Originally Posted by
rayfes
Recently flew AUS-TPA,,checked in at T-24 and received B36. While lined up to board the GA announced that only middle seats were left and to take one near the front of the plane to speed up the boarding process. I did that and a few min after later an announcement was made on the plane that there were a few aisle seats available at the rear of the aircraft. There were people in the aisle still boarding so I didn't bother to try to move back there. Mildly annoying but my flight was on time which was much more important.
I'd originally booked a one-way first class ticket on AA for $240 but they dropped the route and I didn't want to connect so I paid $193 to Southwest to get there non-stop.
I have noticed that the GA will make announcements to help speed up boarding, I did a same-day change, to an earlier flight, I got the dreaded high C boarding group, the GA was making announcements about full bins and I gate-checked my bag when I got on board there where plenty of open Bin space. I have also noticed if its a new MAX plane they always more space because of the bigger bins.