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New Southwest Seating Policy Sparks Discrimination Concerns Among Black Women

First, Southwest took away free checked bags and open seating. Now, Black women are speaking out on a new seating policy that ...
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Pick Your Seat on Southwest Airlines: How To Work Around the Assigned Seating Policy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 airplane prepares to takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, ...

5 economy seats with the world’s greatest pitch in 2026

Most airlines offer 30-32 inches of seat pitch in economy class, although a few can get up to 34 inches on select seats in ...
Fast Company

Southwest Airlines’ open seating is ending: Here’s what the new 8-group boarding process will look like

Around this time last year, Southwest Airlines announced that it would scrap its signature open-seating model in favor of a more traditional assigned seating system, chipping away at its identity as a ...
CNBC

Southwest announced a start date for assigned seating, but these credit cards still let you choose

Southwest Airlines has officially provided an end date for its well-known open seating policy: Starting July 29, 2025, customers booking flights for Jan. 27, 2026, or later will either have to choose ...