IAD to MCO, approx T-23:57, A45 and A46 (4/5/08)--used DH's laptop to check-in and I didn't realize the time (on his laptop clock) was so far off! -Flight was full.
MCO to IAD, T-24, A19 and A20 (4/8/08) (only 57 pax on this flight! )
IAD to MDW, T-24, A24 and A27 (4/11/08) -Flight was full!
MDW to IAD, T-24, A28 and A31 (4/12/08)
Four flights over the weekend, every flight had 137/137 pax (probably due to American shutdown). HOU-MDW A23 and A37 (I had the wrong conf # and by the time I figured it out, bang, down a dozen places!) and MDW-PIT A26 and A27 (got to check in earlier than 24 hours since it was a connection.. but didnt matter since my flight was late and I was last to board the plane anyway)
OAK-BUR, late-Friday afternoon, A30 and A31 at exactly T-24:00. 1-30 were mostly taken, lots of BS and A-listers on this one. Flight was sold out.
BUR-OAK, Monday morning, A40 and A41 and T-23:52. Not terrible assuming the first 30 went to BS and A-list. Plane wasn't full, we actually were about 20th to board.
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Last flight LAX-BNA I had A23. A quibble: EVERY WN flight I've boarded lately, the agent is letting people skip ahead in line at least five or six places. I noticed an A29 boarding card in the pile ahead of mine.
It's a small thing, but still. Do we have a thread on this...?
It's a small thing, but still. Do we have a thread on this...?
Last week I posted a message about a GA at OAK who lied to me about the boarding procedure. He had permitted several families and two couples with no apparent disabilities to board ahead of BS and A listers. He indicated that he was following the boarding policy. It sounds like he is not alone in either being unaware of, or determined to undermine, the benefits of the latter two passenger classes. Those employees leave SWA customers with a bad impression. Maybe Southwest doesn't care anymore