Southwest Airlines Reaffirms Its Two-Item Free Baggage Allowance

[roughneck]

Southwest Airlines Reaffirms Its Two-Item Free Baggage Allowance
Thursday May 22, 7:04 pm ET
DALLAS, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today's New York Times story on American Airlines' plan to charge for all checked luggage included a reference to Southwest Airlines that said, "Other major American airlines, including Southwest Airlines, said Wednesday that they were considering matching the fee." That is not true. The next line quotes a Southwest spokesperson saying, "We're doing everything we can do to boost revenue, but it's not our goal to nickel and dime our customers." That is true. We want to assure you that Southwest Airlines still allows you to check up to two free bags when you travel with us, and has no plans to change that. You can still count on Southwest Airlines to provide high quality air travel at a low fare, without a lot of extra fees. We look forward to seeing you onboard very soon. (And bring your luggage!)

 

[ReverseSensing]

"The SWA spokesman delivered the press release with a thumb in each ear, palms facing forward, while wiggling his fingers vigorously and sticking out his tongue."

 

[get2flyin]

It must take a lot of flexibility to blow your own "horn" with such enthusiasm.

 

[pipejockey]

"We're doing everything we can do to boost revenue, but it's not our goal to nickel and dime our customers."

No, seems your goal is to cause every other airline out there to nickel and dime their labor. AA tries to do something to makeup for the horrendously low fares they must charge to keep from losing their customers to the bottom feeders, and what does southworst do? What they always do. Every legacy carrier out there has announced significant capacity cuts come 4th qtr, so that they may gain some pricing power, and what does southworst do, what they always do, just increase capacity as they are doing in denver. Bottom line....if it erodes the pilot profession, southworst will take the lead. And don't anyone dare mention their pathetic 190 bucks an hour 737 pay. Because it pales in comparison to what the UAL and DAL pilots would be earning these days if their contracts were not thrown away, and what the others would be at as they followed suit.

You can still count on Southwest Airlines to provide high quality air travel at a low fare, without a lot of extra fees.

High Quality? Is this a joke? If you call getting people safely from point A to point B high quality, then I guess you're right huh?

 

[swa737-700]

No, seems your goal is to cause every other airline out there to nickel and dime their labor. AA tries to do something to makeup for the horrendously low fares they must charge to keep from losing their customers to the bottom feeders, and what does southworst do? What they always do. Every legacy carrier out there has announced significant capacity cuts come 4th qtr, so that they may gain some pricing power, and what does southworst do, what they always do, just increase capacity as they are doing in denver. Bottom line....if it erodes the pilot profession, southworst will take the lead. And don't anyone dare mention their pathetic 190 bucks an hour 737 pay. Because it pales in comparison to what the UAL and DAL pilots would be earning these days if their contracts were not thrown away, and what the others would be at as they followed suit.




High Quality? Is this a joke? If you call getting people safely from point A to point B high quality, then I guess you're right huh?

Pipejockey,

What? You have the nads to blame Southwest for the managament failures of the other airlines? If you can't stand the heat then get the heck out of the kitchen son. Ya' gotta be a big boy (realist) in this league, and by the content (or lack there of), your post indicates that a big boy you are not. Posts like yours are so extraordinary as to make one wonder what planet you are from.
Again, your comment on pay is not anchored in reality. What if, what if, "'aint" gonna' hack it my friend.
And I would think that most travelers would consider getting to their destination safely as a very high priority. Better to look good than go-around? Nice attitude. Go look at safety records. It is all about REALITY. Get some...please.

 

[navy737]

Yawn. Your right, PJ, there must be something wrong with Southbest's business model. These attacks are so mindful of the phrase "sour grapes".

 

[pipejockey]

Pipejockey,
Again, your comment on pay is not anchored in reality. What if, what if, "'aint" gonna' hack it my friend.
And I would think that most travelers would consider getting to their destination safely as a very high priority. Better to look good than go-around? Nice attitude. Go look at safety records. It is all about REALITY. Get some...please.

You speak of reality? The reality of the matter is that southworst has nearly singlehandedly changed the pricing structure of the industry. They have turned domestic travel into 1 big no frills, how low can you go, low cost adventure over the last 20 years. The current reality exists due in gigantic part to southworst. I would rather see a return to what used to be coach class travel. A meal served, a pillow, blankets, some leg room. If it means 20% of the current flying public is priced out of air travel, so be it!!

