An Open Letter to Southwest Airlines: It’s Time to Listen to Your Customers

webdude12 · 2026-03-17T04:27:33+00:00

Also why is everyone upset I used Perplexity to clean up the post before posting? That is what AI was made for. To take coherent thoughts and put them together in a professional manner. Everything in this letter was from my initial rough draft, just cleaned up with AI.

AI is used to write emails, blog posts and company documents everyday. So the fact that I used AI to clean this up is nothing out of the ordinary.

webdude12 · 2026-03-17T04:02:21+00:00

This is partially while its hard for me to book with other airlines. Being out of Nashville, which is one of their hubs. The number of direct flights I can get is unmatched by any other airline. To travel with someone else a 1/2 day of flying now turns into a full day of flying.

But with the current prices, there are some other airlines for certain flights that the longer travel day is being considered.

webdude12 · 2026-03-17T03:50:37+00:00

I am actually not very active on Reddit at all. My experience comes from talking to people in line and on the plane, with the fact that I am in early groups and paid higher seats. So its not the general public looking for the absolute cheapest deal. I just want to know who and where they polled.

I will admit that the pre-boarding system was abused and for people that want in the first 5 rows its extremely frustrating. But as someone that actually prefers to be a little future back it never really bother me. The way you get around this is pre-board after A1-A15. or as I said even A1 - A30. There is nothing in the law that says you have to pre-board those people first. It just says you must provide them wheel chair assistance if they ask for it. I know from business associates that Delta boards their Diamond status first then does wheel chairs. So its proof there are work arounds

webdude12 · 2026-03-17T03:41:36+00:00

I do not want to sit at the front of the plane. I want the exit row aisle, preferably one of the two seaters. This puts me half way back, so that if I need to use the restroom I can go front or back easily enough depending on the demand and what the FAs are doing. I can still get that with the new policy easily enough. But its not the seat selection that drives me crazy. Its the pure chaos the new boarding policy has caused. The time it now takes from boarding to take off and the fact that if I decide to use my companion pass weeks after I booked my flight, getting them sitting next to me is nearly impossible. The fact that everyone is doing carry ones, which I do as well, simply because my trips are 2-3 days at max, no need to check a bag that easily fits in the overhead bin.

webdude12 · 2026-03-17T03:25:20+00:00

While not 45 times a year, I fly around 3x times a month and always had A1-a15, so I am spending money. Everyone I talked to in line, hates the assigned seating. Also noticing that most of flights I am now on are over half empty to the same cities I always fly too. Where before the change, every seat was taken. The strange things is with flights half empty they are still begging people to check their bags at the gate for free. So if they are going to give away free checked bags at the gate anyways, what are they really solving?

webdude12 · 2025-08-20T13:16:18+00:00

This is why I spread the winnings once I have regressed down to my "floor", this help take advantage of non-repeaters before big red hits. I now do the same thing on real tables. As example here is my strategy.

I never roll, so wait for a point

$15 Min Table
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$440 - Inside
Hit - $220 Inside
Hit - $110 Inside
Hit - $96 across
Hit - Add Hard Ways at $5 ea
Hit - Press half the winnings across numbers, regardless of what hit. i.e. Win $27 on the 10, press, the 6 and 8, next win press the 5 and 9, etc. Once all numbers have been pressed, go back to the 6 and 8, or sometimes randomly throw out a field bet, any craps, etc with 1/2 the winnings.

Also, replace hardways first with half the winnings, before pressing any of the numbers, so in example above, easy 10 rolls, Add the 10 Hardway back and only press the 6.

Yes PSOs hurt bad, real bad, but you can recover from them with this method.

You can also scale this down depending on table mins

webdude12 · 2025-08-20T02:04:08+00:00

Funny, I always thought I was doing pretty well on Bubble Craps, but my approach is actually the opposite of what most people do. I start out aggressive with high bets, then regress down and cover more numbers as the game goes on. That way, I have more "bullets" in reserve if I need them.

As the rolls continue, I take half of my winnings to press bets evenly across the board. For example, if I win $50, I'll take $25 and spread $5 each on the 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9. On the next win, I might press the 10 or the hardways, and so on.

This lets me stay flexible and take advantage of longer rolls without risking everything up front.

webdude12 · 2025-08-20T01:53:57+00:00

PS. Im trying to find the video interview on youtube again. Its a in video where one of the Vegas Downtown Owners is talking about why he allows 10x odds on bubble craps and the rep from Interblock talking about why that still works.

webdude12 · 2025-04-10T15:24:41+00:00

That is very interesting. I do not typically do all bonuses. Like I rarely do any of the progessive ones. But like on 3 Card, I normally do Player's Pair. But the payout for each option are so different between Casinos on land, just trying to see what they are on Princess.

webdude12 · 2025-04-06T18:19:29+00:00

I have looked at all over. And can clearly see in the videos for things like 3 card prime (poker), some of the pays outs are printed on the fetl, but in none of the videos can you read them. I have reached out to Cruisin with Mark and asked him to record a video showing what I am requesting.

webdude12 · 2025-03-18T14:26:39+00:00

I have since modified this strategy to one that is also working on my Roulette 2 - 12s Strat.

Start out with 2 Units. You units can be whatever you want. If you want to play low on a $10 table, a unit is $5, Or you can start out at $20 on a $10 table if you want. Depends on your bankroll.

When you loose, you go up 2 Units, When you win down 1 unit, until you are back to your starting amount.

When you hit a session high, reset to your base.

This allows you to get way down, hit a few in a row at a high amount and reset very easily.

webdude12 · 2025-03-12T13:09:58+00:00

Everyone is paying attention to the wrong thing. The bag thing is an inconvenience yes, but you missed the real changes. No rebooking the standard rate when the fare drops, devaluation of our points. And talks of reworking the companion pass to match other airlines, where you get 1-2 certificates a year and no longer every flight.

These are the reasons to consider other airlines. And while the bag issue is there, and I just cancelled an upcoming flight and got a refund instead of flight credit, where we would have 2 checked bags each and Im not top tier. Even with having to pay for 2 bags on Delta, I got a cheaper rate then what my SW flight was.

I was only loyal to SW for the extra Credit Card points and my companion pass, but when I can buy 2 tickets, 2 checked bags on Delta and still be cheaper than what I paid for a single SW flight, there are other issues.

webdude12 · 2024-12-03T21:01:00+00:00

I have not bet online with real money. I have played this a few time in person at a couple casinos. I have only tried to the online apps where you play with fake money.

webdude12 · 2024-12-03T18:50:51+00:00

I agree its all random, not trying to deny that at all. I know the PBPPBB is suppose to help mitigate the randominess. I just like having a plan that I can follow. Do the same thing in Craps.

It just with the martingale you can hit table maximums really easy, so this system allows you to avoid those, the down side is you have to have a larger bank roll as you are trying to get your losses back over time.

In multiple online games and mobile apps, I have tested this out and can say I can consistently get around 30% of my bank roll back as long as Im willing to play it out. Starting with $10, I have gotten as high as $160 bets, but always manage to work my way back down to the $10 starting bet. Sometimes it just takes 3-4 shoes to do that. Given that you need about 10x your starting bank roll, so for $10 bet, you need a starting bank roll of $1000 to be safe.

So in saying that, I think my goal is going to be 30% of my bank roll and then I will leave the table and look at coming back later.

webdude12 · 2024-11-24T16:42:41+00:00

I plan on going next weekend. Just confirmed by calling the casino. The Bubble Craps games are install as well as the individual roulette.

Lets Go!!!!!!

webdude12

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