Where to fly with southwest
5 Tips Flying Southwest Airlines
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welcome back to the brand-new Zachos
Travel Channel today is all about
Southwest with five things about
Southwest Airlines you need to know
number one is check-in you do not want
to check in late because it will
determine when you get on the plane and
what seats you get so be sure to check
in 24 hours ahead of time set reminders
on your iPhone your Android Google home
Alexa Siri something to remind you that
24 hours before your flight to check-in
and B try to be one of the first ones so
that you're in the A or B group and that
will ensure that you get a good seat you
get a place for your carry-on and all
that good stuff now along with that
means you have to get there to the
airport on time or early so make sure
that you arrive an hour ahead of time so
that you're able to get into line and
make sure that you're in your group and
you get on you know the plane first and
get to pick your seat and everything now
if the flight is like it 5 a.m. or 6
a.m. and you you know you're not gonna
wake up the day before that early by the
early bird check-in it's worth it I
promise you they'll check you in for you
and get you an A or right at the front
of be automatically and then you don't
have to worry about your place in line
ok so that's number one number two is
gonna be about price Southwest has
amazing prices but beyond being able to
get great price you know 2 3 weeks even
further out sometimes even the same week
you can find early bird special or or
great prices on want to get away that
some of the cheapest prices but besides
that they do not charge you for checking
baggage they do not charge you for
carry-on you get to baggage is checked
in for free and a carry-on and a
personal item I mean I know that's crazy
to say that but in this day and age like
every other airline is charging you and
dinging you for every little thing so
it's a it's
really does save you money and it's
really amazing another piece of that
besides just booking out as far in
advance as you can is look for the deals
they run a lot of deals like I got a
deal to Vegas for one hundred forty
three dollars round-trip that's like a
little over $70 per leg amazing crazy
amazing especially in this day and age
and I had an amazing flight
the stewardess are so nice everyone is
so nice and it's just a very easy
process to go through okay so that's
number two number three is baggage now
we just talked about that the about the
price of the baggage but remember again
you do not pay for baggage on Southwest
you will pay no matter what on other any
other airlines so you get to check bags
and one carry-on one personal item and
that's crazy amazing this this tip
though is really about if you're gonna
check bags one or two especially they're
gonna check like two per person or one
per person even arrive at the airport at
least an hour and a half early make sure
that you have time to stand in line get
your bag check and get to your gate you
know often time the gates are far and
you have to walk to them you don't want
to be running and with Southwest even
though it's an amazing airline you want
to be at your gate on time before they
start boarding especially if you're an A
or B because they will just they will
cattle call all of a on to the plane and
if you're late
it doesn't matter you will miss that and
B will load in and then you'll you'll
maybe miss the seat or carry-on space
that you want it so make sure that if
you have baggage that you're going to
check that you get there at least an
hour and a half early from major city
sometimes two hours and if it's
international flight
you want to be there at least two hours
early if not two and a half hours just
to make sure that you get your passport
taken care of checked because there's a
little bit more checking that they do
for international flights and get your
baggage in and all that stuff now a
little bonus tip around baggage is tiles
I don't know if you've heard of tiles I
use Giro
link down the description below if you
see that they're an amazing carry-on
luggage and they have a check-in luggage
but I love their carry-on and it comes
with a tile a tile is a Bluetooth device
that goes that connects into an app on
your phone and goes in your luggage and
you can detect it where it is so this is
a little bonus tip I love when I'm on
the plane
even if I've checked my baggage I use
tile in it and I can know if it's on
them if it made it on the plane with me
that's that's always something we're
concerned about right and then as I'm
standing there waiting for it to come
around at the baggage claim I might app
will notify me when it when it detects
it so I know it's up and it's getting
you know somewhere so I can start
looking for it just really cool you can
also pay a $30 a year fee which I do and
it just kind of tracks where your
baggage is every time it detects it in
the app and logs that so if it does get
lost or something it helps the airport
to find it and all that good stuff and
you can send signals to it too for it to
ring it also works in Reverse it will
help you find your phone or device so
that's just a little bonus tip it's
really cool and I want to tell you guys
about that the fourth one is something
that a lot of people don't think about
and that I didn't until I start
traveling like all the time sometimes I
travel every week get a bottle of water
I know the airlines especially Southwest
will serve you water or coke or
something and a snack but you want to
make sure that you're not just thirsty
or waiting for you know sometimes it can
take an hour or an hour and a half by
the time you onboard
push off get in the air it takes a while
to be in the air before they turn off
the seatbelt sign in the weight the
stewardess start gina serving drinks and
stuff and then they have to ask
everybody what they want you can take a
while so one of my tips is get a bottle
of water this kind of goes for any
airline so it's just kind of a generic
thing it's not just to Southwest but
I've been stuck
on on the plane for up to three hours at
the gate and then on the runway because
of bad weather and stuff and south whet
the Vantage here the reason I'm saying
this with Southwest if they will their
stewardess are awesome they'll come
they'll bring you water they'll serve
you other airlines like United American
that I've had this issue with they won't
the stewardess won't even come by and
that's is so ridiculous but so this is
just this is something I learned grab
some water or coke I preferably a water
because an airline and airplanes the
humidity levels a lot lower it's usually
colder for a lot of health reasons and
your body needs that and so just grab a
smart water or Aquafina or Dasani or
something have that with you grab some
snacks too especially if you haven't
eaten in a while just just to have stuff
it doesn't have to be a lot just you
know bag of chips and water or something
something that you know the healthy bar
or some fruit something that will
sustain you and you don't have to depend
on somebody to come by and give that to
you you're going to thank me
you're gonna think we laid it for that
one okay number five is not really about
Southwest either but it is a huge
airline tip and I'm gonna put a link
down in the description below it's just
a little flap that I found when I was
traveling with my iPad and iPhone
Southwest is one of the airlines that
gives you free TV and free movies and
even free live TV while you're flying
now this is huge because it's on your
own device and you don't have to pay for
a lot of the airlines have the TVs and
the seats unit swipe your credit card
pay a bunch of money and it's just
awesome you know but what you find is
that you're either looking you know down
the whole time or you're having to hold
your device or you know you lay it down
on the tray and you're looking down they
hurt your neck it just get tired there's
no way to really like there's no place
to like set your device and just kind of
leave it
and so I went searching for something
that would solve that problem and
recently I found this really cool and
affordable solution called the flap and
it's literally just a piece of like foam
with some metal in there I don't even
know how to describe it but it bends and
hold your phone securely and then it
just bends back flat and fits in your
backpack or in your suitcase or whatever
really easy to take with you work super
fast it's not complicated you just stick
it in the magazine rack or in the in the
tray just any way to secure it and then
your phone just sits on it and it works
great I've used it several times I love
it they also have a bigger one for your
iPad I'll put the link down the
description for that this is a huge tip
for any airline but especially Southwest
because they offer all this free TV free
movies and if your flights over two
hours you need something to do and they
actually offer some really great shows
or some really great new movies and even
live TV if you want to just watch TV
live and like the news or something so
you're gonna love that you're gonna love
it you're gonna love it
and I promise you it's really awesome
that is it for me that Southwest I hope
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