I always hear the about Open seating when I get on the airplane. Take any open seat. But SouthWest should add "Unless the Open Seat is being held for a friend. My wife and I were told that for the first four seats that we tried to sit in. If the seat is being held for a friend who is boarding in a Later Group, then Southwest has no problem with holding a seat. So the way to play the game is become friends with somebody in A Group and have them to hold a seat for you. If you give them $20 instead of upgrading to A1- A15 then you way ahead of the game.
I am fairly sure that Saving seats is a SWA policy because the Flight Attendant told me that the seat was saved when we went to sit in the third set of two seats.
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