@spacecoastbill wrote: That changes nothing. Let the compay defend their employee for denying a paying passenger for a seat with zero justification for doing it. You are welcome to take a seat that someone else has saved if you'd like. Southwest has no policy for or against seat saving. And FAs generally do not get involved. But -- again -- if a flight attendant sides with the person saving the seat and you disobey that flight attendant, be prepared to be removed from the flight. (And the converse is also true -- if you are the person refusing to give up the saved seat when directed to do so by cabin crew.) By law a passenger must obey the orders of the flight crew. I'm certain that, if you are removed from the flight, the company will absolutely defend their employee's decision.
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