Tips for flying America West for longtime Southwest customer?

[This Old Man]

Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I liked
that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!

[mrtravel]

This Old Man wrote:

> Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I liked
> that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!
>

Yeah, but no free ticket after 4 round trips booked online.

[DALing]

they do tend to run late
"This Old Man" > wrote in message
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> Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I liked
> that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!
>
>

[Blake S]

"This Old Man" > wrote in message
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> Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I liked
> that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!
>
>

I think America West charges for your meals, so you might want to bring
something on the plane with you. Personally, I would've looked into the
OAK-FLL flight on Jet Blue for 214.00.

I have had bad experiences with both Southwest and America West, maybe just
my luck. My biggest problem with America West is their cronic lateness and
the seat pitch on the A-320's. The seats on the A-320's used to be thin and
uncomfortably stiff, don't know if that has changed or not.

[mrtravel]

Blake S wrote:
> I think America West charges for your meals, so you might want to bring
> something on the plane with you. Personally, I would've looked into the
> OAK-FLL flight on Jet Blue for 214.00.
>
> I have had bad experiences with both Southwest and America West, maybe just
> my luck. My biggest problem with America West is their cronic lateness and
> the seat pitch on the A-320's. The seats on the A-320's used to be thin and
> uncomfortably stiff, don't know if that has changed or not.

Don't you find it odd that people ask these questions AFTER buying their
non refundable ticket?

[This Old Man]

"mrtravel" > wrote in message
y.com...
> Blake S wrote:
> > I think America West charges for your meals, so you might want to bring
> > something on the plane with you. Personally, I would've looked into the
> > OAK-FLL flight on Jet Blue for 214.00.
> >
> > I have had bad experiences with both Southwest and America West, maybe
just
> > my luck. My biggest problem with America West is their cronic lateness
and
> > the seat pitch on the A-320's. The seats on the A-320's used to be thin
and
> > uncomfortably stiff, don't know if that has changed or not.
>
> Don't you find it odd that people ask these questions AFTER buying their
> non refundable ticket?

Good point. I really didn't have a choice unless I wanted to fly out of
Oakland and pay twice as much when less than two weeks notice.

[This Old Man]

"Blake S" > wrote in message
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>
> "This Old Man" > wrote in message
> y.com...
> > Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I
liked
> > that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!
> >
> >
>
> I think America West charges for your meals, so you might want to bring
> something on the plane with you. Personally, I would've looked into the
> OAK-FLL flight on Jet Blue for 214.00.

Thanks for the advice. I'm taking the red-eye for $140.00 with less than two
weeks advance booking. I couldn't resist, and I live near SJC and staying
right near the MIA airport.

[This Old Man]

"DALing" <daling43[delete]-at-hotmail.com> wrote in message
...
> they do tend to run late
> "This Old Man" > wrote in message
> y.com...
> > Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I
liked
> > that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!

I'm on the red-eye with an open schedule the next day so as long as they get
me there within a couple hours of schedule I'll be OK. FLW (Famous Last
Words)

Thanks

[This Old Man]

"mrtravel" > wrote in message
y.com...
> This Old Man wrote:
>
> > Flying SJC to MIA. Anything I should know? I liked the price and I
liked
> > that I got to pick my seat. So far so good!
> >
>
> Yeah, but no free ticket after 4 round trips booked online.

Absolutely right!

I'm holding four rewards tickets now but I didn't want to use them when AWA
was only $140.00 with less than two weeks advance booking. Plus the red-eye
is just up my alley - save the hotel money for that night and it leaves SJC
in the evening, after work.