As I had a very special flight booked the next day in the evening leaving IAH, I needed to find a way to get from Chicago to Houston. All fares from ORD-IAH were quite high so I started looking for alternatives. Southwest immediately caught my eye for 2 reasons: 1. I had heard many good things about them and hadn’t tried them out myself yet and 2. Southwest uses both Chicago’s and Houston’s “ second” airports, namely MDW and HOU. Both airports would be new to the log.
With this in mind I paid a visit to Southwest’s website. As I practically had all day to get to Houston and being a true a.nutter a direct MDW-HOU flight was a bit too boring. Instead I started looking for other options, quite quickly I found a great deal and booked MDW-BNA-HOU. While booking I also immediately paid the extra $10 for the earlybird check-in.
With my scheduled arrival time into HOU being 12:30 that gave me more than enough time to transfer and catch my 18:40 flight out of IAH.
This series was originally going to be split into 6 parts:
Part 1: AMS-ORD
Part 2: MDW-BNA-HOU
Part 3: IAH-SFO LAX-IAH
Part 4: SFO-LAX
Part 5: IAH-CLT-ORD
Part 6: ORD-ATL-AMS
But unfortunately all my pictures have gone lost (more about that at the bottom of this report), so this will be the final part in this series.
Map
The map for this part, thanks to the Great Circle Mapper:
And the map of this trip, also thanks to the Great Circle Mapper:
Saturday November 10
In part 1 I left you guys falling asleep in my comfortable bed at the Holiday Inn Chicago Midway airport after a great day of flying and a night with a local a.netter, thanks once again for the company Leo!
With my first flight leaving MDW at 08:10 my alarm clock goes off at 06:30, after a solid 7 hours of sleep. I get my usual morning rituals done, pack my belongings and head downstairs to check out. After a quick check out I am just in time to catch the 06:50 shuttle to the airport. The shuttle is pretty busy and I sit next to a Southwest pilot, he is headed to LAX today.
After a 10 minute ride we arrive at the main terminal. I grab my suitcase, tip the driver and head inside the building.
Check In
Inside, the terminal is quite busy this morning. As I had already done the earlybird check-in, I head over to one of the SSKs to print out my BPs. I quickly find an unoccupied SSK, enter my confirmation number and the machine successfully spit out both BPs.
Next stop is the baggage drop line and after a 5 minute wait I am waived to one of the many desks. The friendly agent scanned both BPs and tagged my bag all the way too HOU. I thank her and head towards security.
At security I am greeted with quite a long line. The line is also going quite slow but no problems as boarding is half an hour away. In line I strike a conversation with a couple of people and before I know it is my turn. After getting a stare down of about 10 seconds the officer realizes the picture in the passport is really me and I am let through to screening. Another 5 minute wait and I am through with no problems. This whole process took about 25 minutes.
As it is getting close to boarding time I head straight towards my assigned gate, B5. A quick look outside shows you who is boss here at MDW:
With security passing by every 2 minutes I snap just 1 quick picture of my gate area:
Boarding
As I had the earlybird I was in boarding group A, A35 if I remember correctly. At boarding time (07:40) an announcement was made for everybody in boarding group A to stand in line at their designated area. 5 minutes later boarding was called at 07:45.
After 34 fellow passengers it was my turn so I approached the male gate agent, got my BP scanned and headed into the jetway. One thing I dislike is that they throw your BP away after it gets scanned as I like to keep them, but that is just a personal taste.
Once entering the aircraft I was greeted by a male FA and headed into the aisle. As many of you know Southwest has open seating so I looked for an empty window seat. There were still plenty left so I settled for row 20 seat F, behind the wing.
While the cabin was gradually filling up I took a look outside:
Legroom was good:
The doors were closed at 08:08, flight load was nearly full at 95% with the 2 seats next to me occupied. Flight crew consisted of 3 males, they were all good and full with smiles getting their job done while cracking a joke every now and then.
With the doors closed one of the FAs came on the PA welcoming us onboard flight 2117 to Nashville, continuing on to Cleveland. Announced flying time is 1 hour.
After a short welcome from the flight deck we commenced pushback at 08:10, bang on time:
What followed was a very short taxi to runway 22L while the safety demonstration was being performed:
Lobo the gray wolf was also in town:
Take Off
Just 2 minutes after pushback we rolled onto 22L and started a nice and powerful take off:
Rotate!:
Straight over the suburbs of Chicago:
Through the clouds:
Seatpocket Contents
While we were still climbing I took a look at the seatpocket contents. First the inflight menu:
Safety card:
Sky mall magazine:
And Southwest’s own magazine, Spirit:
Soon enough the seatbelt sign dinged off and the crew sprang into action. As many of you know Southwest doesn’t use a cart to go up and down the aisle. Instead they take your order and bring your drink on a tray. I actually quite like this concept, as it keeps the aisle free as much as possible for passengers to walk to the bathroom without interfering with the service all too much.
