CuseTiger

GT with two on, 1 out, top of the 9th down 2

This vandy game is nuts. All wright needs is one more out :lol:

Ballgame!

Ump in this vandy game is squeezing the wright st pitcher pretty bad

He's squeezing both teams equally

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we're going to continue to fly SW often for the next 1.5 years at least, have companion pass, RR points, and the cards so won't have to pay for a checked bag

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And this makes perfect sense if you have the credit card and companion pass as you still get one free bag for everyone on the reservation

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And for better or worse it will solve the pre-boarding mess, but while annoying I never let that bother me

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What I'll be curious about is the actual boarding times on southwest planes in a few months. They typically have 40 minute turns on a 738 but with everyone now going to be bringing a carry-on instead of a checked bag, how much slower is boarding going to be? I'm expecting a lot of last minute gate checked bags that will cause some delays in departure times by an extra 10-15 minutes. If this happens early in the day, those delays are just going to cascade throughout the day and the late afternoon/evening flights will suffer the worst

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I will fly SW, but I will also fly whatever gets me there direct and cheaper from MSY. I'm flying to both STL and KC later this year, I'm not passing up a direct fly just because I'm pissed with SW

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It'll be interesting if those direct flights they jack the prices up because they realize they are the only ones with a non-stop option. Is flying direct or flying cheaper more important for you?

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it was miserable how tight the seats are as of now

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That's exactly my thought on United's standard legroom for us poors :lol:

But in any case, Southwest is going to spend a boatload of money to undergo all of these plane modifications to add in these extra legroom seats and remove legroom for standard seats for what? The random business traveler that wouldn't previously book SWA because they couldn't pick a seat? Elliott seems to have a lot of faith in that market and that business travelers will book SWA post-modifications. I don't think SWA is even an option in Concur at my company let alone a 'Preferred Airline' for booking

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It went from 1-2 pre boarders to 10+ on every fligh

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Very true, we've all seen it. Do we know if that's been addressed with these changes? I don't think I've seen anything about that actually

Morning y'all :gmt:. Some grumbling thunder just woke me up. Tornado warning for the area as well. Happy Sunday...

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breeze and spirit are much more enjoyable experiences than southwest

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Have never flown breeze, but the one flight I took on the big yellow bus last year aka Spirit was good. On time, no issues during flight, got me where I needed to go for cheap. From MSY, breeze and spirit have some decent options nonstop

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southwest is the ghetto airline

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I experienced this with both passengers and flight attendants on Southwest within the last year

Was reading another travel site and saw this video on there about the downfall of southwest. Pretty interesting to read how a lot of the recent events started with their December 2022 Christmas meltdown and how it's turned into Elliott taking over the boardroom and pushing through these changes for investors. Just a warning it's a 25 minute video so be warned

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I don't have any flights booked on southwest for the rest of the year and these recent changes are a good reason for it. Bag fees mean I won't use them for ski trips any longer. I was indifferent to open seating vs assigned seating, but apparently they're reducing the normal seating legroom by 1" to add in the extra legroom seating on their planes. I haven't seen a good fare sale on Southwest for a while either.

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I am lazy- what months are the games in?

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This year we have narrowed it down to two games of interest in September:

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OP even had the info in it :lol:

Late September should be good fall weather in Buffalo