{"id":9271,"date":"2024-10-05T12:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T12:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelaffiliatewebsite.com\/mer\/southwest-extra-legroom-seats-to-start-appearing-on-some-planes-next-year\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T12:23:15","slug":"southwest-extra-legroom-seats-to-start-appearing-on-some-planes-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelaffiliatewebsite.com\/mer\/southwest-extra-legroom-seats-to-start-appearing-on-some-planes-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest extra legroom seats to start appearing on some planes next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’re a regular Southwest Airlines customer, you may start noticing some big changes at the airline sooner than you might expect.<\/p>\n

Late last month, executives at the Dallas-based carrier laid out a massive commercial overhaul, including more details on the airline’s plan to ditch its half-century-old open seating policy<\/a> in favor of its first-ever assigned and extra-legroom seats.<\/p>\n

As TPG reported last week<\/a>, those assigned seats are set to go on sale in late 2025 for flights departing in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n

You won’t have to wait until 2026 to see the extra-legroom seats appearing on some planes, though. And long before the airline’s most seismic changes go live, Southwest is planning a shift in how it prices some of its current add-on boarding products.<\/p>\n

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