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Archive for January 2011

SWA Stew: Episode 1

By: Brooks Thomas bthomas

Jan 28 2011
Want to know what the Top 5 most viewed blogs of the week were on Nuts About Southwest? Well, wait no longer. Here they are! Every week, a member of the Blog Team will present the stories you're most interested in. Fools will be made, in the process. read more

All-New Rapid Rewards Information Centers

By: John Field jfield

Jan 28 2011
I’m sure you’ve heard the exciting news that we’re launching the All-New Rapid Rewards on March 1st! As is the case with any change, it’s a safe bet that Members and Customers will have questions about what’s new & what’s changed. To help address this, we’ve installed large-scale informational displays in several airports. Each of the Rapid Rewards Information Centers features a 6ft... read more

Herb Makes it Big, Again!

By: Sandra Howard, Director of Advertising showard

Jan 27 2011
To be inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame is to become part of an anthology of the most brilliant and respected minds the advertising industry has ever known.  It includes among its prestigious members famously recognizable names such as Ray A. Kroc, Stanley Marcus, David Ogilvy, Benjamin Franklin … and now, our very own Herb Kelleher. In other words, it’s a big deal. Please join us... read more

Celebrating the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park: Just 4 Days Left to Lace Up Your Skates

By: Tami Door tdoor

Jan 27 2011
This winter, Southwest Airlines teamed up with the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) to restore one of Denver’s favorite traditions by bringing back an outdoor ice rink to Downtown Denver.  Tami Door serves as President and CEO of the DDP, and she shares with us her unique insight into the success of the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park in her blog post below.   Linda Rutherford,... read more

Download Some Southwest Spirit

By: Lauren Kraft lkraft

Jan 27 2011
With the launch of our newly redesigned Nuts About Southwest blog comes some great new features including enhanced functionality, social connectivity, and excited new Bloggers. Those that are truly NUTS about anything and everything Southwest will love the new Downloads  feature that lets you show off your SOUTHWEST SPIRIT and keeps you connected to our best deals and services. If you’re as... read more

Shaving for Success: The Saga of Ruppel's 'Stache

By: Whitney Bartels wbartels

Jan 26 2011
Customer Relations and Rapid Rewards Vice President, Jim Ruppel, said goodbye to his beloved mustache of 38 years recently at our CR/RR Department luncheon. The mustache, which is nearly as old as Southwest Airlines itself, has been around since Jim’s first semester of college- even his wife had never seen that precious skin underneath his nose. But Jim couldn’t hold on to the glory days of the... read more

Southwest Airlines to the Extreme!

By: Ashley Dillon arogers

Jan 26 2011
Southwest Airlines is proud to be a part of one of the most heart-warming, positive shows on television, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In our seven years as a partner, we’ve done everything from shipping the Designers’ hard-to-find items through our Cargo department, helping design an authentic “airplane room” for a boy who loved aviation, sending a bunch of Employees to New Orleans to... read more

A New Look for Nuts About Southwest!

By: Caleb Fox cfox

Jan 25 2011
We hope you LUV the new look and feel of the Nuts About Southwest blog. Click around, comment, and let us know what you think. read more

Ready, Set, Blog 3.0!

By: Linda Rutherford LindaR

Jan 24 2011
We spent Friday reminiscing about our award-winning blog history of five years. From its infancy, Nuts About Southwest has always been a learning process and still remains one. At its core, Nuts is about letting Customers not only see behind the curtain, but tear the curtain down altogether. So it is with great pleasure I formally present our latest edition of Nuts About Southwest, fresh out of... read more

Southwest Airlines Offers Extra Flights for the Big Game

By: Bill Owen bowen

Jan 24 2011
WOO-HOO! Now we all know which two teams are playing in The Big Game XLV—it’s Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh! And y’all are coming to *MY* home—the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex—for the Big Game. Southwest is making it easier for you folks to come cheer your teams on to victory in “JerryWorld”—the new, amazing, billion-dollar stadium that is the host to this year’s game. (Seriously folks, this... read more