Originally Posted by
SWSNA
Allow all the groups of 2 or more to board first (before the singles). (Most of) the twos, fours, and fives will leave an aisle or window seat open. The singles will then fill in the holes and almost everyone will get a seat together.
Really? Most 2s I see take the window and aisle, hoping no one will sit in the middle. Or they take 2 aisles next to each other. Or they just sit wherever. This would apply to 4s and 5s as well.
Originally Posted by
SWSNA
I think WN might get a side benefit of a little faster boarding, too.
The slowness in boarding often comes from a 90 pound person trying to lug their 90 pound crate into the overhead bin, or asking if they can sit in the middle/window seat if the aisle is occupied (and the person needs to unbuckle their seatbelt, which they shouldn't have buckled yet if there was still empty seats towards the window). A group of people boarding near the end of the boarding process isn't slowing too much up, unless they insist on sitting together.