Dan: You're right! In fact, in January AirTran retired its last DC-9. Their fleet is now all 717s, and they're adding 100 737s, so AirTran is all-new, all Boeing.

"To me, there's nothing wrong with Southwest, it's just that they do things differently than the other guys."

And that includes posting profits while other airlines are in the red!

ChristinaP: I purchased those tickets together, BEFORE Southwest announced online check-in. So in the future when we go to New Orleans, and I fly SW (which I do because of their many time choices for a direct flight from TPA) I will purchase them individually. Couldn't change these reservations without incurring additional costs. AND SW overbooked our return flight by 8 people. With their "no assigned seat" policy, it can sure make a person having a "c" boarding ticket very nervous. We were lucky and go "a" because we had to turn our rental car in 2.5hrs before our flight to avoid the additional hourly charge.
I agree that they run things differently, and some people like it, some don't. I personally for the longer haul prefer to know where I will be seated.

I'm sorry ChristieP, didn't mean to butcher your user name!

No problem, highbay.

We all have our travel preferences. I like SWA because they run on time 90% of the time, they are lower cost, and I'm not picky about where I sit. And I LOVE their Rapid Rewards FF program. :-)