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    3.1 (38 reviews)

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    Linda B.

    This used to be my favorite airline when our bags could fly free. Unfortunately, this is probably my last flight as it doesn't set them apart from anyone else so from now on it's whoever has the best schedules and prices. The check-in employees were having a problem getting me checked in for my flight although my traveling companion had no problem after about 25 minutes they were able to book cancel and rebook due to a storm in my connecting city of Nashville. I got routed to Austin, Texas, then St. Louis and a three hour flight turned into a 12 hour total travel. I did try calling the 800 number the night prior to reschedule and was told by the person actually in Nashville that there wasn't a problem. I guess they don't have the ability to assist or the thought process when a customer is calling based on a text received to reschedule?

    Suzanne L.

    Southwest Airlines is a great way to fly! From booking to checking and flight info - this airline is my favorite. The app is easy to use & the pre booking and no baggage fees are the best! I will be using SW for all my future flights and glad to have used them on my Holiday ventures. I highly recommend SW

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    Michael S.

    I flew Southwest airlines for my trip to Jacksonville FL and it was a great experience. The flight attendants and staff are always very professional and take care of the passengers. I especially like the fact that there are no baggage fees for flying Southwest airlines. Everyone always knocks Southwest airlines because of the delays, but I have not had much experience with the delays except for this time when we had a delay due to the pilot's seat being broken. Yes,delays occur on flights on occasion and you cannot control it, but Southwest does a great job informing passengers on updates for the flight. I have flown Southwest airlines for a long time and I have never had a bad experience on a flight, so that alone is a testament to how professional and excellent Southwest is as an airline. I will continue to fly Southwest because their airfares are very reasonable and the rewards program is excellent if you are a frequent flyer. Fly Southwest because it is worth the price and experience!

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    Leah A.

    I actually love Southwest Airlines and I have never had any issues at SW through JAX. I mean, come on...we have the easiest airport in the world. Seriously. It's one of the few airlines that I can fly non-stop direct to and from the West Coast for a pretty decent price. The Southwest crew has always accommodated any requests I've made such as more Lorna Doone Cookies (love) additional savory snacks and coffee in-flight. I do like my snacks while traveling. I have requested pillows and blankets for my flying comfort with longer flights and they were always brought to me in a very efficient and timely manner. I've been on a few bumpy rides on SW into and out of Jacksonville and although I may be cursing the pilot in my head at the moment, I can't really blame the airline for that. No one can control the weather and big air pockets in the sky. I also enjoy the fact that I never have to pay for my checked bag because the first one in free (up to 50 lbs., I believe) unlike many other carriers. It usually saves me about $25-30 because on a longer vacation, I do tend to overpack. I do appreciate that the Southwest Airlines flight crew tends to bring humor to the flying experience by keeping it light and fun during flight. I think it helps a lot of people that have serious anxiety from flying like my boyfriend. Poor guy.

    Romero H.

    This is my review for Southwest Airlines as well as the airline industry in general. I originally booked a vacation to Florida in late 2019. (Prior to knowing I'd actually be moving to Florida as well as prior to COVID) As we all know March of 2020 brought huge uncertainty to the economy as a whole with COVID giving a huge impact to how we do business. As we all know it was uncharted waters for everyone, which I'm very understanding. Southwest would NOT refund any of the money I spent to purchase flights. Southwest went the route of giving me credits for future flights and an extended time frame of up to three years to use the credits. At first glance this seems to be adequate though i feel it is not. The fact that COVID changed so many things for so many families, I feel as though Southwest should have offered the opportunity of requesting a full refund of money spent. Now coming full speed into this current trip on Southwest. I had these credits to use up so I figured, OK...I'll use some for a trip to Las Vegas. Upon searching for this flight I quickly realized my banked credits were only going to get me so far. So I ended up having to give Southwest $124 MORE of my money to cover my round trip cost including the use of all of my banked credits. Now to the average person you are already pissed because you spent over a thousand dollars for flights for a vacation that you had to cancel due to COVID. then you see an airline industry that was held afloat by our fellow tax paying citizens only to have to spend even more money to fly somewhere you want to go now that we are free to move about the country again. However, Southwest can cancel your flight due to weather at any given point and there is no recourse to you getting a full refund. A business practice I wholeheartedly disagree with. Upon booking this flight to Las Vegas my travel plans AGAIN were changed by Southwest with no warning, I had a flight from Jacksonville to Atlanta with a small layover then a flight straight to Las Vegas. It was changed to a 2.5hr flight from Jacksonville to St. Louis (no plane change) then a 39 minute flight from St. Louis to Chicago (no plane change) then a 4hr flight from Chicago to Las Vegas easily giving me a 9+ hr travel day. I was not presented with any choices or options for this change in schedule. Nor was I compensated for having to adjust my travel plans, car & hotel rental for this change either. There were also entire flight crew changes at every single stop which I found to be odd. Southwest has some of the best most professional crews in the industry so my flight experience was definitely par the course. However, my gripes are more so with their business practices and the lack of compassion they display for strong arming their customers once you've given them your hard earned money. I feel as though I paid a lot of money for a vacation I couldn't take (No fault of Southwest) only to be told NO to my refund request AND having to pay $124 MORE for a 9+ hour flight day that generally in the past has taken me around 6 or 7 hours to do. (Boy, do I miss those non stop flights from Baltimore,Maryland to Las Vegas, Nevada at this point) In the future I'm going to be VERY selective in how I choose my airline company prior to travel. I've used Southwest way more times than any other airline company to date. I know a better job can be done by this company and industry as a hold to better the experiences of your repeat customers. So my eyes are open and my loyalty to a company brand is subject to change at this point moving forward.

