I purchased "early bird" so that I would have a better chance at good seats for a very long flight... only to get on board and some guy is saving the ENTIRE exit row (3 seats on his side plus another seat across from him). I looked at the flight attendant, she didn't seem to care at all... so what's the point in your boarding order, your boarding groups, paying for priority boarding, paying for early bird, if someone is allowed to save arguably the best seats on the plane for people boarding in the C group? First of all, if you are flying on SW, board with the people you want to sit with or take your chances. If you NEED to have seats together, I suggest using an airline that assigns seats. And if you absolutely have to be more important than everyone on the plane and save seats for your friends in a later boarding group, it's not OK to save the Exit row or the front row. There is not a lot in terms of perks on SW, this destroys the only possible one.
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