Southwest says people who haven’t either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the airline’s credit card will have to pay for checked bags
This is taking away the last reason any of my coworkers fly it for business. They have lots of direct, but they’re all in the middle of the day and don’t go to any smaller airports, requiring lots of extra driving if you need to visit a facility outside major metros.
For all their flaws, I love that I can take an American flight and land directly in a small town by 9am, do my business, hop in Lyft/Ubers, then fly back and not even spend the night. SWA coworkers spend less time in the air and at airports, but often have to spend 2 nights and spend hours in a rental car driving themselves the extra 2 hours each way to the town.
This is taking away the last reason any of my coworkers fly it for business. They have lots of direct, but they’re all in the middle of the day and don’t go to any smaller airports, requiring lots of extra driving if you need to visit a facility outside major metros.
For all their flaws, I love that I can take an American flight and land directly in a small town by 9am, do my business, hop in Lyft/Ubers, then fly back and not even spend the night. SWA coworkers spend less time in the air and at airports, but often have to spend 2 nights and spend hours in a rental car driving themselves the extra 2 hours each way to the town.