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AirTran Wins, Midwest Loses in Fastest Telephone Customer Service

AirTran Wins, Midwest Loses in Fastest Telephone Customer Service

Here’s the results of our week-long investigation into how fast it took airlines to pick up the phone.

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 5

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 5

All week we’ve been calling the airlines to see how long it takes their customer service reps to answer the phone. Here’s today’s rankings:

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 4

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 4

Midwest, while once again the loser, performed slightly better today.

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 3

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 3

Nothing can stop us from calling up all the airlines and comparing how fast it takes a carbon-based life form to pick up the phone. Not even the tinkly pianissimo of Midwest’s hold line. We foil all the automated response system’s attempts to pry out more information about an actual ticket using the short circuit shortcuts provided by GetHuman.

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 2

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 2

We’re calling the major airlines this week to see how long it takes them to pick up.

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 1

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 1

The statistics train keeps on rolling. We called up many major airlines this afternoon and here’s how long it took for them to pick up.

Round 11: Southwest vs. ChoicePoint

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Worst Company in America: Tier 1 Results

Worst Company in America: Tier 1 Results

Ladies and Gentlemen, your Tier 1 champions! Some no-brainers, squeakers and absolute pummeling.

Round 5: Jet Blue vs. Southwest

Rick Dobbs

Commentors Speak: Keeping Southwest Airlines Aisles Free By Queening It Up

While posting comments from other parts of the site—like the Southwest Seating Policy post from not long ago—is the cheapest form of editorial we could possibly muster, sometimes they’re just too good to not draw extra attention to. Gander writes:

There are definitely ways to ensure that – assuming you are an A boarder who gets an aisle seat – you can maintain the vacancy of the seat next to you on all but completely booked flights. Since I’m the type that most skittish midwesterners prefer to sit next to on an airplane (young, white, attractive, skinny) I find that it helps to play on other prejudices. The following work for me:

Consumers Speak: The Excellent Side of Southwest’s Seating Policy

Totally awesome tip from our boy Nick Weaver. The gyst? Travel Southwest whenever you can: