Experience traveling with Southwest Airlines

Hey friends,
So this is a start to telling you about my Caribbean vacation journey. We had to take the cruise from Miami, Florida...so my brother and I had to fly there a day before the sailing date. We were going on vacation with my uncle and his family. He booked our tickets through southwest. This was first time for us flying through southwest airlines and there are some good and bad things about it.

Good thing is that southwest doesn't charge you for the bags :). You can take two bags for free which is great because most of the airlines now charge $15 for the first bag and more for the second. Also on board, you can get snacks and not one, two ...but if you want more, you can just ask for it. Same goes with drinks.

Bad thing about southwest is that you don't have assigned seating. You can see this from two different point of view. If you're traveling alone, you'll find a seat easily in the first couple of rows. But, if you're traveling with family, it's hard to find seats together, specially if your checking group is B31-60 or anywhere in C. See, what southwest does is that instead of giving you a seat number, they give you seating group number. So there are 3 groups (A, B, C) and the boarding processes from A1-30, A31-60...and so on. So the earlier your group number is the better chances you have of getting your desired seat with your family seating together. One thing is for sure that no one likes to sit in the middle seat (if there are 3 seats together). As I was walking to find a seat with my brother I noticed that all the middle seats are empty because everyone has either taken an aisle seat or window seat :P. Well, that's just a down side...so to prevent that from happening, just check-in at home as soon as the check-in process opens up because if you wait to get your boarding pass until you get to the airport, you'll most likely get a seating group in C.

Well that's my evaluation of the airline....more to come later :).