I've done a lot of traveling. I don't know if the flight was overbooked or not, but you should not have assumed it was. Many airlines, not just Southwest, stop issuing boarding passes for many reasons. It might have been to allow for no shows, to not issue more boarding passes than there are seats, a cut-off time for check-ins, etc. You made an assumption that a seasoned traveler might not have made, but one with less experience might have. A call to the airline could have helped you resolve your concern. Anyway . . . as they say about assume
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