Southwest Airlines Community

guess is that if you call southwest and say you would like a refund, they will tell you that there is no policy on seat saving and tell you that you could have sat in that seat.  It's several years after your post and the same seat saving is still being done today.  At this point, I do not think it will ever change.  Southwest got their money and that is where they stopped caring.  ... View more

I am reading old messages without realizing it, but when I see a $15 early board I know that it's old.  We paid $45 each to early board in 2023 and still were pretty much at the back of the plane so we could sit together.  I never thought about only paying for one and trying to save a seat.  We like to sit together when flying so the cost was worth it to us.  When trying to sit in a saved seat/row I would worry about having that person who tried to save it aggravate me the whole trip.  In my opinion, it is not worth it.  I do agree that Southwest should assign seats or ban saving seats, with all the negative energy you see on planes these days it's not worth it to try to upset someone.  ... View more