Southwest Passenger share Love of C Boarding Group

Those who have flown Southwest know its boarding process is unique. Instead of assigning seats, the airline lets passengers choose as they board.

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Most Southwest travelers will aim to get an earlier boarding group to be among the first to choose.

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One traveler recently posted on Reddit about the "advantages" of being one of the last to board.

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Many Southwest travelers want to be among the first to board, so they criticized the carrier this year for making it harder.

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One Southwest passenger told X in June that some people misuse the wheelchair policy to board first.

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SouthwestAir pre-boarding fraud 20 wheelchair-bound people boarding and likely only 3 deplaning "June 24 post by @trendready.

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Southwest angered more passengers in August when it revealed it is "limiting the number" of EarlyBird Check-In spaces for some flights.

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This service, which initially had no cap for each flight, enables customers check in before the 24-hour check-in for a price, giving

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them a better chance of getting an A or B boarding group because Southwest assigns boarding places depending on check-in time.

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Whether it's "pre-barding scams" or EarlyBird Check-In, some consumers don't mind being in the last boarding group.

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