10-23-2006
05:54 PM
1 Love
With such reasoned and well written pleas for maintaining open seating like Lee's above and the person who thinks they are a dog I'm going to have to admit defeat. I think they might want to keep open seating because they wouldn't be able to find an assigned seat.
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10-20-2006
08:17 PM
3 Loves
Brian,
I appreciate your response. My proposal calls for the people who pay the surcharge to board with the pre-boarders(children, elderly etc.) not to have an assigned seat. If they are not there to pre-board tough luck they lose whatever money they paid for the surcharge. This way if I pay the surcharge I don't have to worry what time I checked in, I don't have to stand in line and I'll still get a desirable seat. I think most people who don't like open seating aren't worried about a specific seat they just don't like having to worry about when they check in and having to stand in line for an hour before the flight.
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10-19-2006
10:47 PM
2 Loves
Someone from the cadre of open seating zealots, or a SW executive needs to tell me why my previous proposal doesn't work. That proposal is to keep everything the same(ABC open seating) except institute an option to pay a surcharge when booking a flight(say $20.00) per flight for a limited number of people(10-20) to board before the A group. The benefits are numerous, open seating is maintained, others who want to be guaranteed a certain type of seat can do so, which increases SW's potential customers. Another revenue stream is created. It is important to put a strict limit on the number of passengers eligible to pay to pre-board so that there are plenty of desirable seats left for the A customers. What's the problem with this beside a fierce devotion to unadulterated open seating?
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10-19-2006
04:45 AM
3 Loves
Kim,
SW can adopt the system I propose in my previous post(Oct. 15) and both problems are taken care of. People who want to assure themselves a certain seat will be able to, and the integrity of the airline and it boarding is maintained. Bonus, SW collects extra revenue. I have no problem with any of SW's modus operandi except open seating and thats what seems to get loyalists claws up more than anything else.
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10-17-2006
07:34 PM
3 Loves
Right on Kenney. Get me there on time with minimal hassles and thats fun enough. I shake my head at the cult like devotion to open seating.
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10-15-2006
10:14 PM
1 Love
This December I'm flying to Tampa from Chicago and paying $268.00 on United instaed of $177.00 on SW even though the flights are at similar times. Why? I don't have computer and printer access at my Vacation home in Fla and I don't want to get stuck in a middle seat on the way home.A ton of people don't fly SW because of the open seating. I fly from Chicago to Tampa six times a year. At the most I fly SW once because I can't stand the ABC system. Why doesn't SW have a seperate pay tier for people who want a guaranteed seat? Maybe a $20.00 surcharge per flight. Limit the guaranteed seats to ten or twenty per flight. People who pay extra can board before the A line. This way more people will fly SW but the people who like open seating will still be able to get to the airport 5 hours early and jockey for position to their hearts content.
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10-04-2006
06:10 PM
6 Loves
Why doesn't Southwest adopt a seperate fare tier for people who want assigned seats. This way if someone wants an assigned seat they can pay an extra $20 or so dollars a flight to get an assigned seat. The people who love the Southwest culture and getting to the airport 5 hours before a flight will still have the opportunity to jockey for position.Once again, there are a ton of people who don't fly LUV because of the present system, this takes care of it and still maintains the ABC system.
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09-18-2006
11:24 PM
5 Loves
I was wondering if any headway has been made on moving to assigned seating on Southwest?I would fly Southwest all the time, I go from Chicago to Tampa about 6 times a year but I never take Southwest because I can't stand the present system that is in place. I heard that Southwest was looking into assigned seating but haven't seen any updates. Anybody know what's happenin?
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