And that removes any remaining reason to use Southwest. Why would you want to book a flight that costs the same as everyone else where you get relegated to a middle seat between two strangers because they don’t allow you to pick where you sit?
They are moving to at least limited assigned seating. If you fly a lot, their rewards program is still pretty lucrative especially if you can hit companion pass.
So dumb. Carry ons slow boarding to a crawl, which means less flights per day, which means less $$$ for the airline.
Enshittification reaches all sectors. The line must go up.
Checked bags, carry on is still free… for now…
thanks. even the friggin broadcast news did not make that distinction.
Then what bags are they talking about is not carry on and not checked
Checked bags will cost money. Carry on is still free.
Thank you
Read the comma as a period instead of an “and.” Makes more sense that way.
Oh. Thank you
This is taking away the last reason any of my coworkers fly it for business. They have lots of direct, but they’re all in the middle of the day and don’t go to any smaller airports, requiring lots of extra driving if you need to visit a facility outside major metros.
For all their flaws, I love that I can take an American flight and land directly in a small town by 9am, do my business, hop in Lyft/Ubers, then fly back and not even spend the night. SWA coworkers spend less time in the air and at airports, but often have to spend 2 nights and spend hours in a rental car driving themselves the extra 2 hours each way to the town.
I booked with Southwest yesterday, guess I got in under the wire.
The airline did not outline the fee schedule but said the new policy would start with May 28 bookings.
Not quite under the wire, but won’t be long now. I’m sure we can thank the “activist investor” for this move. Corporations prioritizing shareholders/profits over customers yet again.
