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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Anna Good

Southwest Airlines airplane at LAX International Airport in Los Angeles, California. Text overlay reads, "Customers of size, what is your plan? I'm debating going to Frontier."

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“I’m switching airlines”: Plus-size passengers react as Southwest rolls out controversial new seating policy

Man in a gray t-shirt and and baseball cap standing in the aisle of a Southwest Airlines airplane. Panel on the right shows him in the middle of throwing a white plastic bag.

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“Divorce him NOW”: Southwest passenger accuses stranger of flirting with his wife, throws food as flyers heckle him

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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Lindsey Weedston

Left: Brunette woman in a wedding dress walking down the aisle of a Southwest Airlines airplane. Right: Man in an orange shirt holding hands with a brunette woman in a wedding dress, a flight attendant stands behind them.

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“Wedding hostage situation”: Southwest passengers forced to attend surprise mid-flight wedding at 30,000 feet

3 panel: Left: Southwest Boeing airplanes at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) in the United States. Middle: Delta flight attendant in a conflict with a Southwest gate agent. Right: April 20, 2023: Delta Air Lines, headquartered in Atlanta, operates over 5,000 flights daily in 54 countries. The company began in Macon, Georgia in 1924 as a crop duster.

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“You ain’t nothing”: Delta flight attendant berates Southwest staff in Atlanta—then gets roasted online

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“Terrible move”: Southwest Airlines’ free bags perk is mostly gone—and loyal customers are pissed

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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“Y’all don’t tell Southwest”: Woman says she’s never paid for a drink on a flight. But how?

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

2 Panel Image of Southwest plane and woman plugging chargers

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Southwest Airlines passengers will have to keep chargers visible on flights

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Screenshot of Tiktok user @mylilmad; Photo of a Southwest Airlines belt barrier at an airport.

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‘I was basically told … that I’m not special’: Blind Southwest Airlines customer gets promised she will be taken care of after flight cancelations. Then she lands

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‘For all the screw-ups that they do’: Man warns to use Southwest flight credits before this date after new policy change

Rebecca Leib

A tweet over Southwest airplanes on the airport runway. Text reads, "That was a nasty move for Southwest Airlines. They even could have dropped the free bag allowance down to 1 . But snatching both free checked bags is just greed."

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Culture

People are unhappy Southwest Airlines canceled their popular ‘two free bags’ policy: ‘This won’t last long’

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

3 panel image: on the left a person talks into their phone, in the middle 2 people stand in the center aisle of a completely empty airplane, and in the right the same 2 people sit in the cockpit of the plane.

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‘The announcements were the best part’: Two friends get a rare Southwest flight all to themselves

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‘I’d like something to be done about this immediately’: Passenger claims Southwest Airlines employee urinated on her guitar, mom’s ashes

passenger says baggage was missing. She can't believe the condition it was in when she found it

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‘You about to go on that $4,000 shopping spree’: Southwest Airlines passenger reveals airline completely destroyed her suitcase—and everything in it

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Woman shares how to get refund for delayed flight

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‘If your delay is over 3 hours for domestic flights’: Southwest Airlines passenger shares how to get refund for delayed flight

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‘I always travel with this blanket’: Woman issues warning after Southwest considered her blanket her carry-on item

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