Families first – with a caveat. Corresponds to DOT request. Important for future Southwest Hawaii Flights.
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Families first – with a caveat. Corresponds to DOT request. Important for future Southwest Hawaii Flights.
How about having assigned seating when you book your flight,like Hawaiian,Delta,United,Alaska,and other Airlines.
I’m so sicko hearing about the poor families. They expect special attention and now everyone is bowing to them. We need adults only flights. Problem solved.
Row 30 0r higher. No one in front wants young kids crying and screaming sitting up front.
Yes ok for families to board before A+ but only seat n rows 15 or higher. Good compromise.
I agree with the caveat of any rows after 15th row. That seems fair to all.
Preferred family seating in the back of the plane (beyond row 20) seems to address concerns of all parties.
I agree, should be restricted to row 20 to 30 and only add on rows 10 to 15 if needed.
This is a plan that everyone should be able to live with!
No , one parent can go with the child under 6 but the people who have paid extra to sit where they want are being penalized for not having children.
We should have some rights.
Just like the plane not being full and the people who paid to get on first should have the right to sit wherever and let the other’s balance balance the place out
100% do not agree, I paid for a seat and I should have choice. If you want to sit together get early bird
As a A lister and if this policy changes my boarding assignment I will no longer fly LUV
Maybe try boarding the families after A listers. And behind the emergency exits at the wings.
Even if you seat them after the A group the people in B boarding group have paid for seats also it’s not fair to them either
Aloha BoH!
My problem with SW is they already have too many people boarding early without paying the EB fee. I fly exclusively SW because it is cheaper and I always pay for EB. In the last few years I have seen more and more people with a “friend or relative” in a wheelchair, which means they board first without paying extra. After arrival, about 80% of these passengers exit the plane without using the wheelchairs available to them, which proves they are cheating the system. SW needs to address this issue.
Families boarding now without paying extra like the rest of us? No, they should have to pay the EB fee like the rest of us. If I was traveling with a child, I would pay extra to assure my child sat with me.
I fly out of the tourist capital , Orlando. Those with challenges board first with as many as 30 or so on some flights and taking the front rows. People pay for or earn early boarding on southwest. In my view if families need a new system to be together, they can buy early bird. That would guarantee them boarding early and having seats together. They should not bump those who paid to board early.