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Jul 25, 2024
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Conan
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That was us.
Our family was allowed to board early because we have a four year-old, even though we were in the C group. Kids FTW!
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Southwest is ditching the open seating model and will offer premium seats
Skeptical Optimist
Political Junky
Jul 25, 6:24am
People want assigned seats? Who could have guessed?
HarlemCoug
Jul 25, 6:27am
I didn't actually hate open seating like I think most do. It was advantageous
SWKTNative
Jul 25, 6:29am
Who are these people getting confused by open seating? I've never ever seen it. I fly SWA almost exclusively. I always
supertux
Jul 25, 6:30am
Those that don't check in on-time, because they don't realize it affects their
SWKTNative
Jul 25, 6:31am
Weird. I've hardly ever see it. I get that there are people who don't like it and don't want to have to check-in at a
supertux
Jul 25, 6:35am
Yep. I agree, but have definitely seen confusion from people. I've only been
SWKTNative
Jul 25, 6:38am
I don't keep their card. I just get it for the signup bonus and cancel it before the first year is up to avoid the fee.
supertux
Jul 25, 7:27am
My wife isn’t happy about the change
El Careeb
Jul 25, 6:49am
What I hated was that it seemed you could never get a good seat
Gustav
Jul 25, 6:36am
Last month I checked in right at 24 hours and got a C 24-28 group boarding. The
blackandblue
Jul 25, 6:38am
Which means so many people pay extra that it doesn't guarantee anything now
Gustav
Jul 25, 6:39am
And paying extra for only the chance of a better seat is dumb.
Skeptical Optimist
Jul 25, 6:41am
All depends on connecting flights and the airport. If your airport and flight
SWKTNative
Jul 25, 6:42am
Or when you get B1 which seems fine and then 400 families board between A and B
TCuz
Jul 25, 6:45am
That was us.
Conan
Jul 25, 6:53am
Enjoy the slow walk to the back of the plane now.
TCuz
Jul 25, 6:54am
They're keeping preboarding for families. Sorry!
Conan
Jul 25, 7:19am
To their assigned seats, instead of jumping the line. Have fun.
TCuz
Jul 25, 7:22am
I'm happy to preboard to any seat, assigned or open. Hope there's room left in the overhead bin for you. Good luck!
Conan
Jul 25, 7:34am
Good - I detest having to check in 24 hours to the minute to TRY to get a decent
BYUfan92
Jul 25, 6:53am
What will they do with all the excess wheelchairs at the gate?
Tare
Jul 25, 7:08am
Now people will just complain about the cost of choosing a seat.
Mayor of Cougartown
Jul 25, 7:11am
Probably, but paying to choose a seat is way better than paying to get the chance
Skeptical Optimist
Jul 25, 7:13am
next thing I bet goes away is the 2 checked bags for free. Careful what you wis
Mayor of Cougartown
Jul 25, 7:16am
Sad
JuicyJam
Jul 25, 7:27am
I loved open seating, sorry to see it go. Of course I haven’t been lower than
TeeKaa
Jul 25, 7:32am
That is a big shift, a major part of their strategy for such a long time.
gww687
Jul 25, 8:36am
Same, except if Frontier is the lowest price. I tend to pay more to avoid them.
Boring
Jul 25, 8:52am
Fair point, I will not look at Frontier
gww687
Jul 25, 3:38pm
For me it’s the free bags. I hate having to pack light or shove into as few of suitcases as possible
touchdownbyu
Jul 25, 9:21am
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