Originally Posted by
equals42
All this change to simply get a premium seat with the same width and 3 more inches of legroom? Plus, I guarantee the middle seats will be filled in Premium since folks will “upgrade” to them. This doesn’t address any of the issues I have with SWA flights and makes short-notice flights less comfortable since the good seats will be chosen already. Elliott has managed to make sure I look into every airline alternative when I have to book a business flight for a few days away.
1) For short notice flights in the current scheme, the good seats are taken anyway, since you'll have a C boarding position, unless...
2) If you have status on Southwest like A-List Preferred, even on short notice, you should have access to unsold premium seats for free, and...
3) Most of the Joads who fly Southwest aren't going to cough up the $$ to take the premium seats away from you for your short notice flight.