Great weather for flying today:
Beautiful blended winglet dedicated to Martin (deltamartin):
Once one of the FAs reached my row I ordered a Dr. Pepper which was brought to me swiftly:
After the drinks run two of the FAs came about the cabin with a basket filled with snacks. Once they reached my row I got handed two packs of peanuts:
Evansville Regional Airport:
In no time the FO came on the PA announcing our descent into Nashville and thanking us for flying Southwest:
adamspotter From Netherlands, joined Feb 2011, 813 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (3 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 7226 times:
One final turn..
Landing
For final approach to runway 22L:
And touchdown at 09:10, 25 minutes ahead of schedule. Well done Southwest!:
We exited 20L and taxied to our assigned gate C16:
That’s where were heading:
While waiting for our gate to clear this company 737 that landed just after us passed by:
And in our final parking position at 09:18, still 17 minutes ahead of schedule:
The passengers heading on to CLE were asked to remain seated for a head count while the passengers with BNA as their final destination slowly headed out. I grabbed my belongings and exited the aircraft thanking the crew on my way out.
1 Hour Layover..
With a little over an hour to go before my next flight I decided to explore the C concourse here at BNA. But first one last picture of N606SW, thanks for the nice ride!:
Concourse C is the largest of all 4 concourses with 24 gates and a large shopping/dining area. Southwest, American Airlines/Eagle, Air Canada/Jazz and SeaPort airlines operate from here. This used to be a hub for AA back in the days. The concourse is carpeted and nothing all to special, although not bad either, let’s just call it average.
After exploring the concourse for a while I bought an extra adapter to also be able to charge my laptop and headed towards my assigned gate C21. Southwest has these comfortable sofas with your personal outlets spread about the concourse. I found an empty one and waited there for boarding to begin.
My gate was in the far left corner:
The poles Southwest uses for boarding:
Just before boarding I decided to head towards the gate to take a quick picture of my aircraft. N511SW will be doing the honors, a 22 year old 737-500 delivered to Southwest on 12/04/1991:
Boarding
BP for this flight:
I once again had the earlybird and at boarding time group A was asked to line-up, so I made my way to position 41. 5 minutes later boarding started, so I got my BP scanned and headed into the jetway..
When entering the aircraft I was greeted by a male and female FA in a friendly manner and headed into the cabin. Open seating once again so I settled into 18F, right behind the wing:
The cabin was in excellent condition despite the plane being 22 years old:
Amazing legroom here in 18F:
Our neighbor N215WN:
The plane slowly filled up, flight load will eventually be 100% except for the seat between me and my neighbor in the aisle seat. We had a short laugh about how lucky we were, great legroom and the only free middle seat in the whole plane between us!
Flight crew consisted of 2 males and 1 female all good and getting their job done, although a bit more reserved as the bunch in the previous flight.
The doors were closed at 10:18 and one of the male FAs came on the PA with the usual announcements and welcoming us on flight 3552 with destination to HOU. This plane will be continuing on to Dallas Love Field, El Paso and Phoenix. Announced flying time is 1 hour and 50 minutes.
A short welcome from the cockpit followed, wishing us a pleasant flight.
While the safety demonstration was being performed we commenced pushback at 10:22, 3 minutes ahead of schedule:
After being “ released” we taxied to runway 20C:
Some construction going on here:
Take Off
After waiting for an AA mad dog in front of us we rolled onto 20C and started take off:
DL 757 in the background:
American Eagle just landed on 20R:
Rotate!:
I could sit here all day!:
Don’t you just hate it when people do these kind of things:
Somebody is having a big BBQ down there:
Seatpocket Contents
Seatpocket contents were the exact same as the previous flight.
adamspotter From Netherlands, joined Feb 2011, 813 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (3 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 7201 times:
The seatbelt sign dinged off and the same rituals as the previous flight were performed. First the crew came around taking drink orders and I once again got a Dr. Pepper (man that stuff is good!). After that they once again came around with a big basket filled with snacks. This time I got handed a pack of peanuts and pretzels:
While getting closer to HOU, clouds came in sight:
Soon enough the FO came on the PA announcing our descent into HOU, expecting a very bumpy approach/landing and thanking us for flying Southwest:
This aircraft was heading to IAH:
And soon enough IAH was visible through the clouds:
Heavily breaking and a sharp right turn, turbulence was quite moderate too as expected:
One last left turn..
