We travelled to Chicago in August and another trip last month. For each leg of the trip people were saving seats. We paid for both of us for the early boarding and felt like it's unfair to let people save seats. All they have to do is mention in pre-boarding that saving seats is not polite. That way you have cover to sit in a seat that is being "saved" for someone who is not even on the plane. Next time I'm just taking the seat. Let the saver call the flight attendent and self identify. SouthWest could easily rectify this, I'm totally not clear why they don't
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