Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Assigned Seats on Southwest Airlines
View Single Post
 
Old 07-27-2024, 08:41 AM
tophcfa's Avatar
tophcfa tophcfa is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Wherever I happen to be.
Posts: 7,670
Thanks: 3,591
Thanked 11,205 Times in 3,555 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by judebarsto View Post
I love SW and the open seating. Because we fly to and from Orlando, we almost always could get an exit row seat, even if we were group B, because there were so many kids on the flight who aren’t allowed in those rows. I’ll miss that - now it’s just like any other airline except for 2 free bags. If they get rid of that, I’m gone!
The whole kid thing on flights to/from the mouse house is the only thing I liked about the Southwest seating policy. An early group B boarding number was the best, better than boarding in group A. Between groups A and B all the families with kids boarded, so with an early group B number you could still find a decent seat, away from a bunch of seat kicking and screaming kids. With assigned seats, you have no control over the kid factor. I wish picking airline seats didn’t just show if seats are open or already selected, but also indicated both the age and weight of the occupants.