Landing
For final approach to runway 12:
Crossing runway 17:
And touchdown at 12:09, 21 minutes ahead of schedule:
We exited runway 12 and taxied to our gate:
Passing by the General Aviation ramp:
Always nice to see a 727!:
And in our final parking position at 12:13, 17 minutes ahead of schedule. Well done Southwest!:
All passengers continuing on to one of the other destinations were asked to remain seated while I (and other passengers) grabbed my belongings, thanked the crew and headed out into the nice HOU terminal. From here I headed straight to the baggage claim to retrieve my bag which came out quickly.
Conclusion
These were my first two experiences with Southwest and I must say I quite like them. Southwest has been profitable every year since it was established and I can see why. They are effective and have a great service concept IMHO. Both flights departed on time and arrived at the gate well ahead of time. Another plus is that you can check your first 2 bags for free. That already puts them ahead of their US competitors.
So will I fly Southwest again? Most definitely! I like them and will consider them during my future USA trips if needed.
As already mentioned in the introduction all my pictures of previous reports and future reports of 2012 have gone lost. My computer broke down and despite having a back-up that has gone lost too for some odd reason. After trying everything possible to retrieve it I have to admit defeat and face the reality that those pictures are gone. These include the rest of this USA Trip (United 787, US Airways First Class), some more inaugural fun on British Airways when they opened a 3x daily LHR-RTM-LHR route and some more European hops. This goes to learn to always have an external back-up of all your documents/pictures. A hard lesson learnt.
This will conclude part 2 of this USA trip and unfortunately the last part. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this report and I hope you enjoyed it.
Feel free to leave a comment and ask a question, I would really appreciate that.
My next report will be on part 1 of an epic USA trip I made back in January of this year:
Cheers and take care,
Amsterdamspotter or Brendan Berkhout as known on Facebook.
The777Man From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 6115 posts, RR: 56 Reply 3, posted (3 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 7039 times:
Hi Brendan!
Very nice to see this report from your trip in the fall. I feel very bad for you to lose all those pictures.
Flights looks nice and even better that you got to fly on a 733 which are leaving the WN fleet and even more luck to fly one of their very few 735s on the second flight.
It was great to see you here at LAX and I hope to see you here again soon.
Looking forward to your next report !
The777Man
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bufmd90pl From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 41 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 6908 times:
Great trip report as usual, Brendan.
I have never been to BNA or HOU, but, they both seem like nice airports!
As much as I hate on WN, they really are a great airline and I am glad you enjoyed them. I find it ironic our LCC's in America offer Y pax more "frills" then the legacies.
Cannot wait to see your TR on the 787!
~T.J.
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Quoting The777Man (Reply 3): Very nice to see this report from your trip in the fall
Thank you!
Quoting The777Man (Reply 3): I feel very bad for you to lose all those pictures.
Thanks, unfortunately not much can be done
Quoting The777Man (Reply 3): Flights looks nice and even better that you got to fly on a 733 which are leaving the WN fleet and even more luck to fly one of their very few 735s on the second flight.
Indeed, 2 other reasons I booked these flights
Quoting The777Man (Reply 3): It was great to see you here at LAX and I hope to see you here again soon.
It was great to see you too, looking forward to meeting you again! Thanks for everything
Quoting bufmd90pl (Reply 4): Great trip report as usual, Brendan.
Thanks TJ
Quoting bufmd90pl (Reply 4): I have never been to BNA or HOU, but, they both seem like nice airports!
They sure are compared to some other US airports
Quoting bufmd90pl (Reply 4): As much as I hate on WN, they really are a great airline and I am glad you enjoyed them.
haha, yeah I know you dont like WN. We have different opinions there
Quoting bufmd90pl (Reply 4): I find it ironic our LCC's in America offer Y pax more "frills" then the legacies.
That says enough!
Quoting bufmd90pl (Reply 4): Cannot wait to see your TR on the 787!
Unfortunately no TR on the 787 as the pictures are gone!
MSS658 From Belgium, joined Oct 2010, 2256 posts, RR: 14 Reply 6, posted (3 months 3 days ago) and read 6751 times:
Hi Brendan
Thanks for putting up this report, it was a pleasure to read. Sorry to hear about what happened with your other pics. I was really looking forward to the whole series.
