has anyone booked with SW with the assigned seats

[Dznypal]

our trip falls were well be going under the old system open seating yet

coming home under the new assinged seat new system
just wondering how it went
was it easy to see what seats and the amount for the different seats
please any advice or details

prices seems crazy for jan

 

[focusondisney]

Did you look at the last page or 2 of the pinned Southwest thread?

https://www.disboards.com/threads/post-all-sw-questions-concerns-etc-here.2500174/unread

 

[buzzgirls&dad]

our trip falls were well be going under the old system open seating yet

coming home under the new assinged seat new system
just wondering how it went
was it easy to see what seats and the amount for the different seats
please any advice or details

prices seems crazy for jan

We booked yesterday. It was still very easy to book overall. There is just the added step of picking your seat after you enter your travel party. The seats are divided by color and there is a key so you know which seat to pick based off what level of ticket you want to purchase. That's it. And yes the prices were very high!

 

[Simba's Mom]

Yes, I booked yesterday also. And as the PP said, the prices were very high. Like you. I'm going to WDW under the old system of open seating and coming back under the new, assigned seating system. My return flight is costing me about twice as much as going did.
At least for me there's a "silver lining". I was originally going on what is the first day of assigned seating, but the more I thought about it-I decided to book my "going to WDW" flight a day early, and one of the few rooms available was a lake view at VGF. So I guess I just have to stay there and watch the EWP (my corny little favorite). And I'm sure I'm saving money by flying a day earlier.

 

[sponica]

Yes, I booked yesterday also. And as the PP said, the prices were very high. Like you. I'm going to WDW under the old system of open seating and coming back under the new, assigned seating system. My return flight is costing me about twice as much as going did.
At least for me there's a "silver lining". I was originally going on what is the first day of assigned seating, but the more I thought about it-I decided to book my "going to WDW" flight a day early, and one of the few rooms available was a lake view at VGF. So I guess I just have to stay there and watch the EWP (my corny little favorite). And I'm sure I'm saving money by flying a day earlier.

I'm really trying to figure out what the advantage is of SW with baggage fees and assigned seating....the all in one fare with open seating was usually cheaper than a fare

Hit post toon soon! I priced out our February break and wowsa it's almost twice what we paid in 2024. It's not apples to apples because the two cheapest fare buckets are sold out and we were usually able to get a Wanna getaway fare, but still

 

[thanxfornoticin]

I'm really trying to figure out what the advantage is of SW with baggage fees and assigned seating....the all in one fare with open seating was usually cheaper than a fare

Hit post toon soon! I priced out our February break and wowsa it's almost twice what we paid in 2024. It's not apples to apples because the two cheapest fare buckets are sold out and we were usually able to get a Wanna getaway fare, but still

Even the cheapest fares are not what they used to be - was surprised by how expensive booking was a couple days ago, especially considering the 2 free bags are gone. Overall the process wasn't terrible - similar to booking with other airlines. It's definitely slanted towards customers who own one of the SW credit cards. I'm on our SW CC, but my spouse is the owner. When I logged in as me, no mention of a free bag option unless I booked the top tier. When we logged in with the owner's account to look at booking, 1 free bag was displayed - and the fares were slightly less. Not significantly, but less. These businesses must make a lot of money from these credit cards!