At 07:52 PM 12/15/2003 +0000, you wrote: >- no hubs - you can fly from a to b without going out of your way through >a hub I don't know about that. A quick check today on their web site shows an awful lot of their flights are not non-stop. And that is not just those starting at Love Field. Southwest have as an example 14 flights a day between MDW and LAX. Only 3 were non-stop. The others going through LAS or PHX. While American have according to Expedia at least 11 non-stop everyday from ORD to LAX. Here's another example. Southwest have as an example 12 flights a day between LAX and STL. None were non-stop. They all went through either PHX, MCI or ABQ. The average trip time was about 6.5 hours. While American, again according to Expedia have at least 10 non-stops everyday from LAX to STL with an average flight time of 3.5 hours. The above examples are admittedly on longer flights, but this " hubless " system that Southwest claim to have is a myth as far as I'm concerned.