Comments on: Southwest knows more than we do

By: hamdey

hamdey — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:01:43 +0000

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By: nordsieck

nordsieck — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:59:12 +0000

My guess is that practically requiring passengers to register for a flight 1 day in advance means that Southwest has much better information about true plane capacity than most other airlines allowing them to overbook their flights more intelligently without getting caught for it more often than their competition.

By: PS

PS — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:36:40 +0000

Just flew SW for the first time. In addition to the assigned boarding order I noted that the flight attendants take beverage orders for their entire section then serve the beverages from a tray. It seemed faster and avoided the cost and weight of the beverage cart.

By: John Dewey

John Dewey — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:33:35 +0000

"Thus increasing the probability of having to delay a flight in the process of waiting for a customer. "

Eddie,

Are you referring to Southwest Airlines processes? Southwest provides boarding passes which give a passenger only a place in line. If they arrive after boarding has started, they lose the ability to get a good seat. If they arrive after the flight departure time, they don't fly on that flight. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how there's an increase in probability of flight delay.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:19:40 +0000

If the benefits of having people check in early are two fold:

1. Being that the earlier the customer gets there the better the seat.

2. That the customers early arrival saves the airline money by having the flights leave on a timelier manner.

Then doesn't the ability of being able to print your boarding pass 24 hours before the flight leaves eliminate the second advantage. Since the customer will no longer have to arrive a few hours early at the airport, but will now be able to arrive just a few minutes early. Thus increasing the probability of having to delay a flight in the process of waiting for a customer.