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Finally. Now start supporting third party booking sites and I may actually start considering Southwest as a serious option. Lining up at the gate by number like

by paxys 2y ago

Finally. Now start supporting third party booking sites and I may actually start considering Southwest as a serious option. Lining up at the gate by number like a schoolchild and praying that I can scramble fast enough to avoid a middle seat was fine when I was 19 and wanted the cheapest possible fare. Now, not a chance. Which sucks because they do have a very good network in the US.

SOLAR_FIELDS 2y ago
Isn’t the reason southwest didn’t support third party booking was because they didn’t allow their fares to be advertised? Which was a result of them not wanting to be compared side by side with airlines who did not include two free checked bags with the ticket (eg every single other airline)? Which the Biden administration a few months ago announced rules requiring that airlines list these fees alongside the price of the ticket, subsequently removing the only reason Southwest needed to do that? As of two months ago due to the aforementioned regulations change southwest is now on Google flights, maybe third party booking is soon to follow: https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2024/05/25/southwest-flight-prices-are-now-on-google-travel/# https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2024/05/25/southw...