Children pre-boarding or boarding after the first group - whatever. Calling it an improvement to have me figure out which numbered post to stand by (within my boarding group no less)? That's insulting. Congratulations Southwest. You've managed to take away the only saving grace to the A B C system of open seating by effectively guaranteeing that anyone without access to a computer to print an early boarding pass is relegated to a middle seat. Used to be if you got stuck with a C pass you could mitigate it somewhat with a small bit of industriousness by getting there early and being at the front of the C line so you at least had a shot at the least bad of the worst seats - but no more. The only industriousness rewarded now is to those techno savvy enough to have computer access and remember to use it to retrieve their boarding passes 24 hours early. And woe to you if you wait until 23 hours. You've just moved the line online, and created the stress of knowing you've got a guaranteed seat that sucks up to 23 hours early. And how long did you study this "improvement" Southwest???
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