Originally Posted by
bobnchi
My $.02. What city are you flying to? Though limited airline choices if it's a city that SWA services, consider MDW as it might be a better choice. It's compact, easy dropoff, overall shorter walking distances, has plenty of moving walkways and has some quiet areas including unused gate areas. Having TSA-PRE definitely helps, if you have it. If using SWA, you'll pre-board too. I regularly fly from MDW and never have had any issues.
Will be a mix but mostly either SWFL (TPA, SRQ, RSW) or DMV (BWI, IAD, DCA). For either location, any of those airports are options.
I have generally always avoided SWA because I like to show up toward the end of boarding and don’t want to wait in line to fight or stress over getting a good seat, but that actually could work perfectly for this situation since we will be pre-boarding anyway. Honestly never would’ve thought of SW since I’ve been so avoidant of it in the past, so thank you!