"Check-in chicken" is a strategy where travelers wait until the last minute to check in, hoping for a better seat assignment. The only guaranteed way to get a preferred seat is to pay for a seat ...

Southwest Airlines has ended its open-seating policy, with assigned seating now standard on all flights. Passengers can pay extra for preferred seats, extra legroom, and earlier boarding under a new ...

Open seating, Southwest Airlines' long-standing policy that allowed passengers to choose their own seats on a first-come, first-served basis based on their boarding position, died at age 54 on Monday, ...

Southwest Airlines ended its open-seating policy after 54 years and has started assigning seats to passengers. The airline's executives say customers sought the change and touted the financial ...

Southwest Airlines gets rave reviews from Wall Street for assigning seats and adding fees, but will the quirky airline ...