Southwest Airlines Sues Company That Gets You Boarding Passes

Jun 7th, 2006 | By Jared Blank

I have no idea how I have not heard of boardfirst.com until now. For $5 they will check you in for your Southwest Airlines flight and ensure that you get a coveted "A" boarding pass, which allows you to board first. This is absolutely brilliant. So brilliant that Southwest is suing boardfirst.com and a few similar sites. Bummer.

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bad job June 7th, 2006 10:23 am :
You’re slipping.

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