Attention Southwest People

[WEDWDW]

Are you paying for a better seat or are you taking the LONG walk?lol

 

[C&Jx2]

I had enough points with my SW CC to book and choose seats on our flights between NY and CA. I probably wouldn't pay cash money though.

 

[lorimt]

DH flies this weekend. Didn’t choose seats originally but the second flight went down in price so I rebooked to choose a seat on the way home but he gets what he gets on the way there.

 

[BrianL]

Personally, I will miss the old boarding style.

 

[georgina]

I preferred the old way also. I have some non-expiring travel credits, and some points that I will use up, then I will focus on JetBlue and American as I have recently gotten credit cards with them and have points and free checked bags with those.

Are you paying for a better seat or are you taking the LONG walk?lol

There is an active, dedicated SW thread on the transportation board.

 

[AZMermaid]

Flying to Long Beach for the DL half on Saturday and I didn’t choose a seat. But I’m flying to San Jose with my daughter for a dance comp in March. I did pay to get a seat there. But really, I’m paying for the ability for same day standby. If you do basic, you have to pay for a full new ticket if you are early enough for the earlier flight. Learned that the hard way! So the seat comes with the flexibility that I sometimes want.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Their various changes have abandoned all the advantages that used to make them better than the competition: no more free bags, no more open seating, and no more jokes. I'm looking to other airlines now.

 

[Christine]

Yeah my husband just booked a flight with them from DC to Sacramento but he booked a seat. We haven't flown SW in awhile as they don't generally work for us; however, they seem just like United know if you buy Basic Economy. No seat when booking although it gets assigned 24 hours before boarding (but you can't even bring a carry on). So SW seems a tad better than that.

I was reading the other day someone reported that with the assigned seats, he finally experienced a flight that wasn't overrun with pre-boards. Sounds like the pre-board stuff got way out of control.

 

[BrianL]

Their various changes have abandoned all the advantages that used to make them better than the competition: no more free bags, no more open seating, and no more jokes. I'm looking to other airlines now.

Everything that made them different is gone or going away. It's sad really.