Southwest Airlines used to be a different kind of airline: free bags, grab whichever seat you like, use a coupon for a beer and then sit back and prepare to be entertained by the flight attendants’ comedic in-flight schtick. It also used to be cheaper, at least most of the time, and frequent flyers knew that Southwest always deplaned and boarded its planes faster and scooted more rapidly down the airport taxiways.


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