Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Southwest Check in Tips

Southwest does not board with assigned seats. It boards like a bus, first come, first pick. They group people into three corals (like cattle) and herd them on the plane one row at a time. The lines are labeled A, B, C depending upon when you get your boarding pass. You want to be in A or B but if you wait until you are at the airport, you will be in C.

So at home, within 24 hours before flight, you can print out a boarding pass on your computer and that will give you good seating.

On the way back it is a little trickier, but if the hotel has a computer you can check in on the computer and if they a have a printer, you can get a pass there. You can do this at the Orleans business office. Also, here is a very good thread discussion of the issue:

http://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21639

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