Upgraded Boarding Question
Nov 22, 2019, 9:43 pm
#31
Join Date: Mar 2011
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So...
Seat saving is "greedy," but getting hundreds of thousands of points and Companion Pass without ever paying for one flight isn't?
Just trying to figure out where the "greedy" line is drawn here. Because both are 100% ok with the business granting them.
Seat saving is "greedy," but getting hundreds of thousands of points and Companion Pass without ever paying for one flight isn't?
Just trying to figure out where the "greedy" line is drawn here. Because both are 100% ok with the business granting them.
Nov 22, 2019, 10:31 pm
#32
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Seat saving is not okay with Southwest. The rule is that if you want to board with another person, you must board with the higher boarding position.
Nov 23, 2019, 7:31 am
#34
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I hate to see this thread get off track. There are approx 893,712 posts across 382 different threads about seat saving on this forum. Right or wrong, good or bad, WN official policy is no policy. I hope we do not have to start that argument again.
(Yea, I made up the numbers, but I think it is close-lol)
(Yea, I made up the numbers, but I think it is close-lol)
Nov 23, 2019, 11:38 am
#35
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I realize you can't pay for EBCI with points. All of our flights are paid for with points and CP, the ONE EBCI costs me $25
When WN starts enforcing seat saving them I Will GO BACK to paying for TWO EBCI...............Until them I'll pay for ONE EBCI which is probably ONE MORE than most seat savers pay for.
The seat we save is a MIDDLE so unless there is a person(s) flying who has their sight set on a middle seat close the front of the plane I doubt it's upsetting anyone.
I don't make the rules, if you don't like them fly an airline with assigned seating, problem solved
When WN starts enforcing seat saving them I Will GO BACK to paying for TWO EBCI...............Until them I'll pay for ONE EBCI which is probably ONE MORE than most seat savers pay for.
The seat we save is a MIDDLE so unless there is a person(s) flying who has their sight set on a middle seat close the front of the plane I doubt it's upsetting anyone.
I don't make the rules, if you don't like them fly an airline with assigned seating, problem solved
Last edited by flyer4512; Nov 23, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Nov 23, 2019, 11:48 am
#36
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Dec 28, 2019, 2:08 pm
#38
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Exactly, it's open seating, just as nothing in theory prevents you from trying to save a seat, nothing prevents me from taking your empty "saved" seat if I board before the person you are saving it for. Note, I would never do that if someone is just taking a window/aisle and middle in a normal row, but if someone is trying to block an exit row/other seat nicer than a normal seat, I consider than seat up for grabs and I figure the other person can try to explain to the flight attendant why I shouldn't be able to take any open seat on the plane that is not claimed by a passenger who has already boarded.
Dec 28, 2019, 6:02 pm
#39
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Exactly, it's open seating, just as nothing in theory prevents you from trying to save a seat, nothing prevents me from taking your empty "saved" seat if I board before the person you are saving it for. Note, I would never do that if someone is just taking a window/aisle and middle in a normal row, but if someone is trying to block an exit row/other seat nicer than a normal seat, I consider than seat up for grabs and I figure the other person can try to explain to the flight attendant why I shouldn't be able to take any open seat on the plane that is not claimed by a passenger who has already boarded.
Nowhere are you prevented from being a jerk. In open seating, the biggest jerk wins (unless you choose to settle it like adults).
Dec 30, 2019, 2:26 am
#40
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It's a jerk move if you try to save a seat when someone else wants it. It's a jerk move to try to sit in a seat that someone else wants to save.
Nowhere are you prevented from being a jerk. In open seating, the biggest jerk wins (unless you choose to settle it like adults).
Nowhere are you prevented from being a jerk. In open seating, the biggest jerk wins (unless you choose to settle it like adults).
Dec 30, 2019, 9:14 am
#41
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At best, it makes for an awkward, uncomfortable flight while you sit next to the guy who was trying to save the seat you sat in for his wife.
Jan 2, 2020, 2:11 pm
#44
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It is actually chosen earlier than that I think. A listers and biz are selected at T-36 but you can not see them until T-24. MAYBE - I really do not know.
Jan 2, 2020, 2:43 pm
#45
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