I haven’t seen this before. Has Southwest quietly changed its overbooking policy? I’m always game for a voluntary bump, but there’s no way I’ll do this for $30. Could they give that amount to me in ...

This just follows the maxim that if your city touches the Mediterranean, it can support a flight to the US in summer. Nobody flies from the US to Split, and only Neos flies to JFK from Bari. Neos ...

To be fair, this era of flying outside the US was really part two of the AirTran era. It took forever, but Southwest eventually coaxed its systems into being able to handle service outside the ...

It was 2006 when the legendary Five-Party Agreement was signed between Southwest, American, Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW Airport which would make sweeping changes once Congress passed it. This allowed ...

One of these days we will be able to announce the Cranky Dorkfest date for the next year at the current year’s event, but we aren’t quite there yet. Still, we have gotten much better about giving ...

No, you can’t just move to an empty seat on a plane especially if it’s a fancy one that costs money. But that doesn’t mean you can’t move at all. You just have to ask. This is the best write-up yet on ...

The Department of Transportation (DOT) DB1B data is out for Q2, meaning we can take a look at revenue trends on a route level for the domestic market. This is always overwhelming for me since there ...

The most pressing issue in the short-term was finding some sort of Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financing to keep the business running while it reorganized. It had stuffed itself full of as much cash as ...

Why you can’t just move to an empty airplane seat for free – USA TodayNo, you can’t just move to an empty… ...

It just means that you will want to be there even more than you did before, if that’s possible. We’re pretty restrictive on who we’ll let attend, but one sure-fire way is to, of course, consider a ...