tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post992346130184082928..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: Airport BloggingAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-62028539646545479472005-01-06T21:27:00.000-05:002005-01-06T21:27:00.000-05:00Assuming you're either in the Northeast today ...Assuming you're either in the Northeast today or trying to get here, it's no surprise given the weather, no matter what airline you're flying. The first time I flew Southwest was on a day several years ago when the entire Northeast was snowed and iced in. I had been booked on a morning flight on US Air, but their planes were all stuck on the ground in their hubs and all flights were canceled. Southwest had planes on the ground in Manchester, one of them happened to be going where I needed to be, and they had seats available. After overhearing another US Air passenger say that Southwest had seats, I sent my wife over to book tickets while I waited in a huge line at the US Air counter to get a refund. We needed to sit through three de-icings before we could take off, but they got us there. I've been flying them whenever possible ever since. <br><br>-rich<br>http://smokey.rhs.com/web/blog/poweroftheschwartz.nsfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com