A couple got married on a Southwest Airlines flight a few days ago.
Why a couple got married on a Southwest Airlines flight
Pam and Jeremy joked that they should get married in Las Vegas on April 19, 2022, according to the story. They booked a flight for Sunday, April 24, 2022, on a competing airline after realizing that the other wasn't joking.
After flying from Oklahoma City to Dallas, the couple found out that their connection had been canceled and they were going to Las Vegas. Things got better from there.
Another passenger on the canceled Dallas to Las Vegas flight overheard Pam and Jeremy discuss how they could still get to Las Vegas in time for their wedding
Chris happened to be an ordained minister, and offered to marry the couple
The three went online, and booked the last three seats to Las Vegas on a Southwest Airlines flight
They then hurried across town to Dallas Love Field
During boarding, the captain noticed Pam’s wedding dress and asked her about it (yep, the couple were traveling in full wedding attire, just for the fun of it, allegedly)
Pam joked to the pilot that they should just get married on the plane, and the captain allegedly said “let’s do it”
So the crew sprung into action, using toilet paper and streamers as decorations
A flight attendant stood in as Pam’s Maid of Honor, a professional photographer happened to be on the flight, and pulled out her camera for official wedding photos, and another passenger passed around an old notebook for fellow passengers to sign with well wishes
Southwest Airlines shared some pictures of the inflight wedding.
This isn't the first time we've heard of someone getting married inflight. A Southwest Airlines pilot got married inflight a year ago. This latest story is different because it wasn't planned this way, but rather was an on-the-spot decision.
A lot of things had to happen for this to happen.
Their flight from Dallas to Las Vegas was canceled, causing them to miss their wedding appointment
An ordained minister happened to overhear their situation
The couple happened to be traveling in their wedding attire
There happened to be exactly three seats left on a Southwest flight to Las Vegas, and the minister happened to be onboard with booking that as well
The crew happened to suggest that the couple should get married on that flight
There happened to be a professional photographer on the Southwest flight
I will take all of this at face value, but suffice it to say that a lot of stars had to align for this to happen.
Bottom line
A couple got married on a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Las Vegas. A spur of the moment decision to travel to Las Vegas to get married was one of the factors that made this a reality.
All the best to the newlyweds!
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