Southwest is slowly becoming one of the "other" big airlines. Getting rid of long-long time open seating, starting new red-eye flights, premium seating and so on. They better keep the "Bags-Fly-Free". I know most do like the assign seating so families can better sit together.
Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition
Southwest Airlines plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines. (AP Video: Kendria LaFleur)
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