Stars4SA

Thank you everyone. So much knowledge - will set my alarm!

lougord99

I cannot remember a single legacy flight I have booked in the last 6 months that had 3 open seats together that were available to me.

LegalTender

And I can't remember booking 2+ weeks out where one family member sitting immediately across the aisle from the other two couldn't be executed.

Legacy or low-cost isn't the issue.

rove312

Checking in at T-24, the worst boarding number being something like B15, I've never boarded when there haven't been empty rows.

flyaxa

We take about 6-7 RT flights/year as a family of five. Over the past 12 years we have only been split-up once (see my earlier post) and that was everything going wrong on a WN flight.

Whether legacy or other airlines we always get seats together, albeit in the not-so-pointy part of the plane. The girls all laugh/joke about being lavatory guards. It is what it is...we book discount economy. We have arrived at check-in to find seats changed and we said fine, if you think the 1 year old in the car seat should sit on her own. They have always, at the very least, put one adult w/one kid and the other w/the other two. Occasionally Mrs better 1/2 and I get out and we try to fly on the pointy end. There will be plenty more of that in the future. For now I don't mind guarding the lavs with the kids.

Peter T.

If you're traveling with a child four-years-old or younger, your family can take advantage of Family Boarding which occurs AFTER all the "A" Boarding group has boarded the aircraft. This almost guarantees that all of your family members will be able to seat together somewhere on the aircraft.

On most flights, even if you're stuck in the first-half of the "B" Boarding Group (and you don't have a child four or younger travelling with you), a family of four or five should be able to find seats together in the back section of the 737.

Just don't end up in the "C" Boarding Group by checking in late. If you get stuck in the C Group, you'll probably have to split up.