01-16-2018
08:37 PM
@chgoflyer wrote: Southwest re-issues the positions of people who have been checked in but then cancel or change their flight. Many times these are A-Listers, who have low-A positions (because they're automatically checked in ahead of EarlyBird Check-In customers) and who have more flexibility (because they can travel same-day change or standby for no additional cost). The next people to check in manually receive those positions. This is 99% certainly what happened here. Thanks for the reply. I guess that does make the most sense. It seemed awful coincidental that I was just a few positions after them and they checked-in a little before me. So it seemed like it was still being assigned by order of check-in. But, I guess if I think it through further, there should have been a lot more than just 2 people who also checked in during hour that I delayed. So if it was still just based on check-in order, I would have been quite a bit further back.
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01-16-2018
04:45 PM
I have read the discussions about how early bird works and that boarding position is not guaranteed, etc. But explain this me please: I have early-bird check-in and 2 co-workers do not. Right at the 24 hour mark, they check-in via the app and get A-23 and A24. I wait about an hour or, because I have early-bird check in and so should be already assigned boarding, right? So I then check-in via the app and get A-31. They do not fly that much, so are not A List, A List Preferred, or Business Select. It sure seems like that $30 didn’t get me anything.
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