Southwest customers with an electronic, ticketless reservation can print their boarding pass for the first leg of travel on the day of travel. Once at the airport, those without bags to check who ...

A Southwest Airlines agent takes a boarding pass from a passengers boarding a flight. Southwest Airlines will debut its new assigned seating policy in January 2026, bringing an end to the airline ...

Southwest’s current open-seating boarding process is simple: Passengers line up behind stanchions based on their boarding group (labeled by letters A to C) and then pick an available seat once ...

Starting Jan. 27, Southwest Airlines passengers will get assigned seats for the first time, marking a major shift in the carrier’s business model.

Southwest will assign seats for the first time ever in 2026. Here’s how group boarding will work — and what it means for your next flight.