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)
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 than a half‑century.
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 airline began selling tickets shaped by the new policy in July.
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