You may not like the meager in-flight sandwich . But Southwest have raised their game by throwing two passengers an impromptu wedding shower . Andy McIlvaine , 33 , was lugging three bottles of champagne onto a flight from Baltimore to Maine in October to propose to his 30-year-old girlfriend Kelley Mulfinger when he got talking to a group of SouthWest employees . Touched by his story , they gave him a $ 100 voucher as a gift . Heartwarming : Southwest Airlines threw a surprise wedding shower for a long-distance couple at Baltimore Washington International airport . Kelley Mulsinger was greeted with a party and several family members when she flew in to BWI from Texas to see her fiance . The party happened when fiance Andy McIlvaine sent a note to the Southwest CEO thanking his company for a $ 100 voucher during a trip to Maine to propose to his girlfriend . 'The next thing you know , I 'm talking to these five Southwest employees , ' McIlvaine told the Baltimore Sun . ' I thought he was going to give me a drink ticket . He said , `` Have fun , good luck and go get your girl . Here at Southwest we ’ re all about love . '' ' After McIlvaine wrote to the firm 's CEO Gary Kelly thanking the company , they threw in another pre-wedding treat : a wedding shower at Baltimore-Washington International Airport . Flying in the bride-to-be , her mother , and her sister , Southwest gathered more than 100 passengers , crew members and staff from other airlines with 500 roses , champagne and signs on Wednesday . Speaking to the Sun , Baltimore-based McIlvaine and Mulfinger , a physician assistant at the University of Texas , said the party was apt as they spent a lot of time flying to see one another . ' I was pretty touched by the gesture , ' McIlvaine told WBALTV . The airline 's latest ad campaign is wedding themed , with discounted flight for 'the wedding season ' . McIlvaine lives in Baltimore while his fiancee Mulfinger is a physician assistant at the University of Texas .
Andy McIlvaine , 33 , got talking to Southwest staff during his flight to propose to his girlfriend in Maine last October . Touched by his story , they gave him a $ 100 voucher as a gift . After he wrote to thank the CEO , the company threw the couple a shower at BWI Airport in Baltimore on April 1 . Baltimore-based McIlvaine and Dallas-based Kelley Mulsingeron spend much of their relationship flying to visit one another .