<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Stefan Daystrom:
On the left it shows you're "from" NW PLat, but it does show where you're from geographically.
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I just flew RT from PDX -> HPN (Westchester). Yes i had a layover in MSP. But so what?
On Southwest I can fly into Hartford... drive 90-120 minutes to my destination... Have 2 stops on inbound and 3 stops on the outbound... and I have to leave at 8am instead of getting in a full workday. to make that 8am I would need to get up at some freaking stupid hour to make that -- up to 2 hour --drive to Hartford!
I am not interested in flying 2 or 3 stops and 12 hour mega trips.
If I want to fly up and down the west coast I fly on Alaska ... my NW status gets me in First much of the time.
I'm sure there are business travelers out there who fly Southwest because they want to... i've yet to meet one. Everyone I've ever talked to about SW says that they avoid them like the plague.
That's not to say that SW isn't a working business model. I actually invest in them... even though I won't fly them. I simply understand that I am not in their customer market segment. I fly an airline that wants me as their customer and get me virtually anywhere in the world I want to go. whether for business or for pleasure (using my FF miles).
[This message has been edited by doglover (edited 09-12-2003).]