Southwest announced the seating policy changes last year, one of many changes the airline made in the last year.

The change was previously announced in 2024 as the airline signaled a shift away from its former low-cost model, though no date had been set until this week.

The end of an era is official for Southwest Airlines passengers. The airline announced a start date for its new assigned seating, which will bring the airline's longstanding open-seat boarding ...

Southwest passengers will soon buy assigned seat tickets as the carrier ends decades of open seating and other perks in the company's bid to save revenue.

Starting July 29, Southwest will introduce assigned seating for flights taking off Jan. 27, 2026 and afterwards. The airline ...

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Southwest, which announced last year that it was abandoning open seating, said customers can start booking flights with ...

Meanwhile, Southwest is also rolling out a new group-based boarding process for passengers starting with extra legroom seats ...

Tickets for assigned seating will go on sale next week as the airline continues to shed the features that once made its brand ...

The assigned seating era at Southwest Airlines has a date, ending more than 50 years of the pick-your-spot philosophy that ...