I have done exactly that for years on SWA. If there’s a seat that I want, I take it. I move items and if challenged, tell the person trying to save the seat there are no “saved seats” on SWA. Generally folks comply without further argument, but once I had to ask the person if they wanted me to call a flight attendant. They picked up their stuff and left. I’m obviously not trying to make friends, but I am trying to educate people. If SWA has a policy of no seat-saving, then people need to comply and SWA needs to enforce. It’s not fair to those that check-in on time to let latecomers get prime seats because their friend saved it for them.
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