Southwest Airlines recently announced the end of its open seating policy. Assigned seats are the policy now, beginning with travel booked now for Jan. 27, 2026, and beyond will feature assigned ...

Southwest Airlines has offered its unique, first-come, first-served open seating system for over 50 years, but soon it'll be coming to an end. After initially announcing in a late 2024 press release ...

In a major shift from its long-standing policy of open seating, Southwest Airlines has announced that beginning July 29, customers booking flights for travel on or after January 27, 2026, will have ...

Southwest Airlines is scrapping its decades-long open seating policy in favor of assigned seating, with tickets for the first flights rolling out in late July. Last July, Southwest announced it would ...

Southwest Airlines, which uses Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as a major hub, said its flights will have assigned seating starting Jan. 27. Flights for that date will be ...

WASHINGTON — Southwest Airlines is officially selling assigned seats on flights. Starting Tuesday, July 29, passengers flying on the airline can select their seats in advance for flights beginning Jan ...

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 ...

With the classic ‘first-come, first-sit’ era ending, it pays to have that branded credit cards or elite status when it comes to booking a flight. Southwest Airlines recently announced the end of its ...