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It’s official — As of January 27th, 2026, Southwest Airlines is no longer offering open seating and is welcoming assigned seating.
Southwest Planes at Orlando International Airport
Instead of having all seats be the same style and space, they’re also adding two additional seating options. Do you always fly Southwest? You’ll want to read this before booking your next flight.
A big change is coming to Southwest Airlines.
Southwest plane
We’ll admit we’ve been a little nervous since Southwest Airlines announced it was ending its open seating policy and start offering assigned seats. Southwest is one of our favorite airlines to fly to Disney World after all, and perhaps we feared that this change would mean other things changing, like free checked bags (because all the other airlines charge for those). However, we’ve got a big update about the new seating policy.
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