Originally Posted by
dbuckho
You can all board together between the A and B groups.
Our kids are currently 12 and 5. Most recent flight was 3 weeks ago LAX - BWI. Our boarding pass positions were 3 in the B50s and C1. But we all boarded after the A group. The other family taking advantage of family boarding that day was 4 adults and 2 kids (looked like grandma and grandpa with parents - one child was a baby).
In my 12 years flying with young kids, Southwest has generally been very good about accommodating families.
Coming back from Hawaii recently there was an announcement that family boarding was explicitly 2 adults per <6 year old, and that additional adults had to board according to their boarding number order.
This was the first time I heard this rule/announcement -- but with the very large number of kids coming back from spring break could see them trying to prevent a baby from being a free pass for a large party of adults.
That said -- I could see the 2 kids + grandparents scenario sliding through the gate attendant 99% of the time. And of course -- you could always just save seats -- but that's a whole other topic.
