Buy extra seat - even if not Customer of Size?
Jan 4, 2024, 2:31 pm
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Buy extra seat - even if not Customer of Size?
Seems some airlines allow you to buy an extra seat so nobody is next to you. Can you do this with SWA?
Jan 4, 2024, 2:37 pm
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Jan 4, 2024, 2:53 pm
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I thought on WN you could not. This was a topic several years ago when WN announced the COS policy. I'm "kinda tall", can't I just buy an extra seat and get the placard to put in the middle? Pretty sure the answer was no.
Jan 4, 2024, 3:00 pm
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Jan 4, 2024, 4:59 pm
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No you cannot. If you were new here, I would leave it at that. But you aren't. You know perfectly well that you cannot do that on Southwest. Why the question?
Jan 5, 2024, 6:57 am
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Bummer
Jan 5, 2024, 7:34 am
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I remember long ago you could buy a 2nd seat on AA. In fact, AA itself did a whole story in the inflight magazine about a cellist who always bought a 2nd seat for his instrument - the cello had its own AAdvantage number and Platinum status, the top tier at the time.
They changed the rule sometime in the past 15-20 years, IIRC.
They changed the rule sometime in the past 15-20 years, IIRC.
Jan 5, 2024, 8:43 am
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We allow extra seat purchases for Customers of Size, and musical instruments only.
We currently do not allow extra seat purchase simply to have an open seat next to you.
We currently do not allow extra seat purchase simply to have an open seat next to you.
Jan 5, 2024, 10:22 am
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I almost feel discrimated against since I am not overweight... well, I am overweight, but not enough.
Jan 5, 2024, 12:29 pm
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If it's a full flight, a standby takes that seat.
If it's not a full flight, the 2nd ticket is still irrelevant - it's just you "defending" the empty middle seat through any number of practices (of varying levels of piggishness) that have been discussed on this board at various times over the years.
Jan 5, 2024, 12:34 pm
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If anyone ever tried it, it would be one of the airlines with all-coach equipment like Southwest. But since I've literally never heard it contemplated or rumored, I'm guessing it's not happening anytime soon.