SWA Early Check in!

[CocozMom]

Sorry for the silly question, but I have to know.
Since we are traveling with two small children and will take advantage of pre-boarding do we need to check-in online 24 hours in advance to get group A?
Thanks in advance!

ONLY 2 DAYS!!!!!!

 

[mom2of2]

I would anyway. you never know there could be a lot of pre-boarders

 

[PolyHereWeCome]

You shouldn't need to, but if you can, I would -- better safe than sorry.

We're no longer pre-boarders, but when we were, they didn't care whether we held A, B. or Cs, the pre-boarder line just formed and you got on.

 

[robinc71]

Does anyone know what the age cut off is to pre-board with a child? It's just me and my daughter (6) flying down in 5 weeks and I have been concerned about this myself. I've been worried that for some reason or another something will happen and we wouldn't get seats together.

 

[mom2of2]

I wouldn't worry if there is just 2 of you. I fly with my DS9 all the time and we always sit together and we have never pre-boarded

 

[taximomfor4]

I think Southwest's general policy for preboarding small children is under 4 yrs old, or else 4 and under. BUT..... On my 2 southwest flights to WDW, one of them didn't preboard small children at all (there were like 30 of those, lol). The other one only did preboard for 2 and under WITH A CARSEAT TO INSTALL. There were tons of small children for that flight, as well, and this cut the preboard line drastically. On the flight home both times, they did preboard but they reduced it to UNDER 3 (so through age 2). All of these allowed immediate family only, with the young child...no grandmas, friends, etc.

Oh, and on that one, there some people getting sent to the ends of their A B or C lines when they tried to sneak into the preboard line with "2-year-old" Kindergarten-age kids. That same flight, so many preboarders tried to save tons of extra seats for their other family members that the flight attendants escorted us ("A" Boarding Passes) to the seats we wanted, and made the families move their belongings.


So check in the 24 hrs early just in case. Definitely can't count on preboarding small children when most of the flight has small children with them!

Beth