- Joined
- Nov 7, 2010
I wasn't on the flight (I was at home here in Canada) when suddenly messages began to appear from both the husband and the wife while I knew they were in flight! I had sent them a text saying I'd was following their flight on flight tracker so I was shocked when suddenly they both started to text me back. We were all on iPhones and Shawn said there was something on the screen about being able to message so he tried and it worked! i don't know details other than we were able to communicate while they were in flight both on the way down and on their flight home also. This is a new, free service offered by Southwest and actually was not formally announced until a few days after they found it by accident during their flight.How were they able to text unless they paid for WiFi? Southwest does offer free messaging using the iMessage or WhatsApp but both them and yourself must be using the same app.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...ssaging-texting-imessage-whatsapp/1410277002/