First Time Southwest Experience
Apr 10, 2007, 10:36 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: Delta Silver
Posts: 33
A really fun WN experience!!!
If you want to talk about a fun WN flight, several years ago on a flight that I took (can not remember from where to where, sorry) one of the FAs was doing card/magic tricks with the passengers. He would go row by row with his card tricks.
I bet you do not see that on any of the other airlines!!!^
I bet you do not see that on any of the other airlines!!!^
Apr 10, 2007, 11:38 am
#17
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 159
SW coach seating better than most legacies
I fly most US airlines, but generally prefer Southwest for many routes for several reasons, not least of which are the clean leather seats and the (relatively) generous seat pitch.
Last year I flew a NW A320 from Minneapolis to Sacramento and had a seat near the back. Northwest advertises a minimum 31" pitch, but I swear it was less--it reminded me of budget airlines like EasyJet and AirAsia. Four hours jammed into a middle seat seemed like an eternity--I still remember it a year later. It made the 34" pitch I get on Southwest seem absolutely spacious.
I'm not picking on Northwest, just giving one reason why I prefer flying Southwest to regular coach on most other US legacy airlines.
Last year I flew a NW A320 from Minneapolis to Sacramento and had a seat near the back. Northwest advertises a minimum 31" pitch, but I swear it was less--it reminded me of budget airlines like EasyJet and AirAsia. Four hours jammed into a middle seat seemed like an eternity--I still remember it a year later. It made the 34" pitch I get on Southwest seem absolutely spacious.
I'm not picking on Northwest, just giving one reason why I prefer flying Southwest to regular coach on most other US legacy airlines.
Apr 10, 2007, 11:42 am
#18
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 159
One other reason --
I always check the age of the plane as I board (it's over the door). Very rarely do I get a Southwest 737 that is more than ten years old, and a surprising number are in their first two or three years of service.
I always check the age of the plane as I board (it's over the door). Very rarely do I get a Southwest 737 that is more than ten years old, and a surprising number are in their first two or three years of service.