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Re: Southwest Airlines Ticket Silliness
From: Adam Chesnutt <icetre () digitalfreezer net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:48:32 -0800
What Image? You just go to the kiosk and swipe a credit card, chosing the option 'Reprint boarding pass'. You have to of course have booked travel using the 'Business Select' option which is basically a fully refundable ticket with a few extra perks (one of which being you get double credit for that flight on their frequent flyer program, considering it only takes 8 round trip tickets in the first place you can see why I pick this ticket when flying for business travel) I really only tried it myself because I wanted to see if the flight attendants would stop me from using multiple coupons. I figured they'd let me get away with 2 because, they don't know, I might be using both coupons on a multi leg flight, but 4 is more than a little obvious something fishy is going on. Of course I tried to tip her handsomely; but she told me she couldn't accept it unless I was paying cash. ? Odd... Anyways, I thought it was a rather interesting oversight in policy and a neat security hole. :) I attempted to call the 800 number to report the issue, but they didn't have a clue what to do about it or who to talk to, so I figured I'd post it here. T Biehn wrote:
thats awesome dude, could you ahem forward me a copy of that image ahem On Jan 31, 2008 9:38 PM, Adam Chesnutt <icetre () digitalfreezer net> wrote:Not sure if anyone posted this before; But I figured this would interest you guys... Southwest Airlines has a class of ticket called 'Business Select'. This ticket typically allows you to board the plane first, and because SWA doesn't have assigned seating means you have your pick of the seats on the plane. But there is quite an additional benefit. You also get a free drink ticket. But they seem to have forgotten something in the implementation of this: Being your drink coupon is issued to you when you print your boarding pass. It's also printed whenever you *reprint* your boarding pass! So if you feel like getting drunk on your flight, just print seven or eight boarding passes, and you'll have a good flight. I tried this a couple of weeks ago on a flight from San Diego to Kansas City, and I had myself 4 free drinks no problem. Adam _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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