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July 29, 2024
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Southwest Airlines Announces the End of Its Signature Seating Policy


Frequent flyers critical of Southwest Airlinesโ€™s seating policies may be in for a bit of a pleasant surprise this week.

Many who opt to fly with Southwest do so despite the companyโ€™s open seating policy but, according to the airline, open seating may soon be a thing of the past.

On Thursday, Southwest Airlines announced it would be introducing assigned seating according to CBS News.

The reason for the change?

Apparently, the airline claims 80 percent of customers and 86 percent of potential customers prefer assigned seating to the airlineโ€™s previous open seating policy.

Those willing to spend more on their seating will also be given luxury options.

The airlineโ€™s new โ€œpremiumโ€ seating gives flyers the chance to snag a seat with additional leg room.

Aviation expert Henry Harteveldt told CBS News that the moves would improve the customer experience.

According to Harteveldt, the move will make flights โ€œmore orderly and comfortableโ€ and will โ€œimprove the airlineโ€™s bottom line as well.โ€

Southwest will also start selling tickets for late-night โ€œredeyeโ€ flights.

Southwest Airlines customers responded to the move on social media platform X shortly after the Thursday announcement.

โ€œi fly southwest because of the open seating policy โ€” this is so dumb!!! we like to get on and off FASTโ€ฆ please donโ€™t optimize for revenue, optimize for speed!โ€ one wrote.

โ€œThis is the best Southwest Airlines change in history. I might actually fly with them now if price still makes sense comparatively. Why continue to let people getting priority seating cause one of the six people in their party has a broken leg when people would gladly pay for those bulkhead or exit row seats,โ€ another wrote.

โ€œlast place I want open seating is on a plane. when you want order and efficiency in a process itโ€™s better to treat it like a kindergarten class and show ppl their spot on the carpet,โ€ another posted.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

The post Southwest Airlines Announces the End of Its Signature Seating Policy appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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