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Kingairer
'Tiger Team' Member
Re: Low Class Carrier
Im catching my first episode now..must be a rerun.
Im so tired of SWA cheerleading and how they can do no wrong. Can you imagine if UNited did this same show with the exact say scenarios and everything? There would be a congressional investigation and a new passenger bill of rights. But b.c its SWA its funny and people can relax about it, and in the end SWA wins again.
shhhhewwww, deep breathe......ok Im done
Im catching my first episode now..must be a rerun.
Im so tired of SWA cheerleading and how they can do no wrong. Can you imagine if UNited did this same show with the exact say scenarios and everything? There would be a congressional investigation and a new passenger bill of rights. But b.c its SWA its funny and people can relax about it, and in the end SWA wins again.
shhhhewwww, deep breathe......ok Im done
mtsu_av8er
Well-Known Member
Re: Low Class Carrier
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Well, when you're the only major airline making money for a couple of years straight, you can have it like that...
Really, they are a fun airline...one of the only fun airlines out there! If United would relax and treat their PAX right, they might get some props, too!!!
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Well, when you're the only major airline making money for a couple of years straight, you can have it like that...
Really, they are a fun airline...one of the only fun airlines out there! If United would relax and treat their PAX right, they might get some props, too!!!
tonyw
Well-Known Member
Re: Low Class Carrier
You wanna know something funny? Instead of overwhelming the poor gate agent like everyone else did, I called the reservations number. They booked me on an AirTran flight to get me down to where I needed to go. And they told me to get the paperwork from the gate agent to get things done.
When I got the the front of the line, I smiled at the gate agent and said, rough day? He chuckled and said you haven't seen the half of it, sir.
It was nice to put a smile on that poor guy's face. He had 100 other people yelling at him and I know that he was happy that someone was polite to him. He got me put in the business class section on ATA. I don't know if that was because I was nice to him or not, but I'm sure it helped.
You wanna know something funny? Instead of overwhelming the poor gate agent like everyone else did, I called the reservations number. They booked me on an AirTran flight to get me down to where I needed to go. And they told me to get the paperwork from the gate agent to get things done.
When I got the the front of the line, I smiled at the gate agent and said, rough day? He chuckled and said you haven't seen the half of it, sir.
It was nice to put a smile on that poor guy's face. He had 100 other people yelling at him and I know that he was happy that someone was polite to him. He got me put in the business class section on ATA. I don't know if that was because I was nice to him or not, but I'm sure it helped.
aloft
New Member
Re: Low Class Carrier
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Throw a tantrum back in the old days, they'd throw you freebies or upgrades to placate you. But the average Joe caught on and whenever there is a irregular event, boy, "Drama Queen City".
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Hey, drama has its place! A few years ago, drama got me a fully loaded Grand Cherokee Limited for $100 over dealer invoice!
Just never be the one to play that card first; wait for the other shmuck to give you an opening before taking the shot!
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Throw a tantrum back in the old days, they'd throw you freebies or upgrades to placate you. But the average Joe caught on and whenever there is a irregular event, boy, "Drama Queen City".
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Hey, drama has its place! A few years ago, drama got me a fully loaded Grand Cherokee Limited for $100 over dealer invoice!
IrishSheepdog
Sitting in the median
Re: Low Class Carrier
Actually, we dropped the American Trans Air, and are now ATA Airlines.
Actually, we dropped the American Trans Air, and are now ATA Airlines.
drummerboy
Well-Known Member
Just finished watching this weeks episodes. I thought they were really good, it was cool what they did for that captain. I still don't know how I feel about overselling flights. I totally understand why they do it and know most of the time it works out. Many of my relatives will try to get bumped just for the extra travel voucher. The thing is that when nobody gets off, if I couldn't get out I'd be pretty upset. Sometimes it wouldn't be that big a deal, but if you're just going away for a weekend, have connections, or have to be back for work it would be a huge hassle. Depends on the situation I guess
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kellwolf
Piece of Trash
This is why I allow an extra day to get where I'm going and an extra day to get back, especially if I'm flying stand-by. If I'm going on SWA, I can always check the loads and get a feel of how it's going to be. If it's more than 130, I generally will try another flight unless it's 1st thing in the morning. It was INSANE at MCO the week b/w Xmas and New Years. Every flight out of Orlando was oversold (I saw one that was booked to 190). SWA generally has a large no-show factor, so MOST of the time it works out. Holidays and weekends are a different story, though.
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