• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, October 17, 2014

If only every flight was this much fun. The New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas teamed up with Southwest Airlines to give passengers a flight to remember. Here's the skinny. The Wright Amendment, a federal law governing traffic at Dallas Love Field airport, expired this week, which now allows Southwest Airlines to offer direct flight segments from Dallas to Vegas, Orlando, and other cities where they couldn't before. "Spread The Luck" took place during Southwest's first nonstop flight from Dallas Love Field to Las Vegas. On Oct. 13, passengers hit the jackpot just by arriving at their assigned seats, for everyone received a gift bundle from New York-New York Hotel & Casino that contained T-shirts and comps to restaurants and shops on-property. Every gift they received came in pairs, so each passenger could share their luck with someone else. Pay it forward. It got better mid-flight, when an emcee emerged with a prize wheel, pulling seat numbers at random, giving passengers the chance to win additional prizes, like discounts at the hotel spa or free rides on the roller coaster. At the end of the flight, one passenger was given an envelope containing a letter good for a free weekend at New York-New York, two tickets to the hotel's Cirque show, "Zumanity," and a $100 food & beverage credit to use during her stay in Vegas. Watch the fun here, created by David&Goliath .