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There are a surprising number of frequent Southwest flyers who are quite perturbed with the end of open seating.

Posted by ty97 Aug 1 '24, 06:55

Not all of them, but more than I expected.

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As a solo traveler whose carry on fits under the seat I preferred to wait to board at the end. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 07:51
It worked surprisingly well and I think everyone assumes that the net effect will be smaller leg room or having to pay for more. So it's like any - pmb Aug 1, 07:07 7
- Southwest is definitely doing it to try to make more money, so those concerns make sense. However, I'm hearing it also didn't work so well anymore.... - ty97 Aug 1, 07:34 3
  - I have heard that and maybe saw it once, but generally I just paid for the early bird check in and never had an issue (it's only $20). -- nm - pmb Aug 1, 07:46 2
    - I guess I wonder how that is different than just paying $20 for a seat in advance, ya know? -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 07:50 1
      - It won't just be that. It will now also require an extra legroom seat. It will be more than $20 and fewer extra legroom seats available. - pmb Aug 1, 07:58
- this is how I look at it. I was a huge fan. Now, no reason to fly them at all -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 07:16 2
  - Bags fly free! -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 07:35
  - I liked them too. I think a big thing was not feeling nickel and dimed. Every little thing costs on the major airlines, better seats, checked bags, - pmb Aug 1, 07:31
eh, i rarely flew them but it wasn't markedly different than the assigned seating process on other airlines. unless you pay extra in either system - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 07:04
It’s a main selling point for Southwest for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 07:02 2
- This is interesting to me, because it's a main reason I avoid Southwest. -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 07:35 1
  - (also their network out of New York City isn't great so they aren't very competitive here) - ty97 Aug 1, 07:41
So are people going to other airlines then? That have the same thing? -- nm - budice Aug 1, 07:01
there's 2 of us in this house. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 1, 06:59

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There are a surprising number of frequent Southwest flyers who are quite perturbed with the end of open seating.

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