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Southwest airlines Reviews

2.1 Rating 81 Reviews
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Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Last 2 times I flew with them. They have delayed my flights pretty bad. Ruin your plans. I wouldn't recommend them stay away from southwest airlines. The people at the desk are very well trained to give you the go around.
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Posted 2 months ago
I missed our flight, my husband is handicapped and in a wheelchair. The airline refused to even offer a partial credit of any sort to even book another flight home. Just took the 1200 dollars as if it was $2.00 I have never flown before and this will be my first and last time flying southwest. Don’t book this unless you have 100% control over nothing happening
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Posted 2 months ago
I was sat in the back of the plane which isn't a big deal. Boarding was almost complete when the last passenger came aboard. The only seat open was in the middle seat to my left. This person was on the big side and after they sat down the armrest couldn't go down and this person took up 30% of my seat. Because of the flight being full I had no choice but to sit sideways for 2.5 hours as this person shared my seat. There should be a policy if you can't fit in a standard seat, you should have to pay for two. If there are no extra seats available then that flight isn't for then. I have seen people asked to leave the plan for petty reasons or because they were pick because the flight attendant. This has happen on many flights for me. I feel if I paid hundreds of dollars for my seat, I should be able to use 100% of my seat. I know some people might find this insensitive, but you wouldn't want to pay to go watch a movie at a theater and have to share your seat. I think there should be changes made to make sure everyone is comfortable in the seat that they paid for.
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Posted 2 months ago
I flew on 4 southwest flights on my trip. Everyone of them was delayed. If they can’t get you where you need to be on time they are probably in the wrong business. I won’t fly this airlines anymore, I would rather pay a little more and get where I’m going.
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Posted 2 months ago
Southwest checkin agents on the floor by kiosk machines are so rude. They yell and threaten you on your baggage tags. I traveled in May and June going from San Diego to Las Vegas. Both times going and coming it occurred. I'm normally not a complainer but my experience has been awful. They need to have better friendly and customer service like they use to have. I had a good experience on the flight so it has impacted all areas of customer service. Checkin customer service needs to change for me to continue to fly with southwest.
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Posted 3 months ago
Never use southwest again
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Posted 3 months ago
I will no longer fly with y'all because of your new fee on bags and their is a weight limit their are other airlines that have better deals. Y'all were my only airline but y'all have forced me to fly with another Airline now. It's ashame I really liked flying with y'all but all good things must come to a end.
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Posted 3 months ago
Terrible customer service, you don't get assigned seats you just have to pick whatever is left, flight attendants were super rude and degrading. If you are thinking of flying with them I advice you not to.
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Posted 3 months ago
I am literally sitting on the plane watching one baggage handler take his ever loving sweet time to load bags. WE ARE ALREADY DELAYED 10 MINUTES WHY IS THIS BEING DONE NOW???!! UNACCEPTABLE, NO APOLOGIES IM NOT FLYING SW AGAIN.
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Posted 3 months ago
They were bought by an equity group last year and that group has stripped every resource for them and trimmed them down so much that their operational stuff is a disaster now. They are never on time. Not worth the small amount of savings. I would avoid.
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Posted 3 months ago
--- Southwest Rapid Rewards Review: Extremely Disappointing Southwest Rapid Rewards has been the worst experience I've had with an airline loyalty program. I had over 130,000 flight miles stolen from my account, and when I called to inquire, no one had any answers. To make matters worse, I was locked out of my account and told I'd have to wait 10 to 13 days just to regain access—without any assurance or urgency. The lack of support and accountability is shocking. I expected better from a major airline. Customer service operator was rude and didn't want to try to help find any kind of solution or help in any way
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Posted 3 months ago
Negative stars! I had 4 flights for my family to get home extremely late. I saw that they had a different one that worked to get us home earlier so I changed to that one for $575. After getting to the airport, our new flight was delayed and now we will miss our connecting flight home. They now have us on the original flight home because it's the only one and they won't refund me my 575 dollars that I paid when I changed my flight. The lady at the kiosk was extremely rude, Joelene was her name. She had no empathy and refused to take care of me after I called her on her rudeness. She literally moved on to other customers and ignored me from there. Delays happen, I get it but putting me back on my original flight home and keeping my 575 is a scam of all scams!!! Don't use this garbage airline
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Posted 4 months ago
The CEO lost site of customer service and I hate when a business keeps repeating the same response... The CEO keeps saying "We don’t take making changes to our policies lightly, and these decisions were made with careful consideration. Nevertheless, we hear you and understand you’re disappointed," which really pisses the hell out of me. Plus the CEO says the think the open seating is what we want.... I think this guy has it backwards... No open seating and free bags is what we want.... They lost another customer...
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Posted 4 months ago
Booked Southwest Airlines tickets via Fareoyard. After having read numerous negative reviews of Fareoyard and becoming aware of sketchy terms and conditions, in accordance with Fareoyard and my state's online purchase terms, I cancelled the purchase. Fareoyard provided my financial information to Southwest Airlines and Sourhwest Airlines has made several attempts to collect the funds from a legally cancelled purchase.
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Posted 4 months ago
No good explanation they just stink
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Posted 5 months ago
First off I paid over 1000.00$ for business class seating. Was disappointed that midway through boarding, people starting taking the business class seats, just didnt seem fair that I paid probably double. Also drinks were in paper cups, gross ,cup got soggy, also Was probably not the entire drink of can or bottle. this was the same as coach drinks. Also was told incorrect carousel for luggage after waiting 20 minutes or so.So what did I pay extra for? And also luggage extended handle was jammed and bent, brand new luggage.extremely disappointed. cannot recommed Southwest airlines.
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Posted 5 months ago
My wife was 8 lbs over 50# limit due to having to take some items home from a work trip and they wanted $150 additional fee. Outrageous. Ended up throwing things out and dealing with a lot of hassle to avoid the fee. We’re done with Southwest. Seating system sucks anyway too.
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Posted 5 months ago
I am a long-time customer flying with Southwest Airlines. I have REALLY enjoyed the two free suitcases when flying with Southwest Airlines. I heard on the news that Southwest Airlines is no longer offering free suitcases. This is not a good thing since now the competition from other airlines will prevail. I am DISAPPOINTED with Southwest Airlines taking away the free suitcases from their loyal customers. Time to fly with the competition. Adios Southwest Airlines, it was nice while it lasted.
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Posted 5 months ago
Southwest flight attendants are the absolute rudest !! I hate flying this crappy airline. And will not in the future !!!
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Posted 5 months ago
Worst Airline to travel with. Always over 3 hours delayed. Garbage.
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Posted 6 months ago
Southwest airlines is rated 2.1 based on 81 reviews