For years, Southwest has bragged about its simple, low price for all onboard alcoholic beverages: "$5 happy hour, every hour." In fact, Southwest has held to that $5 drink price since 2009.
On March 1, Southwest's drink prices got a bit more complicated, and a bit more expensive:
The good news is that Southwest's drink prices are still $1 or so below most other airlines'.
In other good news, the new pricing won't affect Southwest's popular drink coupons, doled out to members of the airline's Rapid Rewards program and to Business Select passengers.
A modest price rise after all this time is no cause for concern. But combined with Southwest's recent
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