On a recent flight I had with them, they had to replace a part, then another part. We had to de-board, twice. They worked very fast to make these repairs and I much preferred getting on and off the plane, than having a cancelled flight. Also on another flight I had with them recently, a different plane never left the gate where my flight was due to board. They had to change gates and move the plane. This was an evening flight, and yes it was tiring, but Jetblue moved quickly once everything was ready. So the point of these stories, is that while they aren't exactly snag free, they seem to at least make an effort to fix the issues. JMO. Hopefully that doesn't change!I am thinking of using them and I´m especially concerned about JetBlue.
Thanks for the heads up! I booked a flight I had been thinking about for $46 one way.Southwest must have some type of sale going on today. I just checked for August and a few flights that I have been eyeing, dropped below $100.
You keep saying SWA is a smaller airline, I'll keep saying they are usually considered the 4th largest fleet in the U.S. (behind AA, Delta and United and in 2019 and 2022 they were the 3rd). And IIRC last time I quoted this to you SWA was the largest low-cost in the world.The outdated IT system used by Southwest could get overloaded again and crash if there are multiple major weather events like what happened last winter. Am not aware of anything SW might have done to resovle that and replacing an entire IT system won't happen overnight. While you won't have snow in the Summer, there could still be other types of bad weather that causes simliar issues. Never flown on Jet Blue so can't comment there.
With any of these smaller airlines, they typically have fewer daily flights so if there is a weather delay or mechanical issue, there may not be any spare planes available. You might have to wait a few days for a replacement to become available. Those are things to consider when booking with any of the smaller airlines.
Yes, if there are major system breaking events at all of their hubs east of the rockies at the same time there could be another catastrophe like what we saw at Christmas. I'd say it's more likely to see American get hit with Thunderstorms at DFW, and CLT the same day or United have issues at ORD, DEN and EWR the same day. Even just storms in ATL can push Delta off for a day or two. I don't see SW or JB being any worse off during the summer than any of the other major airlines.The outdated IT system used by Southwest could get overloaded again and crash if there are multiple major weather events like what happened last winter. Am not aware of anything SW might have done to resovle that and replacing an entire IT system won't happen overnight. While you won't have snow in the Summer, there could still be other types of bad weather that causes simliar issues. Never flown on Jet Blue so can't comment there.
We were impacted by that one with our flight from Houston to KC being affected but it was very minor. However the flight was later on in the eveningI had a flight PIT-MCO on April 18, delayed 2 hours due to groundstop earlier in the day due to IT.
I booked a quick trip for my 2 boys and I for the end of August - Thanks to that sale. $512 round trip TOTAL for the 3 of us to fly. And they are good flight times.Southwest must have some type of sale going on today. I just checked for August and a few flights that I have been eyeing, dropped below $100.