For those of you with comments about Southwest being "cattle call" and "herding" and "elbowing for a seat" I think you're buying into an extreme, almost cartoonish take on Southwest which is FAR from the reality, and I am also guessing you're far too old to be speaking about the Southwest experience as if you were a college student recounting their Spring Break vacation.
Southwest has probably the industry's most orderly boarding process. No crowding of the gate area, no "elites" elbowing their way through the crowd of "zone 5" passengers who's clumped together at the front of the boarding carpet. Everyone is neatly lined up and ready go to when their boarding group is called. How do I know? I fly various airlines every month...
Also, regarding seating and space... did you know that ALL 737/757 operators (CO, AA, UA, DL, AS) have the same width coach seats, BUT, did you also know that Southwest has the most standard legroom in coach over many other carriers? While JetBlue and United may offer special seats with up to 34" pitch, it's ONLY Southwest which offers everyone 32-33" pitch in ALL coach seats.... not something anyone else offers.
I understand that we all have choices, which is a wonderful thing. You're always free to choose to fly someone else. Just make sure you're not spouting off incorrect information regarding Southwest Airlines.
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