Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cockeysville, MD
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SWA does not give credit for the 2nd seat. BUT, they refund the money if the flight goes out with ANY open seats. They give you your money back regardless of the ticket being refundable or not.
You purchase the second seat just as the first. Instead of using your full 1st name, you only use your 1st initial.
At checkin, you get a printed card to put on the seond seat so no one sits there.