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Dec 21, 2011, 2:09 pm

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Originally Posted by AlohaDaveKennedy

Au contrare - SWA can get you to a hub on the coast if the international airline has no awards available from your local airport but does from one of its coastal hubs.

I've used Southwest for a few Canadian trips...places where I have a WN nonstop to the nearby U.S. airport but would require a connection to get to the Canadian one. Jumping in a rental car and crossing the border on land ends up being about equal in terms of total door-to-door time. (Usually cheaper too...)

Eventually they'll integrate the Airtran network and there will be a true international route map accessible with RR points.

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