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Southwest Airlines Gave Up Its Most-Loved Perk. Another Airline Just Said, ‘Hey, Thanks. We’ll Take That!’

Southwest Airlines Gave Up Its Most-Loved Perk. Another Airline Just Said, ‘Hey, Thanks. We’ll Take That!’

Can you throw a drowning competitor both ends of a rope?

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