It's easy to get an "A" boarding pass unless Southwest knocks you out of their own system. On a recent trip we had to be reassigned to a new flight because the connecting Southwest flight was 4 hours late due to mechnical problems. We were tired and weary from the first part of our experience and had faith that Southwest would do something to honor the "A" boarding passes we had for the original second leg of our flight. We were wrong. B46 and B47 from uncaring gate agents. The result was separated seats with difficult seat mates for the most miserable 3.5 hour flight. So you can check in and do eveything right, but if they mess up, you'll suffer the consequences.
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