Southwest has a fundamentally different business model involving standardized fleet sizes & limited routing. Plus, if he's complaining about stopovers + layovers, Southwest has these on almost every flight.
He's stating a lot of things that would be nice, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of people still fly Spirit Airlines - despite their constant low ratings - because it's costs $50 bucks.
The real discussion should be about fare transparency as a bunch of airlines are rolling out basic economy fares that don't include food, limit space even further and don't accrue points, etc. Instead of making a new, nicer tier class, they're taking away items from the basic economy fares and maintaining the same pricing.[1][2]
The fact that none of these pieces are talking about this makes me think these are outrage opinion articles by talking heads rather than people who regularly fly
He's stating a lot of things that would be nice, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of people still fly Spirit Airlines - despite their constant low ratings - because it's costs $50 bucks.
The real discussion should be about fare transparency as a bunch of airlines are rolling out basic economy fares that don't include food, limit space even further and don't accrue points, etc. Instead of making a new, nicer tier class, they're taking away items from the basic economy fares and maintaining the same pricing.[1][2]
The fact that none of these pieces are talking about this makes me think these are outrage opinion articles by talking heads rather than people who regularly fly
[1] https://thepointsguy.com/2017/03/is-basic-economy-really-a-d...
[2] https://thepointsguy.com/2017/02/united-selling-basic-econom...