{"id":3756,"date":"2023-01-26T22:38:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/southwest-airlines-offers-expanded-family-boarding-ages-on-some-flights-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T22:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:38:20","slug":"southwest-airlines-offers-expanded-family-boarding-ages-on-some-flights-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/southwest-airlines-offers-expanded-family-boarding-ages-on-some-flights-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines offers expanded family boarding ages on some flights – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There’s one major airline in the U.S. with no assigned seats: Southwest Airlines. Instead, you line up at the gate in ascending order of boarding assignment, then step onto the plane and claim your preferred available seat in a first-come,-first-to-pick arrangement. There are up to 60 people in each boarding group.<\/p>\n

The Southwest boarding process<\/a> is generally not as bad as it may sound. Still, at the very least, it’s an unusual approach that can provoke anxiety for families and others who can’t confirm seats together in advance.<\/p>\n

For years, Southwest has allowed time for family boarding (for those with children 6 and under) between its A and B boarding groups in an effort to ensure parents and little kids can sit together. This helps prevent a situation where middle seats are the only options left for children toward the latter end of the boarding process.<\/p>\n

Now, Southwest is experimenting with a dramatic shift in the family boarding process.<\/p>\n

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