Fly Southwest: PVD to Fresno, California

If you're a seasoned traveler, you definitely understand the role of a good airline in the Ringmaster's Circus that is air travel. With that in mind, buckaroos, pack your bags, and get ready to embark on a journey with the airline that's been crowned "Champion of the Skies" (in my humble and totally unbiased opinion): Southwest. As their flights gracefully take to the air with the grace and elegance of ballerinas, albeit ballerinas made of 400,000 pounds of steel and jet fuel, we'll be taking a trip from the quaint city of Providence, off to the lands of raisins and wine, Fresno.

Into the world of airfare we dive, folks! If you're familiar with Southwest, you know their prices are more enticing than a clearance sale at a cowboy boot store. But book your cheap flights now, and you can trade in that proverbial two-step for a full-blown tango! Sure, there are other airlines boasting dazzling deals, but can they truly say they ooze the charisma of one wearing a rhinestone-studded ten-gallon hat? Methinks not!

Whatever your travel cup of tea happens to be - direct flights, the hide-and-seek excitement of connecting flights, or the thrill of a one-way ticket into oblivion, Southwest has got you covered like a bicycle with training wheels. If you're aiming for a minimal layover time in your round-trip journey, well then, peek no further! Southwest chuckles merrily at the face of lengthy layover times. Your flight duration will be as close to the speed of light as current avionic laws will allow.

Business class seats? Economy class? First-class? Well, Southwest does away with these divisions, dispensing egalitarianism among its passengers like a fair maiden distributing petals at a medieval wedding. Huzzah for democracy at 35,000 feet!

So, you've got baggage. Doesn't everyone? But unlike most relationships, Southwest embraces it! With a generous baggage allowance policy, now you can go ahead and pack that extra pair of ruby slippers or the cowboy boots, just in case you come across a spontaneous hoedown mid-trip. Just pack thoughtfully and within reason, lest your luggage bully other bags in the overhead compartment.

Are you a frequent flyer? Then welcome, ye knights and dames of the Mileage Program! The more you fly, the more you save! It's like the airline version of a buy-one-get-one-free deal at the hotdog stand. Except instead of sausages, you get points. And instead of indigestion, you get discounts and free flights!

There, my fine winged friends, is a glimpse into the magic carpet ride that is a Southwest flight from Providence to Fresno. With a fleet of steel stallions raring to fly, robust in-flight services, and a flight cancellation policy as accommodating as your grandmother at Thanksgiving, it truly takes the cake - or in this case, the inflight peanuts. Now, the best time to book is always "right now", well... barring it's not 2 am and you're not in a buzzed state of Chandelliers-the-song-marathon induced insomnia.

So, tighten your seat belts and get ready to choose open seating like it's a game of musical chairs. We hope to see you soon in the skies! Southwest comes with a promise: The skyscape is as breathtaking as a well-performed line-dance, and the arrival is as satisfying as finally learning the steps to that dance.