Southwest First U.S. Airline to Offer Gate To Get Messaging, and For A Fee, Of Course
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Suddenly, Southwest and other airlines to come have a new ancillary revenue source: fees for texting. Southwest is offering its new iMessage fee at an introductory price of $2 per device. Introductory fees tend to be replaced by higher fees at a later juncture.
Southwest became the first U.S. airline to enable passengers to text on their flights from gate to gate.
The initial implementation enables passengers to connect their iPhones to onboard Wi-Fi and
