Southwest Airlines

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4 star Skytrax Rating
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Seat Comfort 12345
Staff Service 12345
Value for Money 12345
Customer rating from 1821 reviews
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2/10

"staff is very disorganized in Atlanta"

(United States)

Trip Verified | My wife and my 3 children traveled from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale. The staff is very disorganized in Atlanta. I almost missed my flight because of them. We were going from Atlanta-Fort. Lauderdale-La Havana. Cuba. Nov 13. From Fort Lauderdale-La Havana. Cuba the attention was excellent including the aircraft staff
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteAtlanta to Havana via Ft Lauderdale
Date FlownNovember 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
1/10

"Southwest sucks now"

(United States)

Not Verified | Never again! Don't fly Southwest out of Charlotte. No kiosks, you stand in line for an hour to get a boarding pass. 2 agents checking people in, which is absurd. I paid extra to board in A group, only to get on the plane to find people savings seats for others that didn't pay. No enforcement of that not being allowed. Southwest sucks now.
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteCharlotte to Baltimore
Date FlownNovember 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"was forced to sit apart"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Wife has panic disorder and was forced to sit apart due to the terrible first come seats Southwest Airlines does. I am flying on military orders and cannot upgrade. Every other airline allows me to use my DOD ID to board, but the staff taking boarding passes denied us and all wives. Worst customer service ever! I will never fly Southwest Airlines again no matter the cost.
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteHonolulu to San Antonio
Date FlownNovember 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
7/10

"complaint is the luggage department"

(United States)

Not Verified | We have always flown Southwest and love it, my only complaint is the luggage department. Every time we fly into New Orleans, we always have to wait 15-30 minutes for our luggage to come out. When we flew in yesterday into New Orleans, we waited 25 minutes for our luggage to come out but on a totally different carousel that it listed on the board. Someone is not doing their job, and I will not hesitate to switch airlines on future trips.
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteTampa to New Orleans
Date FlownNovember 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"Absolutely horrible experience"

(United States)

Not Verified |   Absolutely horrible experience. After being delayed for 3 hours, the pilots said “sorry folks, we just don’t know why!” They separate families even who book together so my husband and I waited in line only for the gate agent to make me go alll the way to end of line because they grouped us separately…. Then I get on and the seats are unassigned so there is no luggage space in the right areas and my husband got yelled at multiple times for saving a seat - people from the back were coming from the front so a bunch of people had to basically sit in peoples laps for the back people who had no seats left to get by. Absolutely horrible experience and so unorganized.
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RoutePhoenix to Tampa
Date FlownNovember 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
2/10

"used to be the best value in the skies"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Southwest used to be the best value in the skies. Additionally, they had the friendliest employees. Neither of which is true anymore. I made A-Preferred and have 950,000+ miles, so it's not that I haven't given them a fair shot. The attendants who used to be warm and friendly, and make the standard safety messages amusing, have transformed into a surly bunch, who spend most of the flight on their phones I know it's a tough job and the number of crazies have gone way up, but when your plane staff is worse than United (and can't hold a candle to Delta) it says something.
AircraftBoeing 737-700
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteAustin to Las Vegas
Date FlownNovember 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
10/10

"in flight service is excellent"

(United States)

Not Verified | We have been flying with Southwest for years, and are always pleased. The in flight service is excellent, the snacks are better than most airlines, seats are comfortable, and our flights have always been on time.
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteDenver to Atlanta
Date FlownOctober 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
2/10

"Open seating was a bad idea"

(United States)

Not Verified | I flew a few times in the past and I was very happy till 2 days ago. From LAX to Oakland and it was just fine. Flying from OAK to Bellingham, we were assigned to term, 31. Kept on waiting for an hour. Noticed nobody showed up. I asked told me it was moved to term 25 which was quite a long walk. When we arrived ended up at the end of the line. They changed the plane and did not bother to inform us. The plane old with a very uncomfortable seat. E ded up near restroom. Open seating was a bad idea. I will not fly Southwest again.
AircraftBoeing 737 Max 8 & Boeing 737-700
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteLos Angeles to Bellingham via Oakland
Date FlownOctober 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

“Terrible service”

(United States)

Trip Verified | Horrible. 3 hr delay. Arrived at 2 am TPA. No meal vouchers. Tracked this plane all day #1842 SWA. Den. Columbus. Dulles. Midway. KCI. On time all day long. Plane arrives in KC but wait now the TPA plane is in Long Beach 3 hrs away what happened Southwest? You found out you could fill a plane by delaying passengers 3 hrs? Your gate agents lie! Weather Nope. Control tower nope. Called them out and proved wrong. Oh yeah. Got a $100 voucher on a future delayed flight. Cost me that much in airport meals for 3 hrs. Checked into my TPA hotel at 3 am. Why bother when breakfast was served at 6 am. Not the old Herb Keller airline it used to be. Pay the extra and fly with an airline with an upgraded logistics. Terrible service.
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteKansas City to Tampa
Date FlownOctober 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"They can't even be kind"

(United States)

Trip Verified | The employees were rude when I was confused about checking in my bag after getting an earlier flight, even though the confusion was due to what they told me. They can't even be kind to people for one simple mistake.
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteBurbank to San Jose
Date FlownOctober 2023
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no