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How To Figure Out If Your Southwest Flight Has WiFi

Before we launch into the heart of this post, we'd like to say that we are thankful again for the hardships our ancestors went through so that we could enjoy the pleasure of flying 35,000 feet in the air while drinking wine, eating Pringles and watching movies on seatback TVs.

With the introduction of in-flight WiFi we've tried not to be too impatient with the airlines as they work to implement their fleet-wide WiFi plans simply because it's not a necessity but a convenience. We're just happy that flying across the country can be done in six hours or less and not a year in a wagon wheel a la the pioneer families.

But we'd really like an easier way for us to learn which Southwest Airlines flights will be equipped with WiFi. Unfortunately, right now the only is to follow the Twitter feed where they regularly announce the flight #s with WiFi (there are only four planes equipped with WiFi.) That, and spotting the "Wi-Fi Hot Spot" on their planes as you are boarding.

But it would be great if we could know as we are booking which planes will have the Row 44 WiFi service yet Southwest says that because of the way their aircrafts are routed, advance notice is not possible. Of course, once the airline gets fleet-wide WiFi, stalking you're flight number won't be necessary. So we'll just sit here...wishin' and hopin' and prayin'.

Keep reading for tomorrow's Southwest WiFi equipped flights and their arriving and departing cities.