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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a family of 4 and all had to sit separately.  (kids were 8 and 10)  The flight attendant tried desperately to get someone to move so my 8 yr old who was freaking out about sitting alone would be able to sit next to one of us, but no one budged!!

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Good for them!  You need to be flying an airline that allows you to pay for seats together instead of hassling other passengers.[/quote]

Perhaps the person who is unwilling to display a bit of common decency should be the one flying another airline so they get their seat of choice.  Southwest is not the airline for the inflexible.

I was recently on Southwest and a family was the last to board because their connection was late.  I was next to one of the few open sets and was happy to move so the mom could sit with her four year old. WTH is the big deal?  [/quote]

I don't fly Southwest.  I do however, fly an airline on which I have elite status and therefore my family and I can pick seats for free and we are not separated.  If I did not have elite status, I would pay for my family to have seats together.  You should never harass another passenger because [i]you [/i]did not prepare well or decided to fly an airline that doesn't actually meet your needs.[/quote]

Harassment is always bad but in my experience Southwest attendants don't harass anyone, they ask for volunteers.  Obviously you should never feel obligated to do something if you are being bullied.

Anyway, the situation you describe is different.  There is no way to pick a seat ahead of time on Southwest. Generally the family boarding arrangement takes care of it, but every now and then there's an issue.  For the person saying, oh just don't fly Southwest then, please.  To some cities Southwest offers the only direct flight from DC, and often prices are better than other airlines (although not so much anymore).  And there is always a chance, despite buying all your seats together on another carrier, that your flight gets cancelled and you're at the whim of the airline on your rescheduled flight.[/quote]

It's not different, actually.  Family boarding is ridiculous concept to begin with - and no passenger should have to move because you couldn't figure out how to get things to work.[/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean.  What's wrong with family boarding?  Would you rather all these families were in the C group and asking you to move?

If you're the person who doesn't fly Southwest, I actually think it DOES work quite well on that airline. I've been asked far less often to switch on SW than on other airlines where you have to pay to select a seat (which many people don't elect to do). As long as you're at the gate in time, there generally isn't an issue.

When we're on other airlines, we'll pay to select seats together but it doesn't always work.  Had to book a short notice flight to attend a family funeral and flights were pretty full already and we couldn't book seats together.  Luckily once we got to the gate the agent got us pairs of two seets together so it was fine.

It's all tradeoffs. There's no perfect airline out there.[/quote]

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