I flew WN back in 2011 and I really did enjoy the carrier as well. One of the better US carrier (and some Euro Legacies can take an example as well). Here is my report Losing My Southwest Virginity! (by MSS658 Dec 18 2011 in Trip Reports)
Your flight pretty much matched mine, Great job on logging the 737-500 however .
dirktraveller From Singapore, joined Jan 2011, 224 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 6518 times:
Hi Brendan,
Great trip report and pictures on your recent flight with Southwest.
The 22-years old 737 seemed to be maintained really well. Also, from the picture legroom seems decent for the length of the flight. I would not expect these from LCCs but seemed Southwest did a pretty impressive job for an LCC.
Quoting adamspotter (Reply 2): This will conclude part 2 of this USA trip and unfortunately the last part. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this report and I hope you enjoyed it.
Sorry to hear the unfortunate issues with your computer and the missing pictures.
But thanks for sharing your USA trip experience with us, and I enjoyed the pics you have so far.
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): In part 1 I left you guys falling asleep in my comfortable bed at the Holiday Inn Chicago Midway airport after a great day of flying and a night with a local a.netter, thanks once again for the company Leo!
We had an awesome night touring Chicago on such a rare, warm night considering it was November. Anytime man, please come back to Chicago soon!
Nothing beats walking by MDW and seeing Southwest takeoff and land!
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): As many of you know Southwest doesn’t use a cart to go up and down the aisle. Instead they take your order and bring your drink on a tray. I actually quite like this concept, as it keeps the aisle free as much as possible for passengers to walk to the bathroom without interfering with the service all too much.
Seems like a great idea. You actually feel like you are being personally served.
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): With a little over an hour to go before my next flight I decided to explore the C concourse here at BNA. But first one last picture of N606SW, thanks for the nice ride!:
Oh Nashville... The airport I was supposed to visit if my 787 flight wasn't delayed but the pictures of the airport are nice.
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): As already mentioned in the introduction all my pictures of previous reports and future reports of 2012 have gone lost. My computer broke down and despite having a back-up that has gone lost too for some odd reason. After trying everything possible to retrieve it I have to admit defeat and face the reality that those pictures are gone. These include the rest of this USA Trip (United 787, US Airways First Class), some more inaugural fun on British Airways when they opened a 3x daily LHR-RTM-LHR route and some more European hops. This goes to learn to always have an external back-up of all your documents/pictures. A hard lesson learnt.
I was very sad when I found out you lost your pictures. Would you still consider finishing the series without the pictures?
Met vriendelijk groetjes,
Leo/ORD
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sultanils From Belgium, joined Mar 2010, 1211 posts, RR: 29 Reply 9, posted (3 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 6228 times:
Hello adamspotter,
Very nice report with plenty of very good pics. You really seemed to have the weather on your sie, as opposed to your computer crash... Southwest indeed looks pretty decent!
globalflyer From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 812 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (3 months 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 6118 times:
Hi Brenden...as always a great report. I know you are sickabout losing your other photos! At least to got the fly the UA787. I also enjoyed that flight too! Look forward to your next reports especially the Hawaii experience! Cheers, Will
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OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 25119 posts, RR: 60 Reply 11, posted (3 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 5941 times:
Hey Brendan
Nice report as always. Sorry about the loss of pics but Im sure you will take many more over this year with many nice flights and destinations. So look on the bright side !
Nice to see Southwest are still good. I used to fly them back in 1994-1995 when I lived in BUR. They were good back then too.
Anyway looking forward to the next trips
Regards
Philip
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Luxair747SP From Germany, joined May 2010, 449 posts, RR: 18 Reply 12, posted (3 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 5861 times:
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Hi Brendan,
Great report about Southwest!
After reading your report, I think they might even be better than the legacy carriers, who charge a little fortune on some routes!
Interesting point for your short layover!
kurt From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 414 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 5805 times:
Nice report; too bad about your pictures, though
I just bought a ticket on WN; LAS-DEN. I have a trip planned DEN-LAS-DEN on UA, but a work commitment came up so I needed to come home sooner. The $150 change fee plus a higher fare added up to $220 or so to stay on UA, so I grabbed a ticket on WN for $85. I haven't flown WN since 1995 so it will be interesting - maybe I will do a report as well.
mxp From Italy, joined Aug 2003, 389 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 5771 times:
Hi
Nice TR thanx as im going to fly WN for the first time too next month in my USA trip and seems a good airline.
