What travelers can expect as Southwest Airlines introduces assigned seats

Starting Tuesday, customers on Southwest flights will have assigned seats and the option of paying more to get their preferred seat closer to the front of a plane or seats with extra legroom. The ...
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Southwest Airlines new assigned seat policy takes flight with new boarding system

Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more ...
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Southwest Airlines is ditching open seating Jan. 27. What to know.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Major changes are coming to Southwest Airlines, including the end of its famous open seating policy. Milwaukee Mitchell ...

Fitting into an airline seat is a struggle. Southwest's open seating roulette made it interesting

For a large person, each flight on Southwest was a game of roulette under the airline's longtime unassigned seating policy.
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Southwest ends open seating era with final flight, moves to assigned seats

Southwest Airlines has ended its open-seating policy, with assigned seating now standard on all flights. Passengers can pay extra for preferred seats, extra legroom, and earlier boarding under a new ...
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What travelers can expect as Southwest Airlines introduces assigned seats

FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane lands at Love Field Airport, Nov. 26, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane lands at Love Field Airport, Nov. 26, 2025, in ...