Originally Posted by
jiburi
What Southwest doesnt reveal, is the important small details, such as Terminal hours, TSA hours, concession hours, etc. OAK is indeed open 24 hours BUT overnight passengers need to stay in the PRE-SECURITY areas.
Oakland Airport information
Southwest Airlines overnight disclosures
Expecting passengers to be kicked out of terminal areas is a major dis-service to the flying public. What other Southwest’s overnight cities should they be providing additional warnings? MDW?
Jiburi
This has been common practice in the airline industry for years; WN FINALLY brought their systems up to 20th century standards (pun intended) to allow redeyes, overnight connections; in the past, it might have been necessary to buy 2 separate tickets. Before AA offered the SAN-MIA redeye, I would often book Caribbean awards SAN-DFW-XXX where it would be necessary to stay in a DFW area hotel between flights. Similar options were available through PHX. Instead of arriving late at an expensive resort destination, losing most of a day's vacation, it made sense to stay in an economy airport hotel, start vacation earlier in the day.