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    Ashton J.

    I work very hard to ONLY fly southwest! They are my favorite and I believe with my everything that SOUTHWEST IS THE BEST! From the beginning, booking tickets is cheaper and simple. Their planes are not anything flashy, but their employees(especially their flight attendance) are known for being very personable and often quite funny. I've never ever had a bad experience with southwest and I have flown with them dozens of times.

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    Your airline sucks. Just once I want a flight that's on time. Respect your customers time for a change.

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    Jacksonville International Airport - JAX - Rocking chairs (12.22.25)

    Jacksonville International Airport - JAX

    4.0(723 reviews)
    0.4 miNorthside

    I will say that having lived in multiple states and cities, I'm appreciative of being able to fly…read moreout of a smaller airport. Why? It's not as busy, you tend to get in and out of security relatively quickly, but the downfall is there aren't as many food/beverage options, and manytimes unless you're going to a larger city, you can't get a direct flight too many places. This particular time, I arrived pretty early for my flight. Luckily I already had my carry on and boarding pass, so I didn't have to go to ticketing or drop my luggage off. I had pre-check, so I went through that line. It was pretty quick, but noticed this particular time, the regular security line was quicker. Once I got through security, I headed to my gate. Jacksonville is doing some construction in their terminals, so the options are pretty slim. Hopefully that changes.

    The good: The people that work at Jacksonville airport have always been friendly and helpful…read moreacross the board. That applies everywhere. It's a fairly easy airport to navigate and typically get in and out of on any given day. There are solid restaurant and shop choices while you wait. The bad: There's less direct flights than you would find at other Florida airports like Orlando or Tampa. On a recent visit, we were going away for 5 days, and wanted to park in economy parking. We used the website, saw that it was only at 85% capacity, arrived very early, saw open spots in economy parking but all of the lots were shut down. We had to move to short term which is much more expensive and there's zero guidance as to where parking is available and the guidance given is wrong. This made for an en extremely stressful experience trying to make our flight. I can't imagine how tough it must have been for those flying out later that day.

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    Allegiant Air

    1.7(22 reviews)
    0.2 miNorthside

    Middle of the road~ long lines for checking in your bag- moving slowly. The staff at the counters…read morewere in short supply of smiles that day. Once I made it to the counter it was a painless process of showing my id and weighing my bag- I was moving on within minutes. Once at the gate our boarding was delayed for reasons unknown. I didn't sit in my seat until our scheduled take off time- even though everything kept saying "on time"~ that being said- the pilot got us on the ground just 10 minutes past our scheduled time- not bad! I did like our flight attendant Cory- he was friendly and patient~ all of the attendants seemed very nice and didn't fluster at the customers who were slow to follow directions. My patience was up with the guy in my aisle while Cory did an excellent job keeping his nice smile on~ put the phone down and pay attention! lol This airline can be extremely cheap to fly- but can also nickle and dime you for everything- carry on bags, checked bags (weight limit is 40lbs- not the standard 50!!!), printing tickets at the airport, seat selection, snacks in flight~ you name it- you'll pay for it! BUT~ if you hit it right, you can fly for half the price of other airlines! Read the guidelines- install the app on your phone for easier ticketing and be patient! You'll do just fine flying Allegiant.

