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EARLY BIRD CHECKIN AND GROUPS

MSLNT1
Explorer C

Is early bird check-in no longer available for those traveling as a group? If so, why is this option no longer available? While I understand that when booking through an agent the payment for a flight can occur all at once, however customers should be afforded the option to purchase early-bird checking whether tickets are purcharsed singularly or as group. However, if I want to upgrade my boarding pass before a flight I can for $40, that's a ripoff to customers. 

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Re: EARLY BIRD CHECKIN AND GROUPS

chgoflyer
Aviator A

Correct. EBCI cannot be added to a group reservation. To my knowledge, it's never been available. Since Southwest uses EBCI as a profit center, I'm not sure of the reason they are denying that additional money... but it's most likely a system limitation, that may someday be "fixed."