btscott wrote on Jun 9^th, 2011 at 3:08pm:

If you walk through the jetway door into the terminal and your bag is in your possession within 30 minutes of your scheduled arrival time---- that is a terrific airline! I don't care whose logo is on the tail! My last 8-10 flights have been on SW. No delays, no lost luggage!! A weird boarding system, but it seems to work. They now allow you to check in early, on-line for, $10 pp per leg which gives you a preferential boarding sequence. That is most irritating! These incremental fees and charges really p--- me off! Your $160 fare all of a sudden is $206.50!   >:( Bruce

Just like to point out, try getting to Hawaii on Southwest! i think NOT! Also, if Southwest had a hub-system like almost all other big carriers, they'd lose luggage quite a bit too, since transferring luggage between connecting flights is tricky; Southwest keeps junk on their planes, and connecting flights use the same plane, so its nearly impossible to use this system when you have 7-10 different aircraft types, hundreds more destinations, aircraft, and hubs serving more people than its funny!