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Southwest Airlines dropping open seating for first time ever

Jul 25, 2024, 7:36 AM

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)...

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The days of checking in 24 hours before your flight to get that A boarding class will soon be over for Southwest Airlines as they will be shifting to assigned seating.

The airline which had open seating since it launched will begin charging a premium for some of its seats as well as begin offering overnight “red-eye” flights for the first time.

Southwest Airlines says that it is its customers who have been requesting it, but a quick look on Twitter/X shows many customers not being happy with the decision.

Southwest Airlines makes the move after reporting record revenue for the quarter and still making a profit of $370 million.

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