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jlk51496
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Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
Never flew them before and was wondering how everyone feels about them!?!?
We are in Queens - so LGA is the obvious choice - but southwest out of Islip is the cheapest - is it worth the hour drive
We are going to Orlando !?!
ETA: does southwest do price adjust/credit if the fare goes down (like Orbitz and JetBlue ) ???
Message edited 10/27/2013 8:28:37 AM.
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Mill188
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!?
I fly southwest because I'm 10 minutes from Islip. They are ok. You get two free bags per person. I absolutely cannot stand that you dont get an assigned seat though. You also get no inflight entertainment. I'd rate jet blue higher. However, MacArthur Airport is MUCH easier to navigate than JFK or LGA
On a scale of 1-10 I'd rate southwest a solid 5. I wish Islip would get more competing airlines!
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| Posted 10/27/13 12:02 AM |
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ali120206
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Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!?
Compared to flying out of LGA, Islip is a lot easier! And the two free bags is a great perk.
I flew Southwest recently for work and they now have free tv if you have a phone, laptop or tablet to watch it on.
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| Posted 10/27/13 6:53 AM |
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jlk51496
Mom of 3 - YIKES! =)
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
Thanks ladies
Updated original post with new question!!
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Mill188
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
Yes southwest will give you a credit if the price goes down. The credit must be used wihin one year of the date of the original purchase. The credits can't be used for purchasing early bird check in. The credit must be used by the ticketed passenger -so if you bought 4 tickets for your family and the price goes down by $10 a ticket, you get a total credit of $40 BUT if six months later you buy a ticket for just one member of your family, you'd only be able to use the $10 credit asdignef to the original passenger
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jlk51496
Mom of 3 - YIKES! =)
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
Posted by Mill188
Yes southwest will give you a credit if the price goes down. The credit must be used wihin one year of the date of the original purchase. The credits can't be used for purchasing early bird check in. The credit must be used by the ticketed passenger -so if you bought 4 tickets for your family and the price goes down by $10 a ticket, you get a total credit of $40 BUT if six months later you buy a ticket for just one member of your family, you'd only be able to use the $10 credit asdignef to the original passenger
Thank you - that stinks though!
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BargainMama
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Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
I love Southwest, and really prefer it for the convenience of it being so close. It's often more expensive than Jetblue these days, but I still prefer it since I live nearby. I guess for you it depends on how much of a savings it is.
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Kelly9904
Mommy to 2 amazing little boys
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
If its less money, then I say yes. Honestly going through Islip with little kids is a breeze where as JFK or LGA is just a pain! if at all possible when we travel with teh kids we use ISP, its just soooo much easier (but it is only 15 mins from our house as well!)
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| Posted 10/27/13 10:55 PM |
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Sixofus
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
Check-in, security, etc is so much easier at islip because it is so small but I despise the no assigned seating, especially traveling with kids. It just adds an extra level of stress to flying with little ones, which is already stressful enough.
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jams92
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Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
imo - yes its worth the drive...esp with kids. i also live in queens and always fly out of LGA but over the summer flew islip for vacation and loved it
no lines, no crowds, much easier
the no assigned seating can be tough - i heard a lot of people complaining that they paid the early bird check in but had high numbers.
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Kelly9904
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Re: Southwest Airlines - and ISLIP airport - how are they!?!? **edited with new question!**
Posted by Sixofus
t I despise the no assigned seating, especially traveling with kids. It just adds an extra level of stress to flying with little ones, which is already stressful enough.
This doesnt bother me, If you are flying with a child under 4 you get the second seating group, First is the people who paid extra, I think its up to 60 ppl. Then its families. We have never had any issues even when we flew with 10 ppl, we had kids so we were all able to sit back to back or next to each other.
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