Southwest drink/snack service suspended effective 3/18
Mar 18, 2020, 11:31 am
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
Programs: DL-MM, AA, SW w/companion,HiltonDiamond, Hyatt PLat, IHF Plat, Miles and Points Seeker
Posts: 11,072
I see more people just bringing a "coffee" from airport bars onboard.
Yea... before the alarmists come here and talk about how dangerous it is to have drink cups on the plane... that is true as all the crashes in the past year have shown.
Yea... before the alarmists come here and talk about how dangerous it is to have drink cups on the plane... that is true as all the crashes in the past year have shown.
Mar 18, 2020, 12:41 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Verdi, NV, SFO & Olympic (aka Squaw )Valley.
Programs: Ikon Pass Full + AS Gold + Marriott Titanium + Hilton Gold. Recovering UA Plat. LT lounge AA+DL+UA
Posts: 3,823
per the article @ursine1
....unless you can turn an unopened can of water into wine you're out of luck.
....unless you can turn an unopened can of water into wine you're out of luck.
Mar 18, 2020, 7:11 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2018
Programs: UA Gold
Posts: 33
Mar 24, 2020, 1:03 pm
#23
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
Programs: DL-MM, AA, SW w/companion,HiltonDiamond, Hyatt PLat, IHF Plat, Miles and Points Seeker
Posts: 11,072
And, if you travel much and watch how difficult is for people to juggle their "stuff" and sit down... well, imagine if they ALL had a drink and snack in their hand?
In any event, we getting close to a shutdown anyways. Probably not total, but close.
Apr 2, 2020, 10:09 am
#24
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 75
Anyone flown recently? I'm curious how they're handling boarding with social distancing?
We've got flights booked for July and if they happen I'm curious if they've been keeping every other row empty or something like that?
Apr 2, 2020, 11:24 am
#25
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: PIT, BWI, or IPT
Programs: Dividend Miles, WorldPerks
Posts: 1,302
Probably. Most of the time when I try to use a drink coupon they just tell me to keep it.
Anyone flown recently? I'm curious how they're handling boarding with social distancing?
We've got flights booked for July and if they happen I'm curious if they've been keeping every other row empty or something like that?
Anyone flown recently? I'm curious how they're handling boarding with social distancing?
We've got flights booked for July and if they happen I'm curious if they've been keeping every other row empty or something like that?
Apr 2, 2020, 11:59 am
#26
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
Programs: DL-MM, AA, SW w/companion,HiltonDiamond, Hyatt PLat, IHF Plat, Miles and Points Seeker
Posts: 11,072
Based on many reports.. they have so many empty seats, distancing is easy.
BUT - I wonder how they do boarding? Guessing the vast majority of folks have a-30 or less.... are they really standing next to each other?
BUT - I wonder how they do boarding? Guessing the vast majority of folks have a-30 or less.... are they really standing next to each other?
Apr 2, 2020, 1:34 pm
#27
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,622
I last flew 2 weeks ago. I just waited for everyone to scan and stepped up afterwards. The back of the plane was still empty. It's easy to hold your breath until you get back there.
Apr 2, 2020, 2:03 pm
#28
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
Programs: Bonvoy LTTE/AMB, AmEx Plat, National EE, WN A-List, CLEAR+, Covid-19
Posts: 4,964
They're mentioning before and during boarding, but people are spreading out; no need to sit on top of one another when there's more rows than pax 
Apr 2, 2020, 3:28 pm
#29
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,622
The pandemic might make me enjoy the return of non-empty middle seats. It might...
Nahhh. Empty middles will still rock.
Nahhh. Empty middles will still rock.