Im sorry fou your photos. Happened to mee too last october when my external hard disk went on the floor. I had only one copy of my photos but fortunately except practically all my life of airplane spotter i was able to retrieve all other photos.
FLIEGER67 From Bulgaria, joined Sep 2003, 4423 posts, RR: 56 Reply 15, posted (3 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 5579 times:
Hoi, B.,
superb pictures and really nice weather to fly around. Southwest looks like good this way.
Especially interesting with me while I was inbound HOU also last week, but you know!.
Such a shame that the further pics are gone.
Hope to see anyway something more soon.
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 6): Thanks for putting up this report, it was a pleasure to read.
Thank you, am glad you liked it
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 6): Sorry to hear about what happened with your other pics.
Yeah, a real shame but oh well a hard lesson learnt
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 6): I was really looking forward to the whole series.
I was looking forward to making it! Nevertheless the start of an epic trip will be next!
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 6): I flew WN back in 2011 and I really did enjoy the carrier as well. One of the better US carrier (and some Euro Legacies can take an example as well). Here is my report
I remember reading your nice report!
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 6): Your flight pretty much matched mine, Great job on logging the 737-500 however
Quoting dirktraveller (Reply 7): Great trip report and pictures on your recent flight with Southwest.
Thank you very much!
Quoting dirktraveller (Reply 7): The 22-years old 737 seemed to be maintained really well.
It sure was!
Quoting dirktraveller (Reply 7): I would not expect these from LCCs but seemed Southwest did a pretty impressive job for an LCC.
Indeed, not much shows that Southwest is a LCC
Quoting dirktraveller (Reply 7): Sorry to hear the unfortunate issues with your computer and the missing pictures.
But thanks for sharing your USA trip experience with us, and I enjoyed the pics you have so far.
Quoting LFutia (Reply 8): We had an awesome night touring Chicago on such a rare, warm night considering it was November. Anytime man, please come back to Chicago soon!
We sure did, hope to get back to Chicago this year
Quoting LFutia (Reply 8): Nothing beats walking by MDW and seeing Southwest takeoff and land!
Quoting LFutia (Reply 8): Seems like a great idea. You actually feel like you are being personally served.
Exactly my opinion!
Quoting LFutia (Reply 8): Oh Nashville... The airport I was supposed to visit if my 787 flight wasn't delayed but the pictures of the airport are nice.
Well you didn't miss all too much
Quoting LFutia (Reply 8): I was very sad when I found out you lost your pictures. Would you still consider finishing the series without the pictures?
I was considering that but decided not too as I didn't make all too many notes on those flights as I had many pictures!
Quoting OA260 (Reply 11): Sorry about the loss of pics but Im sure you will take many more over this year with many nice flights and destinations. So look on the bright side !
Very true, at least my HUGE backlog got a bit smaller with the loss of those pictures
Quoting OA260 (Reply 11): Nice to see Southwest are still good. I used to fly them back in 1994-1995 when I lived in BUR. They were good back then too.
Wow, I was 4-5 years old back then haha (not trying to make you feel old )
Quoting Luxair747SP (Reply 12): After reading your report, I think they might even be better than the legacy carriers, who charge a little fortune on some routes!
I share that opinion, really puts the US legacy carriers to shame IMO
Quoting kurt (Reply 13): Nice report; too bad about your pictures, though
Thanks Kurt, Indeed a shame but not much can be done anymore
Quoting kurt (Reply 13): I just bought a ticket on WN; LAS-DEN. I have a trip planned DEN-LAS-DEN on UA, but a work commitment came up so I needed to come home sooner. The $150 change fee plus a higher fare added up to $220 or so to stay on UA, so I grabbed a ticket on WN for $85. I haven't flown WN since 1995 so it will be interesting - maybe I will do a report as well.
Would love to read a report about your experience on WN!
Quoting mxp (Reply 14): im going to fly WN for the first time too next month in my USA trip and seems a good airline.
Enjoy Southwest, I'm pretty sure you will
Quoting mxp (Reply 14): Im sorry fou your photos. Happened to mee too last october when my external hard disk went on the floor. I had only one copy of my photos but fortunately except practically all my life of airplane spotter i was able to retrieve all other photos.
roberts87 From Netherlands, joined Dec 2011, 675 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 4257 times:
Hi Brendan, great report as usual! Indeed, Southwest is a good airline, I enjoyed my flights with them too. BNA is an interesting choice of airport to connect too, looks like a typical US airport: carpet and low ceilings! Also great to catch a 735 with WN, not so many of them left.
