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Our Peanut Butter Challenge!

Dec 10 2012
November was National Peanut Butter Month (if you didn’t know, now you do). I LUV peanut butter.  Peanut butter takes me back to my childhood, when my Mom, the best Mom in the world, would make us all peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  She would cut them in half, and usually one of my brothers would run by, grab a half, and eat it. When the Broward Food Pantry, in Fort... read more

CONTEST ALERT: #ViddyADay Will Help You Get Away!

Aug 27 2012
You know the old saying... a Viddy a day keeps the doctor away?  Okay, so I used my unwarranted creative license there, but it's not entirely false.  For three days in August, we're partnering with our Viddy buddies to give you a chance to get away to one our 76 Southwest cities.     The objectives are the same, but very different.  Of course, you must have the Viddy app... read more

Taking Rapid Rewards to the Streets…of downtown Milwaukee!

Jul 30 2012
I’m in the City of Festivals on this summer day with a few Coworkers from Marketing to talk about Rapid Rewards.  We’ve been doing a lot of that across the country as we continue to successfully gain new Customers and build the membership base of our award-winning loyalty program.  But here in downtown Milwaukee, the message really resonates in a unique way.As a sponsor of the Milwaukee... read more

SWA Stew: Episode 55

Jul 27 2012
What do you do after the ice cream is gone?  Stew about it.  Our friends at Dish Trip bestowed brain freeze upon unsuspecting customers at Glace in Kansas City, providing free ice cream for them.  This patriotic Stew also highlights the Boot Campaign and Honor Flight.  Longhorns fans will dig our latest sponsorship announcement.  Finally, we touched upon a really great... read more

Going Green: Green Your Pet

Jul 24 2012
I’ve written before about my rescue dogs, Polly and Samuel Adams—great dogs that really brighten up my day and my life!  I’m always looking for ideas and tips to help make sure they stay healthy and happy well into senior-hood.  I stumbled across these great ideas to help your pet go Green from http://www.treehugger.com/, and thought you might enjoy them too.   Adopt... read more

On The Fly: An Inflight Surprise

Jul 12 2012
Traveling and enjoying live music are often cited as great passion points for our society.  Pair them up to create a live concert in the sky, and you’ve got quite a story…one that’s told on TLC’s season finale of On the Fly, tonight at 9/8c!   As the official airline of Live in the Vineyard, Southwest partners with various artists to provide the ultimate in-air entertainment... read more

Viva Los Cabos

Jun 05 2012
This past Sunday, June 3, AirTran began service to Los Cabos International Airport (SJD, serving San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas) from Orange County (SNA)! The first flight to SJD arrived promptly at 3:30 p.m. and was greeted with a water cannon salute.  All the Customers onboard the inaugural flight were given AirTran t-shirts and swag, and a few lucky winners received excursion... read more

Behind the Scenes of "On The Fly" - Week Three, Joey's Journey

Jun 08 2012
Last November, our Social Media Team noticed a post on our Facebook page from Joey the Two-Legged Chihuahua" that said, "Hey Southwest, I was rescued from euthanasia and I am going to Denver in December to get a new life and a mobility device from Ortho Pets. I need all the help I can get."  This post, plus the picture below, got our immediate attention. Joey is a 9-month-old Chihuahua... read more

Welcome to My Life, Tattoo

Jun 04 2012
I have only been with Southwest Airlines for a few days now, but it is easy to see how much the Employees working here LUV this Company.  But is LUV for your Company enough to get a tattoo commemorating it? Jeff Frazier is an Aircraft Maintenance Technician who has been with Southwest for 11 years.  His tattoo story dates all the way back to his orientation, when he saw the now-retired... read more

Behind the Scenes of "On The Fly" - Week Two

Jun 01 2012
I know what it's like to not be able to get to something as important as a funeral. In last night's On The Fly episode where I was featured, Sandy was so heartbroken; I had done everything I could at that time.  The weather in control, Sandy had decided to go back home. It wasn't until two hours later that I came across a seat that had opened up on a Buffalo flight.  It surprised even... read more