About flying with Southwest, "saved seats" and sitting in them anyway?
Jul 6, 2017, 11:34 pm
#181
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Or you could have just moved back. I don't understand your argument as they shouldn't sit together because they are a family. I get it he should have paid all the fares for his family but if he didn't reserve the seats they would have been taken by someone else anyway. What difference is row 5 and row 10?
Jul 6, 2017, 11:38 pm
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Jul 7, 2017, 2:07 am
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I agree that it shouldn't make any difference to the seat savers what row they sit in. Presumably sitting together in the back is better than sitting separately in the front. But the greedy seat savers want to have their cake and eat it too. If they can't be bothered to buy early boarding for more than one person, at least head to the back where seat saving is much easier.
Jul 7, 2017, 11:01 am
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No I don't get into altercations with people all the time. Where did you get that idea?
I agree that it shouldn't make any difference to the seat savers what row they sit in. Presumably sitting together in the back is better than sitting separately in the front. But the greedy seat savers want to have their cake and eat it too. If they can't be bothered to buy early boarding for more than one person, at least head to the back where seat saving is much easier.
I agree that it shouldn't make any difference to the seat savers what row they sit in. Presumably sitting together in the back is better than sitting separately in the front. But the greedy seat savers want to have their cake and eat it too. If they can't be bothered to buy early boarding for more than one person, at least head to the back where seat saving is much easier.
Jul 7, 2017, 11:52 am
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I just don't get your logic. Why is a seat in the front of the plane better than one in the back? I mean other than airplanes that give you bigger seat space up front. I get the front row and exit row wanting them but for some reason you are stuck on somehow the 4th row is better than the tenth.
Jul 7, 2017, 12:59 pm
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Jul 7, 2017, 1:14 pm
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Jul 7, 2017, 1:14 pm
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Position A42 should easily get you choice of seats after row 5, so you would almost get in a fight over a couple rows of seats.
Jul 7, 2017, 6:21 pm
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Jul 7, 2017, 7:18 pm
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Jul 7, 2017, 7:25 pm
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Jul 7, 2017, 8:58 pm
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Jul 8, 2017, 8:16 am
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I preboard and like window seats so I take the first window with an empty middle. I usually board after the wheelchairs. In hundreds of flights I have only seen this happen a few times and it was a combination of preboard + entourage and through passengers.
Jul 8, 2017, 8:18 am
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I just don't get your logic. Why is a seat in the front of the plane better than one in the back? I mean other than airplanes that give you bigger seat space up front. I get the front row and exit row wanting them but for some reason you are stuck on somehow the 4th row is better than the tenth.
Jul 8, 2017, 8:20 am
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