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southwest airlines question

lizzyjoe

Sep 28, 2014
1:02am

i doubt that I boarded before anyone who paid as they are called first and we were in the B section. Did I get ahead of someone who was in B but had a smaller number than mine - probably. They ask you to line up numerically but almost no one did as the numbers around us were all over the place.

Julie

Sep 28, 2014
3:54am

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Originally posted by: coldhoist

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Originally posted by: lizzyjoe
Just returned from Vegas flying SW airlines. I am a little confused about their check in policy. I waited until 24 hours before the flight to check in hoping to get an A seat. My husband got B5 and by the time I filled in my name to check in it was B 42. These were booked under my hubby's rapid reward miles. I called SW to see if they had to be checked in separately and they said yes. It seems to me that 2 people traveling together can never have consecutive numbers. At the airport they want you to line up according to numerical order. I just got behind my husband and entered the plane with him .Am I missing something. Is there a better way to do it or can the first person entering the plane save a seat for the 2nd person? I know you can also pay 12.50 for an earlier boarding number,

So you basically disregarded the boarding policy and boarded when you wanted to board.
You did not pay for early boarding but you probably boarded before someone who paid for early boarding.
You should have boarded as B42, not with your husband. You probably still could have sat together.
Your husband could have easily saved a seat for you.

Why does it matter whether she boarded the plane with her husband or waited until her turn and got the seat her husband was saving? It seems like either way other people were not going to have access to that seat. I'd rather hang out with my husband than B41 and B43.

When my daughter and I fly Alaska Airlines to dance competitions they always ask for volunteers to check the bags they had planned on carrying on in exchange for early boarding. I always take them up on the deal but my daughter is not allowed to check her costume bag. They still let her board with me even though she's 16 and capable of waiting. It's really not that big of a deal. My goal is not to board early anyway. It's to not have to fight for overhead space. I've also found that in the past few years Alaska flights are cheaper than Southwest even after paying to check a bag or two plus they have assigned seating.

Campion

Sep 28, 2014
4:24pm

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There are people who fly to Vegas with more than just a carry-on????

Boilerman

Sep 28, 2014
10:05pm

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My golf clubs won't fit in the "overhead". When I travel to Mexico for a week, I very easily pack in a carry-on only, however.

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Originally posted by: Campion
There are people who fly to Vegas with more than just a carry-on????

clarkvegas

Sep 28, 2014
10:55pm

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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas

One time a disgusting nasty man insisted he could have the seat I was saving for my husband. Exit row, a nice guy is on the aisle seat. Nasty man hollered "You can't save that seat and I am taking it." The flight attendant said she was sorry but the nasty man was correct, no saving seats in the exit row, SWA policy. (Later I was unable to confirm that this is actually policy.)

He was probably being nasty to you because you were behaving like a self entitled princess who did not feel that the rules should apply to her.

O2bnVegas

Sep 28, 2014
11:45pm

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Originally posted by: clarkvegas

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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas

He was probably being nasty to you because you were behaving like a self entitled princess who did not feel that the rules should apply to her.

Thank you.

DRich2

Sep 29, 2014
1:51am

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Southwest Airlines policy is that saving seats is not allowed. Any passenger may sit in any vacant seat they choose as long as they are boarding in their proper position and fit the criteria for an exit row if they choose one.

Most passengers are polite and courteous and don't complain about finding another seat. If I only saw a front row window seat open and a back row middle seat, I would take the front row even if the person said they were saving it.

Boilerman

Sep 29, 2014
5:34am

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I agree with Clark.

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Originally posted by: clarkvegas

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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas

One time a disgusting nasty man insisted he could have the seat I was saving for my husband. Exit row, a nice guy is on the aisle seat. Nasty man hollered "You can't save that seat and I am taking it." The flight attendant said she was sorry but the nasty man was correct, no saving seats in the exit row, SWA policy. (Later I was unable to confirm that this is actually policy.)

He was probably being nasty to you because you were behaving like a self entitled princess who did not feel that the rules should apply to her.

Boilerman

Sep 29, 2014
5:39am

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All I want is an aisle seat. If there is only one of my preferred seats available on the plane, yet it is being held by a passenger, it's mine.

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Originally posted by: DRich2
Southwest Airlines policy is that saving seats is not allowed. Any passenger may sit in any vacant seat they choose as long as they are boarding in their proper position and fit the criteria for an exit row if they choose one.

Most passengers are polite and courteous and don't complain about finding another seat. If I only saw a front row window seat open and a back row middle seat, I would take the front row even if the person said they were saving it.

O2bnVegas

Sep 29, 2014
6:31am

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I have never, and will never, insist on a seat that someone is saving for their fellow traveler.

But, each to his own.

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