Southwest officially ends open seating as passengers take flight with new assigned seats

The Dallas, Texas-based carrier transitioned from its longtime open seating system in keeping with competitors like American, ...

What travelers can expect as Southwest Airlines introduces assigned seats

Southwest Airlines passengers are making their final boarding-time scrambles for seats as the carrier prepares to end its ...
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What Travelers Need to Know as Southwest Airlines Launches Assigned Seating

Southwest Airlines has completed its transition to assigned seating, with travelers experiencing a new boarding process ...

Southwest Airlines is ditching open seating Jan. 27. What to know.

Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport's largest airline is shedding its decades-long first-come, first-serve seating ...

Southwest ends open seating after 54 years. Here's what the last flight was like

Southwest Airlines replaced open seating with assigned seats after more than 50 years.

Southwest makes huge change to seating policy — here’s why that’s a bad sign for budget travelers

Southwest’s oft-chaotic open-seating policy is finally coming to an end — and while some anxious flyers may rejoice in the ...

Nashville flyers mourn end of Southwest Airlines' open seating era

Southwest Airlines has officially ditched its first-come, first-serve seating policy in Nashville and across the country.

Assigned seating on Southwest Airlines begins Tuesday. Here's what passengers should know.

Starting Tuesday​, customers on Southwest flights will have assigned seats.