Beginning on Jan. 27, 2026, Southwest Airlines is enacting a new assigned seating policy as well as new requirements for plus ...

It can be frustrating, but just because a seat is open on a plane doesn't mean it's necessarily available to you specifically ...

Southwest Airlines, which uses Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as a major hub, said its flights will have assigned seating starting Jan. 27. Flights for that date will be ...

The era of open seating on Southwest Airlines is coming to an end. The company announced the date assigned seating becomes the rule of travel. Flights on Jan. 27 will be the first ones to have ...

Southwest Airline's open seating policy is coming in for its final approach. The Texas-based carrier said Monday that flights with assigned seats will begin on Jan. 27, 2026, marking the end of an era ...