A Southwest Airlines agent takes a boarding pass from a passengers boarding a flight. Southwest Airlines will debut its new assigned seating policy in January 2026, bringing an end to the airline's ...

Southwest Airlines announced its new reserved seating policy will begin on Jan. 27, 2026. The airline will also debut a new group boarding process by zones. Travelers can get a premium seat assignment ...

Southwest Airlines will debut its new assigned seating policy in January 2026, bringing an end to the airline's once signature process of open seating. The airline's new boarding procedure will go ...

Southwest Airlines will make its shift to assigned seating starting January 27, 2026. The low-cost carrier will begin putting tickets with seat assignments on sale as soon as July 29, 2025, CNBC ...

July 21 (UPI) --Passengers on Southwest Airlines eventually will purchase assigned seat tickets as the carrier ends decades of open seating and other perks in a bid to save revenue. Customers ...

Southwest Airlines will switch to assigned seating starting Jan. 27, 2026. The airline is adopting a group-based boarding process, prioritizing premium ticketholders and Rapid Rewards elites. This ...

Around this time last year, Southwest Airlines announced that it would scrap its signature open-seating model in favor of a more traditional assigned seating system, chipping away at its identity as a ...

A woman said she was denied boarding on a Spirit Airlines flight at Miami International Airport this week because of her shorts — sparking a tense confrontation that ended with her sister in handcuffs ...

Boarding passes contain codes that identify passenger details and itinerary information. SSSS on a boarding pass means a passenger will undergo additional security screening. Do not throw away or post ...

It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy that executives once described as key to ...