I would've never found LUV if not for the open seating policy...I met my wife on a SWA flight from SJC to PHX on December 22, 1995.
I was traveling to ABQ to visit my parents for Christmas, she was going to PHX with her sister and family to visit another sister. They preboarded (because they had small children), and I decided to sit on the same row because she was beautiful. (and still is!)
Turns out that she lived only about 5 miles from me. We were married on August 7, 1998, and none of that would've been possible without open seating.
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