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 ...

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 ...

Interisland seats dropped by about 15 percent from Q1 to Q2, and the fare even dipped ever-so-slightly. But loads soared from 48 percent to 60 percent (they were at 47 percent in Q2 2024), and that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...