Heh. They changed it to 24 hours before so now you don't have to stay up 'til midnight.
Okay...boarding could be better, but when things go wrong, the Southwest people are great at getting them right again. They've held up flights just so people could make their connections.
I guess my recent SW flight was tainted by the fact I had to share it with two of my uber-chief-muckety mucks:
"Hey, 'Lil. Fancy seeing you here."
"'Morning Dr. Muckety, Mr. Muck."
"What brings you out here?"
"Work."
"You should have stopped by and say Hi, you could have come to the holiday party."
"Uh, we were uprange... working... in the dirt."
"Yeah, we got caught in that detour, too. We had to drive on a dirt road."
"Wow. How about that. We were *in* the dirt up at such and such."
"Never been there."
"You need an SUV."
"I don't go anywhere where I can't take my CoolCar."
"Then I guess you're not coming to any of our tests, then. *grin*"
"That's why I have employees."
"Mmmkay."