Can I trade Boarding positions on Southwest?

[jmkrat]

Leaving tomorrow I checked in and received our Boarding passes. We have pretty good numbers A22 - A32. But my daughter's friend is grouped last in our numbers. She hasn't flown before and it would be nice for her to be able to get on with my daughter. Can my DH and I trade our boarding numbers with her? Not sure how Southwest works that. She and my daughter are both 21 so age is not the reason. My DD got A29 and she got A32. I know we will not have a problem getting a seat, I think that they would like to Board together.

 

[deegack]

Have your daughter stand back with her and they can board together. You can't board before your number (with a few exceptions like family or medical needs boarding) but you can board any time after.

 

[jmkrat]

Thank you!

 

[tjmw2727]

Sorry misread OP - yes just have line up with the higher number.

 

[dudspizza]

Sounds like you are all in one group. They can stand together and board together.

My last SWA flight we had A 41, 42, 44, and 46. The singles at 43 and 45 let our two girls go in front of them since they had 44 and 46. No big deal. Now, we were going to board in the proper order, but those two nice people insisted we go on together...

Duds

 

[Thumper_Man]

Leaving tomorrow I checked in and received our Boarding passes. We have pretty good numbers A22 - A32. But my daughter's friend is grouped last in our numbers. She hasn't flown before and it would be nice for her to be able to get on with my daughter. Can my DH and I trade our boarding numbers with her? Not sure how Southwest works that. She and my daughter are both 21 so age is not the reason. My DD got A29 and she got A32. I know we will not have a problem getting a seat, I think that they would like to Board together.

Have your daughter stand back with her and they can board together. You can't board before your number (with a few exceptions like family or medical needs boarding) but you can board any time after.

This is what I would do as well. Since your DD got A29 and her friend A32, I would just tell her to let the 2 people behind her (who are holding A30 and A31) board first, then she can board with her friend.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Yes, you can switch boarding numbers. Southwest doesn't care.

 

[twinmommyks]

Yes, you can switch boarding numbers. Southwest doesn't care.

I just wanted to double-check on switching boarding passes. My dd11 got B26 with several family members staggered between her and me at B50. I would prefer to have one of the adults board first instead of dd11. Would it be okay for her and another member of our party to trade passes. I have read conflicting info where some say you can trade and others say you can't. It would be much easier if we could.

 

[goofy4tink]

I just wanted to double-check on switching boarding passes. My dd11 got B26 with several family members staggered between her and me at B50. I would prefer to have one of the adults board first instead of dd11. Would it be okay for her and another member of our party to trade passes. I have read conflicting info where some say you can trade and others say you can't. It would be much easier if we could.

There is no conflicting info. As long as you aren't moving people backwards it's okay. By this I mean....you aren't trying to move your B50 spot up to B43 to be next to dd. But, your sister can change with dd so that your dd will be closer to your ds and there will be two adults (sister and your dh) up front.

 

[twinmommyks]

There is no conflicting info. As long as you aren't moving people backwards it's okay. By this I mean....you aren't trying to move your B50 spot up to B43 to be next to dd. But, your sister can change with dd so that your dd will be closer to your ds and there will be two adults (sister and your dh) up front.

Thanks for clarifying that. We are not we are not trying to move up in line. I just want my dd11 to trade boarding pass with one of us adults so we enter the plane first. That way we have an adult at the front with children in the middle and an adult at the end. So we can trade passes within our group of 6 with no problem.

 

[nemofans]

When I check us in one time, my 2 yr old got A59 & we got B1,2,3. We didn't try to board in A, but all of us waited.
Your # are so close it doesn't matter. There will not be any issue of not being able to sit together. Just have your DD stand & board w/her friend.