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In response to "Krusty, Southwest has been open seating since they launched 50+ years ago." by ty97

That sounds like the makings of chaos and arguing and fighting. I'd avoid them because I'd be worried about getting stuck in a middle seat or

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 25 '24, 06:17

separated from whomever I'm traveling with.

That they stuck with it this long is quite surprising and I'm quite shocked by how many people seemed to like it.

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Interestingly, I see regular reports of fighting over assigned seats. Don't think I've ever seen a fight over seating on Southwest -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 25, 06:52 1
- agreed -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 07:08
everyone knows the system and are pretty chill about it. there's rarely no overhead space because of their check bag policy, which i hope they keep. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 06:49
They had Queues for each boarding group, so you get in line when you get to the airport, so not much chaos. - JaxSean Jul 25, 06:26
Apparently people really started gaming the system over the past several years based on youtube and tiktok 'influencer' videos. - ty97 Jul 25, 06:19 2
- They were cheaper if you checked a bag and didn't need to pay for an extra legroom seat on another airline. Once I got status on another airline and - pmb Jul 25, 07:08
- I'm surprised it took so long for issues to arise. If they're not cheaper I don't see the point. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:54

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