![]() Since this was a one-day trip and I didn’t need to overnight anywhere, I decided to drive to the airport myself. My routing today had me going from San Diego to Phoenix to San Francisco and then back to San Diego. To say that I felt like a first time flyer is an understatement. The full video transcript of this Southwest Business Select review with tons of pics – and even bonus content!Īfter years of flying around the world experiencing amazing airline products such as Qatar Airways business class, QANTAS premium economy, and Asiana first class, who would’ve thunk that I’d be super excited to fly on a 45-minute Southwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Phoenix? Well, that’s what 8 months of being grounded will do to a world traveler I guess. Be sure to read my full Epidemic Sound review to find out exactly why I use them and nobody else. It was all about the joy (and satisfaction) of ending eight months of being grounded.Ĭan you guess where the music in this video came from? If you guessed Epidemic Sound, you’re a pretty smart cookie. I didn’t care that I was flying to Phoenix, nor that I was flying a “mini” version of business class or anything. To be honest, this video was more about documenting my return to the skies that it was about a proper Southwest Airlines Business Select review. Seat: 7A (Business Select) Southwest Airlines 737-800 side view illustration by Our route from San Diego to Phoenix today as WN2440 And in my opinion, there was better way to get reacquainted with them than to choose the baller “Business Select” option. I’ve got no future travel planned at the moment.īut hey – it’s been a while since I’ve last flown Southwest Airlines. This was simply one segment of a round trip up to San Francisco (and back) all in the same day. And it’s not like I’m going to be flying all the time again either. It was just a 45 minute flight with abbreviated service due to strict social distancing regulations. Well, things still haven’t gotten better at the time of this writing, but it turns out that Southwest Airlines Business Select from San Diego to Phoenix was how I got back into the game.ĭon’t get excited though. If they phase it down, convert one city at a time they can pull it off over a couple of years, maybe less.After being grounded last March due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, there were all kinds of questions about which airline (and route) I would fly once things got better. jetBlue will get bigger and Spirit will go away. It would be great to think that a “merger” would happen where Spirit’s operational reliability would be “merged” into jetBlue, but that’s simply not what is going to happen. Not sure why people beat up on them for that. Yes of course they have meltdowns every few years like every carrier does, but overall Spirit tends to be very much so on-time more often than not. If we raise prices and get rid of that…I’m personally ok with that!Īs for operational reliability though, jetBlue has has major issues whereas Spirit tends to be at the top of the most on time. This is the audience that is constantly causing issues then recording to put on social media. It’s not like it’s a “right” to travel – it’s a privilege and I think scraping the bottom of the barrel to get the $19 fare crowd is what causes so many unrealistic expectations at the airport and on board. If prices rise a bit, I personally think that’s ok. To be clear, this is no “merger”, it is a buyout/elimination. Bloggers Everywhereīecause making fun of Spirit Airlines has always been a blogger fallback when looking for something to write about, there should be new fodder and fun.Ī combined carrier will certainly offer more than enough opportunities for irony early on, but what happens if they eventually get it right? We’ll be left with nothing to write about. It’s hard to view one without looking at the other, b in the case of a conflict, American is clearly a less important partner than Spirit. The DOJ is currently suing the Northeast Alliance (the partnership between JetBlue and American) and JetBlue’s attempt to acquire Spirit will inevitably lead to another suit. JetBlue may learn how to shave even more, without truly compromising experience, which could lead to deals. Good luck getting them to put you on another carrier if something goes wrong. Unlike the network carriers, who can route you through any number of hubs, JetBlue and Spirit tend to do a lot of point-to-point, with only a couple of flights per day. That’s statistically speaking, not anecdotally.
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