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Old July 24th, 2006, 05:19 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
- Bobb -[_1_]
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Default Southwest Airlines website / flight info

Thanks for the info Maxx.
That IS what it seemed - I'd just never heard of it before.
BTW , I am checking others but just thought I'd try SWA website for
comps.

Bobb

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I have never flown SWA so I have a question about their website / #
of stops listed :
I plugged in my dates and for my flight out it shows 3 stops! yet
lists only one flight # ??
On other airlines I'd normally see the flights listed - Like: Flt
#123 and then flt #678 if it had ONE stop.
But here's what I see at SWA website:

Stops Routing Flight Routing Details
3 MHT-LAS 897 Depart Manchester (MHT) at 2:40 PM
Arrive in Las Vegas (LAS) at 9:40 PM

It shows no connecting flight info.Would one airplane have
3 scheduled STOPS ? That's not a plane - it's a fast bus !
Same thing coming back:
2 LAS-MHT 396 Depart Las Vegas (LAS) at 9:15 AM
Arrive in Manchester (MHT) at 7:35 PM

The flight out shows 7 hours + 3 hrs time zone change (?) = 10 hours
flight time, so maybe it IS 3 stops. Is this normal for the "cheap
flights" ? Do they have a FF club ? Seems like I'd get a lot of
miles
in a hurry at this rate.

Bobb


If you have the same flight number, you will have stops, but you don't
get off the plane. Yes, almost like a fast bus, as you say. They
will stop, unload some passengers, and take on some more. You stay,
and ride all the way through, getting off at your "stop".

As for FF miles, you don't get miles with SouthWest. You get one
credit per trip. 16 credits = one free round trip ticket. That's 16
one way or 8 round trip flights. Your 3 stop flight only counts as a
single one way.

SouthWest is OK at times, but check the other Airlines. They are not
always the cheapest way to go.