<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jetsetter777:
SemiElite,
Well, actually, my trip is like this:
SNA-EWR (ugh, that's going to be a roulette game)
EWR-IAH
IAH-SNA.
The trip's in less than 2 weeks and F is still 9 or 8 for all segments. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
What time of day were you flying IAH-SNA? Just curious if it was a peak time or not.
And I know what you mean about the "Jaycees meeting" 
I always call it "Twelve angry men" because I inevitably end up being the only female!</font>
I always fly out very early, between 6:45 AM and 8:35 AM. As I'm sure you know, there are only two cities that you can fly to directly from SNA on CO...IAH and EWR. So, no matter where I'm going, I have to connect through one of these cities, making for a longer flight that requires a very early departure.
And yes, this is definitely the busiest time of day at SNA. The John Wayne website mentions 6:45 AM to 10:00 AM as peak travel time there!
This is one of the biggest negatives flying on CO! For example, I have to leave on an 8:35 AM flight on CO to get into ORD at the same time as I would on a non-stop flight leaving between 12:00 and 2:00 PM on either UA, AA, or DL. And this is a price I'll gladly pay when I'm getting a free FC seat on CO. But this is something I'm not willing to do if I have to sit in a Coach seat with 2-4" less pitch than a AA MRTC or UA E+ seat!
Anyway, there's a very nice gate agent at SNA, a young woman in her late 20's or so, who was very helpful last summer. Seats were still A2 F0 on the EWR morning flight an hour prior to departure. And she was nice enough to get them released and give me one. See what she can do for you...she was great! I even ran over and got her a small box of chocolates to express my profound gratitude!
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