Southwest Airlines to Families: No More Early Boarding
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.19.07 | 4:43 PM ET
Beginning Oct. 2, people traveling with small children will no longer be allowed to pre-board Southwest Airlines flights. It’s all in the name of fairness, the airline says. Reports the Los Angeles Times: “Children under 5, and those traveling with them, won’t be stripped entirely of privilege. If they and their entourage don’t get boarding passes in time to be part of group A, they’ll be allowed to board right after that group, before B and C.” The airline had received complaints about the policy from other travelers. In other news, the airline has apparently reconsidered its pre-flight lecture policy for travelers in short skirts, too.
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