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- Automatic Check-inWhether you choose to print your boarding pass the day before or just hours before the flight, your confirmed boarding position will be ready and waiting for you. Now you can print your boarding pass as your schedule allows.
- Better boarding positionWe'll automatically check you in and assign your boarding position within 36 hours of your flight's departure - that's 12 hours before general boarding positions become available. While EarlyBird Check-In® doesn't guarantee an A boarding position, it improves your seat selection options to help you get your favorite seat.
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were the eariler business select?
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@CupCrusher40 wrote:were the eariler business select?
There is another way it could happen. When passengers cancel or no show for a flight their boarding positions become available again. When passengers cancel or no show their boarding positions become available.
So a passenger that checks in an 60 minutes before boarding would get A16 if the person holding A16 cancels 61 minutes before departure.
If a of A-List or EB purchasers group cancels less than 24 hours before departure time , then potentially lots of "better" boarding positions would become available
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@dfwskier wrote:
@CupCrusher40 wrote:were the eariler business select?
There is another way it could happen. When passengers cancel or no show for a flight their boarding positions become available again. When passengers cancel or no show their boarding positions become available.
So a passenger that checks in an 60 minutes before boarding would get A16 if the person holding A16 cancels 61 minutes before departure.
If a of A-List or EB purchasers group cancels less than 24 hours before departure time , then potentially lots of "better" boarding positions would become available
FYI: Actually, Southwest stopped the practice of re-using boarding positions quite some time ago (according to a Southwest rep in this thread over on FlyerTalk).
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Didn't know that
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So you got an A boarding pass and your not happy? A lot of other people who buy EB end up with the B boarding group.
Why were they ahead of you? A List customers and their companions get assigned boarding passes before EB folks. 2nd if an A List customer or A boarding pass customer were to cancel then the next person to check in will get that A boarding pass even if they check in say 5 hours before the flight. A List folks can fly standby so those A group passes could open up. Also if there is a delay that would affect other A group customers they could be moved to other flights.
If you are really that upset about getting an A boarding pass you can share your feedback with southwest directly though one of these contact methods Contact Customer Relations
-Blake