Getting A Great Seat On Southwest Airlines (Without Engaging In Fisticuffs With Other Passengers!)
So you want to fly for a dollar on Southwest, but youre tired of sitting in the middle seat, at the back of the plane, smelling the restroom sanitizer spray? Yes, THE SECRET isnt some law of attraction, its getting a good seat on an open-seating flight. After flying on gazillions of Southwest planes, touring as a corporate comedienne, Ive figured it out! Here are ways to raise the odds that youll get a decent seat too.
IF THE PLANE ISNT COMPLETELY FULL AND YOURE IN THE A OR B LINE. . . you of course want to get in a row where the middle seat stays empty!
Sit in rows 5 through 8. . .
According to my unscientific research of watching people-patterns (no lab rats involved), Ive noticed a people-pattern. Passengers tend to fill up the front couple rows first, THEN, starting with about row 5, if they see a person sitting in that row they head to the back, searching for a better seat! I HYPOTHESIZE (like a scientist) that they cant see the back until about row 9, and then its too late to do that salmon swimming upstream move, so theyre stuck. Park it in rows...