Ironically, after flying all my life, I prefer open seating.
I've flown a lot of times with an assigned seat. On occasion, I board the plane and there is somebody sitting in my seat. I tell them they are in the wrong seat. They get mad, check their boarding pass, check their phone, drag down their carry on from the overhead and go off to find their correct seat in a huff. Sheesh, it makes you feel like you've done something wrong.
When I was younger, I always liked a window seat. Just sit and watch the world go by below. Now that I'm older, I prefer sitting toward the back of the plane in an aisle seat near the lavatory. Yes, mother nature makes the rules.
With Southwest, I check in for the flight 24 hours before. I always get the A group. When the plane boards, I just wait and board with the C group, walk to the back of the plane and get an aisle seat.
On long flights, I do fly first class. What a way to go. Bottomless champagne glass, hot towels, hot nuts, hot meal. You get treated like royalty!
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