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[EACarlson]

I have a question about seating that I'm sure other airlines have addressed. I know that a person in a wheelchair cannot sit in the exit row. But suppose a person who'll need wheelchair assistance unknowingly books a seat in the exit row. How do flight attendants address the problem? Do they simply ask for someone in the equivalent style of seat (extended leg or preferred-I forget which) to trade? Do they randomly take someone from a non-exit row to switch? I know that currently it isn't a problem (I'm in a wheelchair, and once when I got on, I must have looked like I was headed for the exit row, and a flight attendant quickly appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, with a panicked look on her face to remind me "No exit row")

There is no way to "unknowingly" book an exit row seat on other airlines. I would expect SW to be the same when it goes to assigned seating. When you go to book those seats, there is a pop up that explains it's an exit row and what the requirements are. In my experience, if the FAs find someone in the exit row seats that does not meet the requirements, they will have those passengers swap with someone else. I've gotten moved to an exit row when the person assigned there did not speak English.

 

[titojackson84]

Just wondering if the new seat layout is common now. Not assigned seating, but the seats with more legroom.

 

[snacks]

Just wondering if the new seat layout is common now. Not assigned seating, but the seats with more legroom.

I fly quite a bit and have not seen any changes to the seats on SW planes so far

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Just wondering if the new seat layout is common now. Not assigned seating, but the seats with more legroom.

Flew out and back on SW for our 4th of July vacation and neither plane was cut over yet.

They started in May with a goal of year end, so about 1/4 of the planes should be done now assuming they move at a steady pace (which, who knows if that's the case).

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

So, are we thinking that the SW site is glitching during the current sale? Doing my periodic check for reductions on our future trips and several of these flights have lower WGA than Basic fares. Makes no sense...

 

[pooch]

Grab them quick!!! And from where are you flying that has that many non stops’

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Grab them quick!!! And from where are you flying that has that many non stops’

LOL, you'll be shocked to hear that the time that works best for our schedule is the only one not on sale. I've already got those down to 8500 each, though, and it's not worth the hassle of leaving earlier or coming in later to try to go even lower.

These are BWI flight options. In a perfect world, we'd prefer PHL, but I'd rather drive 2 hours to a direct flight than to have to connect. The risk of something going wrong between two flights, plus the fact that it's actually faster door-to-door if we drive the first leg, means we end up driving down and then flying most of the time.