Comments on: Southwest Air’s $10 Boarding Upgrade http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/09/02/southwest-airs-10-boarding-upgrade/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Barbhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/09/02/southwest-airs-10-boarding-upgrade/#comment-197965 Barb Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:58:02 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7255#comment-197965 This bothers me. I liked that you could sit pretty much anywhere by virtue of checking in exactly 24 hours in advance. I was beyond happy when they started giving numbers, so you didn't have to wait by the boarding area. And there's no guarantee that $10 will save you from group B--what if a LOT of people pay it? I don't like the nickel-and-diming going on, and this is just another instance of it. That being said, I do like the Southwest commercials on right now: "Why do they hate your bag?" This bothers me. I liked that you could sit pretty much anywhere by virtue of checking in exactly 24 hours in advance. I was beyond happy when they started giving numbers, so you didn’t have to wait by the boarding area. And there’s no guarantee that $10 will save you from group B–what if a LOT of people pay it? I don’t like the nickel-and-diming going on, and this is just another instance of it. That being said, I do like the Southwest commercials on right now: “Why do they hate your bag?”

]]> By: Erica Douglasshttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/09/02/southwest-airs-10-boarding-upgrade/#comment-197925 Erica Douglass Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:33:53 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7255#comment-197925 The trick to getting A20 (the highest you can get without being Business Select) is to check in online exactly 24 hours before your flight. I mean down to the minute. I have alerts set everywhere so I am usually one of the first to check in.You can check in on any mobile phone with a web browser by going to m.southwest.com.Remember that you don't have to print your boarding pass then and there to check in; check in, get your number, and then print your boarding pass when you get to the airport.Never wait until you get to the airport to check in.-Erica The trick to getting A20 (the highest you can get without being Business Select) is to check in online exactly 24 hours before your flight. I mean down to the minute. I have alerts set everywhere so I am usually one of the first to check in.

You can check in on any mobile phone with a web browser by going to m.southwest.com.

Remember that you don’t have to print your boarding pass then and there to check in; check in, get your number, and then print your boarding pass when you get to the airport.

Never wait until you get to the airport to check in.

-Erica

]]> By: David@DINKS Financehttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/09/02/southwest-airs-10-boarding-upgrade/#comment-197921 David@DINKS Finance Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:36:40 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7255#comment-197921 I love Southwest! They opened daily direct flights form MSP to Chicago for only $60 or something really cheap like that which is AWESOME! I definitely would be willing to throw in $10 more for early boarding. I love Southwest! They opened daily direct flights form MSP to Chicago for only $60 or something really cheap like that which is AWESOME! I definitely would be willing to throw in $10 more for early boarding.

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