It's on.... SFO-MDW, SAN, LAS

[Whataburger]

Starting August 26, 2007. Get 'em while there hot. 3 non-stops a day MDW-SFO. Also nonstops out of SFO to SAN and LAS.

 

[General Lee]

Starting August 26, 2007. Get 'em while there hot. 3 non-stops a day MDW-SFO. Also nonstops out of SFO to SAN and LAS.

UAL is going to luv that!

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[capt. megadeth]

Starting August 26, 2007. Get 'em while there hot. 3 non-stops a day MDW-SFO. Also nonstops out of SFO to SAN and LAS.

Now you guys just need to start going to FAT city.

 

[The Victors]

Actually what they need is IFE or VA might just surprise the crap out of them. Especially with 90K capts. and 30K FO's

 

[Yuppyguppy]

Let's see 737 or 777 um I'll take the 777.

 

[OK3]

As a passenger, why is it you would prefer the 777?

 

[FLYLOW22]

As a passenger, why is it you would prefer the 777?

Twin aisle, more lavs, more room vertically, feels more stable.

 

[RDG]

Oh please. You will take the cheapest price. That's all.

 

[capt. megadeth]

Oh please. You will take the cheapest price. That's all.

Exactly!

 

[General Lee]

Oh please. You will take the cheapest price. That's all.

Not if you are a businessman who is not even paying for the ticket. My brother does a lot of traveling for business and he often gets flights with one day notice. He paid over $700 for an ASA AT7 flight from ATL to CSG (one way), which lasted less than 30 minutes. When he travels cross country, he doesn't want to fly on a Southwest 737. Business people want 1st class comfort so they can work or just relax.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[mdf]

You big jumbo jet drivers can relax. I don't think SWA is chasing your business travelers. If they did that would probably have to file chapter 11 or something. I think they are chasing folks who pay for their own ticket.

 

[Tomct]

I don't know...SWA has a lot of leg room in the back of their 73's compared to the back of the 777. Don't get me wrong...I love both airplanes, but SFO-MDW...777(maybe) plus not having to deal with OHARE traffic? SFO to SoCal...737 hands down!

 

[Tejas-Jet]

I don't think SWA is chasing your business travelers. I think they are chasing folks who pay for their own ticket.

You probably hit it just right. Lots of business folks fly on SWA. Many of them are small business owners who have to pay for it all out of their own pockets. the backbone of American business. Many like the frequencies...SWA almost never enters a market with just a couple of flights a day.

Sure many companies pay for their employees to fly in First Class, you'll always have that. But take the 2 examples of these 2 businessmen....1 has his ticket paid for on a "legacy" carrier so he can ride in First Class....the other has a ticket on SWA...both bought on 1 day notice.

Both have their meetings end 4 hours early...both rush out to the airport in order to catch the earlier flight home to get there in time to have dinner with the wife and kids.

You guess which carrier will charge the business man extra to get on a different flight than he was originally scheduled on...and which one won't...and the business community knows this.

Markets like SFO-MDW, SFO-SAN and SFO-LAS wouldn't even be on SWA's radar screen if SWA's outstanding Marketing Dept's research hadn't revealed a need for those flights.

 

[General Lee]

"Markets like SFO-MDW, SFO-SAN and SFO-LAS wouldn't even be on SWA's radar screen if SWA's outstanding Marketing Dept's research hadn't revealed a need for those flights"



Huh? I could have told you that SFO to Chicago, San Diego, and Las Vegas probably could use some competition. They sure sound OUTSTANDING......?


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[RJAA]

Southwest thrives on a perception that it offers the lowerst price and the best deal in the industry. However, more and more and it is showing that it isn't always true. I recently had an opportunity to look for a revenue ticket between LAS-LAX. It was shocking to find that a couple legacies were charging less than half of what Southwest was charging, and it was two weeks out.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Huh? I could have told you that SFO to Chicago, San Diego, and Las Vegas probably could use some competition. They sure sound OUTSTANDING......?

Well, General, I've worked at a legacy carrier where the Marketing dept (among other things) was absolutely horrible...and maybe thats just one of many things that contributed to the BK they recently went through, albeit, 12 years after I left.

Then I look at the track record of the Marketing dept here at SWA....HUGE difference in the levels of success.

 

[SWA/FO]

Business people want 1st class comfort so they can work or just relax.

Sure do, its called NetJets, Flexjet, FlightOptions etc...

 

[learflyer]

nah, actually jetblue, frontier, etc. TV's! xm satellite!

 

[Whataburger]

Now you guys just need to start going to FAT city.

How 'bout that, didn't know Fresno had an airport.

 

[MD80DRVR]

I don't know...SWA has a lot of leg room in the back of their 73's compared to the back of the 777. Don't get me wrong...I love both airplanes, but SFO-MDW...777(maybe) plus not having to deal with OHARE traffic? SFO to SoCal...737 hands down!

SWA has a lot of leg room??? Last time I rode them it felt pretty snug (6'2"). What is their seat pitch?