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You are ridiculous. There are so many reasons travelers might not have options to get themselves home, not the least of which is cost. Last-minute flights cost a fortune. Rental cars are very expensive, especially for one-way travel if they are available at all. Do you really expect people to have been prepared to rent a car and drive home from Dallas simply because they chose to travel during the holidays?  That's a 20-hour drive that will take no less than two days if you are even able to drive 10 hours per day. Many people wouldn't even feel comfortable doing that drive. Southwest's cancellation of so many flights is unprecedented. [b]I can understand why people are hoping against hope that the airline can get them home.
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I could understand that if their flight was the 23rd and they were hoping to get rescheduled on the 24th, for example.  By the afternoon of the 25th I'd have been exploring other options.  People almost certainly weren't prepared, but after 36hrs and watching the news, I'd have stopped hoping against hope and instead started to explore other options.  SW has said they'll reimburse so anyone who has the means to front the money to rebook on another airline, rent a car, buy Amtrak tickets, or anything else should have started doing so.  [/quote]

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