I’ve always found the delta route to Atlanta, even before southwest, is reasonable. I’m glad to see a direct flight to a city currently not served out of Jackson. It would be nice if someone would pick up a direct route to Chicago.
Yep.. this cuts down on travel time when you don’t fly up to Chicago or down to Houston just for a connection.
In the last year or so, American has gotten really competitive with their 1st class vs coach pricing. Although sitting up front sure makes it hard to go back to gen pop.
I'm not a huge SWA fan but I've never gotten the hatred for the open seating. I mean... you just walk on and grab a seat. What's the fuss?
when we boarded it was not a sellout. people were sitting everywhere. the flight attendant asked everyone to move up front. We did. Then she asked half the people to move to the back. We did. Then she asked some of the people in the front and some of the people in the back to move to the middle. It was a circus.
It wasn’t that big of a deal. I have flown JAN to DEN several times in the last year and the only issue is that by the time you get to the last C boarders, everybody has left the center seat open so you have a lot of families having to split up and crawl all over the place filling in seats.
Good lord. Hopefully they had everyone unpack & repack the overhead bin or deboarding was a legit Chinese fire drill
My wife and I were sitting on the third row from the front so we never actually had to move. This procedure took about 30 minutes. I don't remember if people were moving things out of the overhead bin. When we deplaned I dont think I looked back.
Same. I’ve never understood the appeal unless SW was a direct flight somewhere I was going. Its Delta/American/United for me.
I have flown them one time also. Boarding felt like cattle drive.
No one in their right mind would fly to Memphis from Nashville, or vice versa, as a direct destination. It’s 3 hours - you drive that. So no, you don’t “need” that.
They upsell for early boarding. Not so fast. Elderly people lying about disabilities board first and eat the first rows, no matter how much you paid. After that, rude fatties drop their overstuffed purses on your head and the surly SW flight attendants turn on their demon eyes glaring at you.
I'm really curious why they added this flight; obviously, SWA knows more about it than Dorn, but you can already get to all of Southwest's major hubs from Memphis, along with several other destinations.
Competition, IMO. BNA firing a shot at MEM. Know your role type stuff. And MEM knows they can’t say no.
Flying direct is more important than airline, IMO. Carry on and fly direct. If that’s your starting point - it won’t ever be too bad.
I only fly SW (they have the only nonstop to BWI), the seating is not a big deal at all, it if think its a nightmare, you haven't seen much in your life.
Concur, I'll ride in the cargo hold in a pet carrier for nonstop.
I only fly SW (they have the only nonstop to BWI), the seating is not a big deal at all, it if think its a nightmare, you haven't seen much in your life.
My biggest issue is flying out of JAN, I'm usually the only person under 400lbs, the airlines use less than half that weight for planning purposes, I get nervous when the flight is full.
If you don't know how to fly Southwest, it sucks. Middle seats mean you're at the end of C group. That tells me you haven't flown SWA often. Between my credit card/loyalty position and always setting a calendar reminder to be ready for online check-in 24 hours and 5 minutes before departure, I can't remember not being in A 35 or earlier which usually means an aisle seat on an exit row for me and priority overhead. I was always laughing at you poor bastards that didn't know how the game was rigged.Not assigned seating is retarded on every level especially for what it does with overheads. They are changing in in 2025 because is so undesirable. And to your point, I got stuck between an old married cpl from fll to bwi that combined close to 600lbs . Didn’t realize they were married until about 30 mins in. Instead of spilling on each other, they both chose to spill on a stranger. That day I decided I’ll never fly SW or economy again in my life
If you don’t fly a lot and have a family it’s awful. Anyone over 6 yo and you have to go negotiate to get a seat with a parent which is terrible. Also I think any efficiencies get lost when people start walking the whole plane looking for an aisle or window.
Lol, that happens on all carriers. Having a low #seat on any other airline and waiting through the 18 different preboard groups they've doled out is silly. I'd simply like to get on first, sit in the front row, when the plane lands, not a single soul can keep up with me getting off the plane.
SW is going to reserved seats in late 2025 or early 2026.