Wi-Fi
Feb 11, 2009, 2:12 am
#46
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
Maybe this screenshot from Yahoo isn't totally up to date, but did anyone else notice that DEN doesn't have a symbol saying it's a WN destination?
Regardless, this is great news. Hopefully the FCC will certify this and it'll be up and running fleet wide in a year or so. I'd pay to use it on most of my longer weekday flights. Bonus points if BS and A-list get free or discounted access.
Regardless, this is great news. Hopefully the FCC will certify this and it'll be up and running fleet wide in a year or so. I'd pay to use it on most of my longer weekday flights. Bonus points if BS and A-list get free or discounted access.
Feb 11, 2009, 8:47 am
#48
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: 21,619
Feb 11, 2009, 10:34 am
#49
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SJC and ONT
Programs: WN A-List/CP, HHonors Diamond, CX J with AA miles, US Gold/*G
Posts: 2,082
Feb 11, 2009, 11:09 am
#50
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
I'm not so sure. Alaska is talking about giving free or discounted access to their elites or FC passengers. I don't see why they couldn't ask for your name/RR # or PNR when you go to buy it....how this works on the back end though, I don't know....
Feb 11, 2009, 11:26 am
#51
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SJC and ONT
Programs: WN A-List/CP, HHonors Diamond, CX J with AA miles, US Gold/*G
Posts: 2,082
On the back end...my edumacated guess is the systems know you're A-List based on RR#, and they know you're Biz Select based on the fare code.
Feb 12, 2009, 9:24 am
#52
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dog House
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, AA EXP, WN A-List, Marriott Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,245
Greetings from N901...currently en-route at 35,000 feet from SNA-SJC.
THRILLED when I saw the plane pull up to the gate this morning. Saw the hump on the back and then saw the tail number. The flight had come in from PHX, and when I boarded, the FA said that nobody on the previous flight could connect.
But I connected without issue. Speed is spotty...but it works.
THRILLED when I saw the plane pull up to the gate this morning. Saw the hump on the back and then saw the tail number. The flight had come in from PHX, and when I boarded, the FA said that nobody on the previous flight could connect.
But I connected without issue. Speed is spotty...but it works.
Feb 12, 2009, 10:27 am
#53
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Night Vale
Posts: 1,872
Pricing on Virgin
CBS this am had a segment on Virgin's wireless with the AirCell CEO. Pitched how great it is - did not mention speed.
They stated that the pricing (IIRC) was going to be 9.95 for short haul and 12.95 for long flights, with monthly passes and other promos available.
They stated that the pricing (IIRC) was going to be 9.95 for short haul and 12.95 for long flights, with monthly passes and other promos available.
Feb 12, 2009, 10:44 am
#54
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: 21,619
Feb 12, 2009, 11:46 am
#55
In Memoriam - Company Representative - Southwest Airlines
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: Southwest spokesperson
Posts: 1,201
Gee augie, Samuel Morse's first teletype was "what hath God wrought?" and Alexander Graham Bell's first words were "Mr. Watson, come here. I need to see you." Couldn't you have give us something like "That's one small login for man, one giant Internet for mankind"?
Feb 12, 2009, 11:53 am
#56
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dog House
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, AA EXP, WN A-List, Marriott Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,245
Can someone arrange to have N901 back in SJC tonight for my flight back to SNA????? I'll post live updates from my flight...they'll be something like this...
...peanuts just arrived. Yummy.
...first Wild Turkey is here....glug...glug...glug...first Wild Turkey is gone.
...flight attendant is collecting trash
...can I squeeze in one more cocktail before we land?
...glug...glug...glug <hic>
Feb 12, 2009, 12:48 pm
#57
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Night Vale
Posts: 1,872
Waiting at the SWA gate
Going back to when I was first flying on DC3's on Lake Central or 707's on AA, there was always the anticipation of the airplane arriving at the gate - like seeing the locomotive pull into the station.
On Southwest, it used to be....
1. Will it be a 200 or 300
2. For the kids, will it be Shamu
3. Later on, will it be a 700
4. Now, it is will it have a big hump on top
On Southwest, it used to be....
1. Will it be a 200 or 300
2. For the kids, will it be Shamu
3. Later on, will it be a 700
4. Now, it is will it have a big hump on top
Feb 12, 2009, 12:50 pm
#58
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: WN CP
Posts: 6,360
Feb 12, 2009, 12:59 pm
#59
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: ELP
Programs: SWA RR
Posts: 438
