Consider Basic Economy for budget travel with carry-on only, but check restrictions carefully.
Main Cabin Extra offers early boarding and complimentary drinks, ideal for short flights.

| Low season | February |
|---|---|
| High season | May |
| Cheapest flight | $101 |
Direct departures
Washington, D.C. Reagan-National to Columbus
Monday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Tuesday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Wednesday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Thursday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Friday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Saturday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Sunday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Direct returns
Columbus to Washington, D.C. Reagan-National
Monday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Tuesday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Wednesday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Thursday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Friday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Saturday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Sunday
American Airlines, Southwest
American Airlines, Southwest
Airline travel is always too cramped to really be pleasant, but the cabin crew on this flight did a pretty good job of making up for it by putting on some music during boarding and sprinkling a few funny remarks into the safety briefing and announcements, and just generally being friendly and helpful. It definitely reminded me of why I prefer the in-flight experience on Southwest!
Airline travel is always too cramped to really be pleasant, but the cabin crew on this flight did a pretty good job of making up for it by putting on some music during boarding and sprinkling a few funny remarks into the safety briefing and announcements, and just generally being friendly and helpful. It definitely reminded me of why I prefer the in-flight experience on Southwest!
No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.
San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.
It was rough. The staff was unprofessional, the choice of on board drinks terrible, it was cramped in space at every airport, they always ran out of overhead bin space so they pressured people to check bags for free or we couldn’t leave on the plane— so I did check my bag to help, and they nearly lost my bag. My bag did not arrive on the luggage belt, another man on my flight and I had to waste our time going to the baggage office to search for our bags. I would only fly southwest again if it was my last choice. Also, my flights were consistently delayed over and over again— at one point they straight up told us we were waiting for the pilot to arrive.
Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight
Had to get off plane from prior flight even though I had to reboard same plane to continue to my final destination.
Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.
Plane crashed into a bus or some other vehicle on the ground while pulling out of the gate. No injuries, but wing tip was damaged and returned to gate for “maintenance issues” and we departed 5 hours later because the plane went out of service and new plane was flown in from a nearby airport, Midway.
Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.
Full cans of soda would be nice. A choice between two snacks would be appreciated.
We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.
we landed at cmh ten minutes early but had to sit on tarmac for twenty minutes because a plane was at our gate despite the fact that 3 other gates were open.
Flight delay was communicated before leaving for airport which caused it to be a non-event. Great flight and crew!
The flight attendant, a black woman with curly hair who sat near Row 21, was wonderful and kind.
It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.
We fly American Airlines quite a bit. And we always fly business class when traveling internationally. We were a bit disappointed with the comfort of this particular plane as well as the entertainment options.
The AA staff person who checked our bags was curt and almost rude. The FA also seemed unhappy doing her job. Overall it was like riding the school bus back in grade school.
Sat on the ground in Cincinnati for 50 minutes before deplaning
Flight was delayed and after being in the airport for like seven hours, it was canceled.
They are still charging me after taking 466 and 833 for round trip from AR to to Bradley airport from 19 to 21. Then poor experience. Am hurt and I will say it on social media. Please stay away from this airline. I see in my bank account they are still taking 644. Am trying to stop it. I used to fly United airlines and I suggest that if you don't want extra charges and good service you go back there. American airlines delayed my flight again and I was late for my meeting, no recompensation but charging me over and over.