Shame your photos all got lost, but I look forward to reading about your January trip!
PlaneHunter From Germany, joined Mar 2006, 6211 posts, RR: 79 Reply 19, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4123 times:
Hi Brendan,
nice report with many good pictures! WN looks great as usual, it's one of my favorite US carriers. Good to see you got both the 733 and 735. I flew on those on my first WN trip back in 1997 (ONT-LAS-ONT).
Sweet and salty? That's what they had back in 1997. I had a great chat with a nice flight attendant on the lightly loaded plane. In the end, she gave me a huge bag full of peanut packages (some 30 ones or so) and I enjoyed those for a long time. I also got some 20 orange drink stir sticks (with the WN heart). Some of them are left and we use them for drinks at home. Great reminder of that trip!
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): The plane slowly filled up, flight load will eventually be 100% except for the seat between me and my neighbor in the aisle seat.
You two were lucky indeed!
Shame about the lost pictures, but I do look forward to this one:
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): My next report will be on part 1 of an epic USA trip I made back in January of this year:
Quoting jwhite9185 (Reply 17): Just a shame we won't get the conclusion, but I guess these things happen.
Indeed, not much to do about it anymore unfortunately
Quoting jwhite9185 (Reply 17): Great that you got a pair of classic 737's. I personally prefer those to the NG versions - although I have only sampled the one 737NG so far.
I dont really have a preference there, I like both of them
Quoting jwhite9185 (Reply 17): Southwest looks pretty good too - especially for a low cost carrier.
Yes they sure do, you should try them out next time you're in the US of A
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 19): WN looks great as usual, it's one of my favorite US carriers. Good to see you got both the 733 and 735. I flew on those on my first WN trip back in 1997 (ONT-LAS-ONT).
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 19): That's what they had back in 1997. I had a great chat with a nice flight attendant on the lightly loaded plane. In the end, she gave me a huge bag full of peanut packages (some 30 ones or so) and I enjoyed those for a long time. I also got some 20 orange drink stir sticks (with the WN heart). Some of them are left and we use them for drinks at home. Great reminder of that trip!
That sounds like a great FA, of only there were more of them
Part 1: AMS-ORD
Part 2: MDW-BNA-HOU
Part 3: IAH-SFO LAX-IAH
Part 4: SFO-LAX
Part 5: IAH-CLT-ORD
Part 6: ORD-ATL-AMS
But unfortunately all my pictures have gone lost (more about that at the bottom of this report), so this will be the final part in this series.
Quoting adamspotter (Reply 2): As already mentioned in the introduction all my pictures of previous reports and future reports of 2012 have gone lost. My computer broke down and despite having a back-up that has gone lost too for some odd reason. After trying everything possible to retrieve it I have to admit defeat and face the reality that those pictures are gone. These include the rest of this USA Trip (United 787, US Airways First Class), some more inaugural fun on British Airways when they opened a 3x daily LHR-RTM-LHR route and some more European hops.
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): One thing I dislike is that they throw your BP away after it gets scanned as I like to keep them, but that is just a personal taste.
What a shame! Did you ever ask whether you might keep your BP after being scanned?
Quoting adamspotter (Thread starter): As many of you know Southwest doesn’t use a cart to go up and down the aisle. Instead they take your order and bring your drink on a tray.
I must have read it somewhere, but thanks for the reminder!
Quoting adamspotter (Reply 1): The concourse is carpeted and nothing all to special, although not bad either, let’s just call it average.
Quoting akhmad (Reply 23): WOW! It must be an exciting mile run!
I wouldn't mind remaining seated
Quoting akhmad (Reply 23): How about drawing silly figures on the elbow?
A lot of things came to mind
Quoting akhmad (Reply 23): I had to learn the similar lesson as well.
Sorry to hear that!
Thanks for commenting Suryo and see you in a couple of days!
Groetjes,
Brendan
Quoting akhmad (Reply 23): In any case, thanks a lot for sharing your Southwest experience! I would love to fly the airline if I ever make it to the US.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4572 posts, RR: 28 Reply 25, posted (2 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2364 times:
Good reports! I'm wondering after flying WN today PHX-SEA what the normal protocol is for drink service. On a flight pushing 3 hours there was one drink service and then nothing. In the past they've usually had two on the longer segments.
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 25): On a flight pushing 3 hours there was one drink service and then nothing. In the past they've usually had two on the longer segments.
What's the norm?
I wish I could answer that for you... Quite interested to know myself now..
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