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SuzyQ
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Southwest changed their family boarding policy
We flew to NY this past weekend and learned of their new policy. They used to let families with children under 4 pre-board. Not anymore. Now if your boarding pass is A, you wait on line and board with the rest of the As. If you have B or C you can board after all of the As board. It was not pleasant. The old way was so much better. I plan on writing a letter about it. I'm not sure how many of you fly with them, but I just wanted to let you know in case you're traveling anytime soon.
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
I think it will be an inconvenience for ALL passengers. I used to be glad (when I was carefree/non-mom) when the babies/carseats/young kids were all set already and in their seat. I think it will delay everyone when you have to board babies/young kids in the middle of adults. Who I might add, could not care less about pushing a kid.
Message edited 10/23/2007 1:12:40 PM.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:09 PM |
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2girls4now
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Same thing happened to me flying delta last week -no preboarding-I didnt like it
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:10 PM |
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steph4777
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
That sux..... I fly out of Midway all the time with them. It was nice knowing that no matter what time we got to the airport we would get to board first. Now we have to make sure we get to the airport early. They might as well do assigned seating.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:10 PM |
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
My SIL, and her three kids, flies them all of the time.
That's not going to go over well with them.
And trust me, the rest of the plane wants families to board first, especially if they are using a car seat. As a single traveler I would not want to wait behind a family trying blocking an aisle, trying to get the car seat in.
ETA: Not sure which airline we are flying next year to Hawaii but I will be boarding with two 15 month olds, a double stroller, and two car seats. The airlines might want to chage their ploicy back by then or all h e l l is going to break lose trying to board that flight.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:11 PM |
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mommy2bella
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
see I am the opposite...when we flew with Bella in June, we made sure we were some of the LAST people to board...
having Bella sit for 45 minutes before even we start to taxi, no thanks.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:12 PM |
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JTK
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
they 'll have to do assigned seats then.. when i'm traveling with 4 kids i need to make sure i get seats all together!!!
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:13 PM |
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mommy2bella
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by JTK
they 'll have to do assigned seats then.. when i'm traveling with 4 kids i need to make sure i get seats all together!!!
oh I have never flown southwest, I didn't know it wasn't assigned seating
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:14 PM |
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leighla
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by mommy2bella
see I am the opposite...when we flew with Bella in June, we made sure we were some of the LAST people to board...
having Bella sit for 45 minutes before even we start to taxi, no thanks.
I agree. With my nephews we always waited until the last call.
It saved us from the "antsy factor".
Unless it's Jet Blue, then we board early and let them zone out in front of the TV.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:16 PM |
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SuzyQ
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by smdl
I think it will be an inconvenience for ALL passengers. I used to be glad (when I was carefree/non-mom) when the babies/carseats/young kids were all set already and in their seat. I think it will delay everyone when you have to board babies/young kids in the middle of adults. Who I might add, could not care less about pushing a kid.
Exactly!!!! When we boarded coming home we had to go halfway back and DD was a little fussy. The guy who would have been sitting in front of us moved. With the old boarding policy the people boarding after us could sit far away if they chose to. It just makes no sense. 
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:17 PM |
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SuzyQ
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by leighla
Posted by mommy2bella
see I am the opposite...when we flew with Bella in June, we made sure we were some of the LAST people to board...
having Bella sit for 45 minutes before even we start to taxi, no thanks.
I agree. With my nephews we always waited until the last call.
It saved us from the "antsy factor".
Unless it's Jet Blue, then we board early and let them zone out in front of the TV.
I agree with that when we have an assigned seat, but Southwest is open seating. So if we waited we would never get three seats together.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:18 PM |
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PrincessP
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by JTK
they 'll have to do assigned seats then.. when i'm traveling with 4 kids i need to make sure i get seats all together!!!
ITA... how could they not!
Its not like my child is going to sit with someone else. Once they experience problems they will have to assign seats, plus...realistically...why not??? Its not elementary school...a seats a seat. The disabled should go in the front for obvious reasons.
Message edited 10/23/2007 1:21:15 PM.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:20 PM |
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SuzyQ
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by steph4777
That sux..... I fly out of Midway all the time with them. It was nice knowing that no matter what time we got to the airport we would get to board first. Now we have to make sure we get to the airport early. They might as well do assigned seating.
I agree. On the way on home we had A's since we knew to print out our boarding passes early after the flight going there and we still didn't want to stand on line. We had to give DD breakfast. so we ended up boarding at the end of the As anyway. It was just annoying when we had to stand on line in the jetway too. I've heard that they are changing the overall policy in November. I think it's moving to numbers or something.