And I guess I will rephrase 1 of my last comments since you apparently didn't have the mental acumen to understand it without taking it out of context. If southworst considers "high quality" as only getting people safely to their destinations, than EVERY airline is a high quality carrier I suppose. You know as a southworst employee, I can understand how you could be confused by the term "high quality" as it is in complete opposition with their business model. Air travel shouldn't be all about low fares and no frills. Although southworst has seemingly fooled everyone in believing it is true. I will die a happy man if I live long enough to see a world minus southworst.

 

[airlinepilot]

Clearly PJ didn't get selected on his 3rd interview or he bumped his head too many times getting into and out of that RJ cockpit! At SWA we are happy to take that 20% of the public he doesn't care about serving! Just send them all our way and ask them if they want meals or low fares for their families. Really sounds like he should be in management (somewhere besides SWA...thank you).

 

[GuppyWN]

No kidding. Go ahead and price your product where you see fit Pipe. Give all the amenities you want. Show the flying public how good it really can be.......... then watch as we kick your ass because the common demoniator that you are overlooking is safe and friendly travel. We got it. You want to charge for it.

Who do you fly for? Just so I can understand a little better where you're coming from.

Gup

 

[luckytohaveajob]

then watch as we kick your ass because the common demoniator that you are overlooking is safe and friendly travel.

Gup

SWA is the LOWEST common denominator.

1950's till 1978, airline travel moved past safe and friendly to be luxury. If you wanted safe and friendly during those times, one would take Greyhound.

SWA has reduced the luxury of flying to that of taking the Greyhound bus. Thanks you corndog losers.

 

[USMC319]

SWA is the LOWEST common denominator.

1950's till 1978, airline travel moved past safe and friendly to be luxury. If you wanted safe and friendly during those times, one would take Greyhound.

SWA has reduced the luxury of flying to that of taking the Greyhound bus. Thanks you corndog losers.

Your disappointment with the evolution of the industry is understandable but it isn't the SWA pilots' fault. They just show up and do what we all do; fly as professionally and safely as they can and hope their airline will get them to retirement. For those who chose to fly there, the latter seems to be a good bet in todays environment.

 

[say again]

I go out of my way to try and fly Southwest. They have far superior customer service (from ticket/gate agents to their FA's) then every legacy carrier. Legacies could learn quite a bit from SW, and I wouldn't hesitate to fly them if they did!!!

 

[Ex737Driver]

Pipejockey,

What? You have the nads to blame Southwest for the managament failures of the other airlines? If you can't stand the heat then get the heck out of the kitchen son. Ya' gotta be a big boy (realist) in this league, and by the content (or lack there of), your post indicates that a big boy you are not. Posts like yours are so extraordinary as to make one wonder what planet you are from.
Again, your comment on pay is not anchored in reality. What if, what if, "'aint" gonna' hack it my friend.
And I would think that most travelers would consider getting to their destination safely as a very high priority. Better to look good than go-around? Nice attitude. Go look at safety records. It is all about REALITY. Get some...please.

Management failures? Sorry. Your managment is no different than any other airline out there. If you truely believe that they are, your are quite the naive little child. Your managment took a very large gamble on fuel, and it paid off. Simple. No magic bullet. No recipe that any other airline doesn't have. To rub others noses in it, well, quite low class.

 

[bravodude]

Management failures? Sorry. Your managment is no different than any other airline out there. If you truely believe that they are, your are quite the naive little child. Your managment took a very large gamble on fuel, and it paid off. Simple. No magic bullet. No recipe that any other airline doesn't have. To rub others noses in it, well, quite low class.

If you think we took a gamble on fuel then you know nothing about us. We do have a magic bullet its called cash and a great credit rating, how about you? when oil was at 50 you could have hedged did you? no, how about when oil was at 70? again no. don't lump us in the same group with your own inept mgt. team.

 

[FlyinGuy]

Here we go again...SWA needs to shut down so that other companies can prosper. Go ahead and sell your product. You can't because you know that you will be in ch7 overnight. Why don't you do something that makes people want to get on your planes?