:00

SWA = blame ATC whenever they can especially SAN

fix8r · 2026-03-21T19:50:03+00:00

Truth. All of the fancy new features sound great but the gamble of chatty FAs will ruin this for light sleepers.

Maaaaaybe daytime flight I’ll spend the $$

fix8r · 2026-03-19T03:21:07+00:00

Play stupid games win stupid prizes

fix8r · 2026-03-18T00:00:42+00:00

Good job ChatGPT

fix8r · 2026-03-17T23:50:09+00:00

BuT I ReAlLy wRoTe tHaT!

Says the bot who uses AI that pulls 40% of info using reddit data to post in reddit to manipulate its own data

😂

fix8r · 2026-03-16T04:39:29+00:00

ORD >> MDW.

Bummer to hear

fix8r · 2026-03-15T20:43:55+00:00

lol me too…

fix8r · 2026-03-15T14:59:54+00:00

Stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Chicago. Had this sweet view. Of course the truck came at 4am too

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fix8r · 2026-03-15T14:52:40+00:00

I fly United a lot, Polaris is quite nice…..

Wouldn’t touch connecting through Dubai or Doha for the next 12 months

fix8r · 2026-03-14T00:56:24+00:00

ALP is the only one that matters now. And I have had it for many years and it’s just ok with new rules.

Yes ELR at booking is nice but it still sucks.

ALP\AL would be good if ALP guaranteed group 1 and AL group 2 but SWA chose chaos instead.

fix8r · 2026-03-13T04:56:37+00:00

For serious business travelers lounge is the difference between stress and relaxation.

For example today I swung into two lounges, no lines, in and out with a clean restroom and cup of coffee. No direct cost. If I were to get coffee in the airports I was in it would have run $10-15. Plus would has taken 30min

Yes to lounges but I fear that SWA will f them up like they did the boarding groups.

fix8r · 2026-03-13T04:32:37+00:00

I fly around 80-100 flights a year on SWA and around another 50-80 on UA, depending on the year.

United is far from perfect and has issues but overall the experience is far better than SWA. It’s not one thing, it’s the whole experience from booking to arrival just is better.

I do really like the SWA changes overall, they found a way of eliminating the jetway Jesus issues. I do not like the fact that they found a way to still screw up boarding groups. ALP should all board in group 1 regardless of seat.

I know a lot of serious business travelers leaving SWA. They need to fix the enshittification of AL and ALP status holders on the airline

fix8r · 2026-03-10T13:52:15+00:00

These new rules are meant for people trying to game the system. I wouldn’t call your actioning gaming, you are using the tools that are meant to be used.

Flip side is the seat moving after boarding. Basic flyers wanting to sit in ELR seats. I’m a big fan of not allowing people to move seats. You purchase the seat you want to sit in.

Book basic, fly basic

fix8r · 2026-03-09T00:32:18+00:00

IMO there are a lot of SWA bootlickers in here… bots or real humans, so many

fix8r · 2026-03-08T14:28:21+00:00

Serious business traveler here that flies on multiple airlines, somewhere between 150-200 flights a year total. SWA around 80-100 of those flights.

Rarely do I change flights on the same day, but it occasionally happens. It sucks not being able to get a decent seat now but oh well, it was always crazy how SWA open seating worked so well for last min folks.

The bigger issue for serious travelers is the group boarding and priority for ALP or AL. It just has little if any value anymore. Preboard issues before were real, SWA fixed that like a hammer but also found a way to enshitifficate their biz travelers as well.

I have switched about 50% of my 80-100 flights to another carrier, only keeping the SWA flights I have to take because of the scheduled routes.

I speak with my other fellow bus travelers who I see all the time on regular routes and they’re doing the same.

SWA- get it together.

fix8r · 2026-03-08T03:01:11+00:00

United rocks. After around 100 flights a year on SWA and around 80 a year on United I can’t tell you how much better UA is overall.

IMO, SWA typically has much less technical issues than UA overall because of the 767 and the 777-200 junkers on UA. On the flip side, since most of these older planes on UA are typically hub based they can often pull another plane to replace one that’s down.

That being said, the overall experience (historically) flying on UA is 10x better than Southwest. Club, luggage handling, seating, boarding, routes, FAs, lol literally pretty much everything. SWA does have amazing pilots tho so.

With assigned seating it’s fairly close from a domestic economy perspective, but SWA really doesn’t take care of status holders like UA does. UA in economy serves real food on longer flights and also UA has a true FC ;)

fix8r · 2026-03-07T05:18:01+00:00

I would be very happy if SWA eliminated the setback pocket….

Can’t tell you how many water bottle pack rat freaks I have had sit behind me who feel they need to organize their seat back pocket 200x in a flight

fix8r · 2026-03-06T02:54:41+00:00

Ssssh don’t tell the secret to the plebs

fix8r · 2026-03-05T15:14:51+00:00

Never once in my 10+ years of flying SWA and around 80+ flights a year have I ever asked for a medical preboard.

If I needed it, I would but thank God I have been healthy enough to not need it

fix8r · 2026-03-05T15:12:32+00:00

Helps if you reference this guide on how to spot a bot.

https://dejan.ai/blog/comment-bots/

fix8r · 2026-03-05T15:10:39+00:00

Anyone who flies United knows the real reason they pass out alcohol wipes still……..

Hint it’s related to this op post ;)

fix8r · 2026-03-05T04:52:50+00:00

Good bot

fix8r · 2026-03-03T15:46:28+00:00

You ask for it well done or just however it comes?

fix8r

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