Originally Posted by
hillrider
There are PLENTY of such solutions, but they increase costs -- and few in the airline industry seem to value customer experience and customer satisfaction enough to pay for them.
However, I'm willing to bet that WN, B6 and VX don't suffer from this "glitch" (could be wrong, but these are airlines who value customer experience and may not go for a non-real-time architecture)
Great.. now try to book travel for Thanksgiving at southwest.com.
What? It doesn't work?
Ok, try getting a seat assignment for next Saturday, and put in an upgrade request for June
Now, try booking a ticket to Europe on Southwest or any other carrier at southwest.com.
Check out the entertainment options for your next cross country flight.