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:21 PM |
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christy
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
oh that is annoying!
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:39 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Plus, car seats have to be in the window seat. Without pre-boarding, some adults may have to move their seats so the carseat can be against the window.... I don't understand the logic behind this... 
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:45 PM |
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
I heard this and am not happy! This is why I raved about Southwest to everyone and said we'd always fly it!
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:46 PM |
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traceyd
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
We are traveling with DD in Nov (she'll be 3 months) and we called a week ago when we heard about the new policy and they told us they would still let people traveling with children under the age of 2 board first but I guess not!
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| Posted 10/23/07 1:46 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Thnaks for posting this. We are flying with them in December
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Posted by mommy2bella
see I am the opposite...when we flew with Bella in June, we made sure we were some of the LAST people to board...
having Bella sit for 45 minutes before even we start to taxi, no thanks.
same with us, we always wait to board.
I let him get his energy out in the terminal.
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| Posted 10/23/07 2:16 PM |
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SuzyQ
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by -DonnaMarie-
Posted by mommy2bella
see I am the opposite...when we flew with Bella in June, we made sure we were some of the LAST people to board...
having Bella sit for 45 minutes before even we start to taxi, no thanks.
same with us, we always wait to board.
I let him get his energy out in the terminal.
And you still get seats together on Southwest?
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| Posted 10/23/07 2:18 PM |
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Michelle
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
We just flew southwest and although we really liked the preboarding aspect, it really is not fair to the other passengers that 1/2 the plane is boarded by the time the first person get's on.
One thing that stinks for people in the A group, is that people with kids can sit right next to you.
But the thing is, if you have kids, you need to get A boarding passes. There is no issue if you get on ealry like the rest of the people on the flight.
Overall though they are changin the barding even more in November. They will be boarding by numbers also, so group a1 - a32 will get on first, and so on.
I really liked it and thought I was going to hate it traveling with 2 kids, and having to get the 2 car seats in the seats but it was fine.
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| Posted 10/23/07 2:27 PM |
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steph4777
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by SuzyQ
Posted by -DonnaMarie-
Posted by mommy2bella
see I am the opposite...when we flew with Bella in June, we made sure we were some of the LAST people to board...
having Bella sit for 45 minutes before even we start to taxi, no thanks.
same with us, we always wait to board.
I let him get his energy out in the terminal.
And you still get seats together on Southwest?
Kelly said she's never flown SW, so they probably had assigned seats. That's the only case where I can see why a parent would wait to be the last one to board. I've never had a problem with Nate sitting on the plane after pre-boarding.
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| Posted 10/23/07 2:27 PM |
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Michelle
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Posted by GoldenRod
Plus, car seats have to be in the window seat. Without pre-boarding, some adults may have to move their seats so the carseat can be against the window.... I don't understand the logic behind this...
You are still boarded before 2/3 of the plane so there is room.
The flight I took to Orlando was full and they had to ask one person to move so a family could sit together, and the switch took 2 seconds.
And regarding the time factor - we left early both times, there was no issue.
I really don't get the concept as to why becuase I ahve children I should be entitled to get there at the last possible second to get in line and get on the plane before 85% of the plane?
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| Posted 10/23/07 2:31 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by Michelle
I really don't get the concept as to why becuase I ahve children I should be entitled to get there at the last possible second to get in line and get on the plane before 85% of the plane?
I travelled a lot (without kids). It takes some forever for parents to get their kids all set in their seat, etc. especially when mixed with the rest of the passengers. The whole aisle will be stopped. It's just easier to have an empty plane for them to be all set (in my experience!!).
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| Posted 10/23/07 2:38 PM |
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JTK
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Re: Southwest changed their family boarding policy
Posted by Michelle
Posted by GoldenRod
Plus, car seats have to be in the window seat. Without pre-boarding, some adults may have to move their seats so the carseat can be against the window.... I don't understand the logic behind this...
You are still boarded before 2/3 of the plane so there is room.
The flight I took to Orlando was full and they had to ask one person to move so a family could sit together, and the switch took 2 seconds.
And regarding the time factor - we left early both times, there was no issue.
I really don't get the concept as to why becuase I ahve children I should be entitled to get there at the last possible second to get in line and get on the plane before 85% of the plane?
i have traveled by myself and also with children and it is alot easier and alot quicker to get to the terminal without kids than with.. you have more luggage, more people to search at security, more shoes to put on, more strollers to fold to get thru.. ect.. its not always possible to get an A pass.. even getting to the airport 2 hours early!
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