    I flew this on recommendation of a family member and I normally don't fly this airline. The flight…read morefrom our home airport was fine, the only thing I could gripe about for that flight was that all in flight refreshments required you to pay, even for water. When we arrived early for our return flight we waited at an empty baggage check counter for 30 minutes for staff to arrive, then when we were called up we were told we had to wait another hour because we were not allowed to check our bag until it was on their appropriate time not ours. Front desk staff were extremely rude when explaining this too. Next time I'll spend the $100 I saved and fly Southwest or Delta

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    Amtrak

    3.3(45 reviews)
    9.0 miNorthside

    Terrible decision taking the Amtrak. There's no direct flights to Tampa from Jax but there is…read moreAmtrak. It was scheduled to leave at 7am and didn't arrive until 9:45am and left at 10am. I wasn't even notified the delay until I got there. I didn't get into Tampa until 3:30pm when it was rush hour traffic. The building was filthy. Bathrooms were not the dirtiest but not clean either. It was manageable. The bathrooms on the train was disgusting though. The only reason I gave this place 2 stars instead of 1 is because of the prices. It only cost me $19 to get a coach seat. Also beware: wifi didn't work at all on the ride.

    There were four of us on this journey and it was unpleasant. We had three sleeper rooms…read more First issue was the train was a double decker and zero handicap features. My mom was confined to her room for two days becasue she could not get upstairs to the dining car. She could not get ustairs to the observation car. She had to sit in her room the entire time. Meals were the next issue. We were supposed to have three course meals. I never got one. The first meal I was not in the mood for chicken. There was no steak. I can't eat red sauce and I do not like fish so there was only the chicken. I asked for a hot dog off the kids menu. They had no kids menu items which was nuts because there were a bunch of children on board. So I ended up going to the snack car and paid 9 dollars for a microwaved burger. The next mornign there were no quesadillas which of course is what I wanted. Then it started going downhill. Lunch was pizza no choice. Pepperoni or cheese pizza no other choices even though we wre supposed to have a full menu. Again not being able to eat tomato sauces I was back at the snack bar paying for microwaved food when meals were supposed to be included. Dinner was the same situation beef stew or nothing. No choices again. So the food was lousy, the accessibility for anyone with a mobility issue was nonexistent.

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    JetBlue

    2.3(53 reviews)
    0.1 miNorthside

    First time JetBlue flyer! Took a short, non-stop flight from JAX to FLL and although my departure…read moreflight was delayed 30 minutes from boarding, I had a great experience. Never have I ever been on a flight that was delayed where the pilot came out and spoke in detail about the reason for the delay, what was done by the maintenance team, and what will happen next. Not only that but he detailed his years of flight experience, including maintenance experience, and time in the AirForce to express his confidence in flying the aircraft based on the results of the maintenance teams work. Lastly, Capt Mark Mitchell (Flight 17) spoke on the importance of us getting to our friends family and shared that to JetBlue all passengers are family. This was such a kind gesture. Once we were ready to take off, we had a longer delay waiting for FAA clearance. At this point, I would have arrived sooner if I had driven but it is what it is. For such a short flight, an economy ticket was sufficient. Surprisingly the seats were comfortable and spacious!! I'm 5'0" on a good day but these seat would be comfortable for a much taller person to stretch out their legs. The flight attendants were friendly and the cabin was clean and new. My return flight could easily cause this review to go from a 5 to a 2... the crew is not the issue. The planes are the issue!! We departed from the gate for an on time departure. We taxied down the runway then the Captain comes on board and says "we must return to the gate because the computers stopped working so maintenance needs to take a look at the issue." The flight was delayed an hour. We arrived in Jax safe and sound. I did witness flight attendants personally go to passengers with certain flights and layovers that may be impacted by the delay or the weather to provide options. Many decided to deplane for later flights. Again, this shows that JetBlue does care about their passengers.

    After flying jet blue for 10 years this was my final straw with their lack of care after delaying…read moremy first flight for 3 hours , diverting my flight 3 hours away from my destination only to leave all passengers stranded either no accommodation! Not a care in the world for any of us .. they didn't offer food , water or try to get us out after 7 hours ! After midnight the pilot used excuses and told us we are stuck and will have to see when s flight leaves the following day.... Well after 22 hours and no updates , we jumped on a greyhound after booking a hotel on our own expense to get home ! JetBlue ticketing , customer service agents and flight crew all deserve to be fired and passengers reimbursed !

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