01-28-2018
07:25 PM
WN got the reputation of being a low cost carrier when they were able to keep fares artificially low by hedging fuel contracts. Unfortunately most flyers aren’t bright enough to understand the concept and shop for the lowest fare with zero comprehension of how fare structures and corporate profitability and accountability to shareholders actually works. If you only care about the cheapest ticket, and find a lower price on another carrier, book on the other carrier. And for the person complaining about high ticket prices in March, it’s called profitability. Last time I looked, WN is not a charity.
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08-24-2017
02:31 PM
08-24-2017
02:31 PM
Frontier with The Works, which includes the extra legroom seat, free bags and full refundability (among other perks) is often much, much less than Wanna Get Away on Southwest. An upcoming flight is less than half of the WGA price, all in. (During the holiday travel period, when Southwest has chosen to jack up prices to an unreasonable level.) I wouldn't fly Frontier in a regular seat for any flight over an hour in length, but the bigger seats are awesome. AA and United are often the same price as Southwest. Southwest wins when these are my choices. JetBlue and Delta regularly beat Southwest's fares on my routes. JetBlue's overall passenger experience is head and shoulders above Southwest's. Alaska and Virgin only cover a couple of my routes, but their fares are often the same as Southwest's, and both provide better passenger experiences. It didn't used to be this way. It was so much easier to be loyal to Southwest when fares were low and reliability was high. 😞
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08-23-2017
01:51 PM
Without more specific information such as where you're flying to and when, there's no real way to answer your question about the fares. Perhaps Southwest doesn't have a non stop flight and other airlines do? That would most likely make a the other airline cheaper. Southwest is not always the cheapest, but is still my preferred airline.
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