Rich fat people can afford to fly first class or buy two seats, and I assure you they do so. The rest of all of us have to deal with the indignities of flying coach. One of those is sometimes you sit next to a fatty, or a loud talker, or perfume woman, or gigantic shoulders guy, or screaming children. If you want guaranteed comfort, fly first class. Of course, SWA doesn’t have a first class, and since they go everywhere I need to go these days (Sanibel, Omaha, Pittsburgh, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Detroit, etc.) and their prices are reasonable, I fly they almost exclusively. But I really really disagree with this policy and the way it was administered in this case and in all of the others I have read about. I am certainly going to check my options very carefully next time I fly and see if I can’t vote with my dollars and let SWA know their policy is crap.
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