Passenger Calls Out Women Who 'Piled Bags' in Empty Seat So No One Would Take It — then Giggled When it Worked

• The southwestern passenger claims that two passengers ‘accumulated bags’ on an empty middle seat to pretend to be busy
• Traveler’s retelling incident on Reddit sparked a discussion of an epidemic of savings on the Avio -Company
• Southwest announced that they were taking place with their Open Seating Rule of 2025 in a controversial move to a assigned sitting

The passenger of the aircraft invites two women on their recent flight after testifying that they were lying around the middle seat so that other passengers would not sit between them.

The traveler, who flew in the southwestern airline companies, revealed that watching the behavior of other passengers were now supported by a controversial movement of the airline to the assigned sitting, according to their recounting incident on Reddit. Although aircraft is still working as part of its open seats policy, it will begin in the phase of a assigned seat for passengers later in 2025.

“I was against the adoption of the SWA seats assigned, but yesterday I made myself change my mind,” begins Redditor, who goes next to the user name @Ecksray67.

They notice that they flew from Dallas, and the flight was “almost full” when they noticed the questioning behavior performed by passengers sitting in line 18.

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The interior of the aircraft.

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“One young woman was sitting in the D head of the D and the other in F. They were piling up their bags in the headquarters and saying a few passing people that the seat was busy. When the cabin closed, they looked and nodded before moving some bags to the floor under the E.”

Southwest Airlines ends in open seats policy and will allocate places starting at 2025.

The passenger sits with the baby on the plane.

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Many Reddit users have approached the comments to weigh a discussion on the savings of the place.

Referring to the southwest, one person suggested, “it seems that she could only spend the rules against the savings of the seat, instead of solving the reasons why most of their loyal customers chose them for years.”

Others pointed out that even with airlines that are carried out assigned to sitting, passengers often face the question that they cannot sit next to their companion.

“Read the other airlines. People do not get room next to everyone for any reason, then just sit in someone else’s place and ask the person to kindly trade with them. Problems will not disappear, “one user wrote.

The third commentator added, “The last few times when I flying, the savings of the seat has been so bad. People have become only mineral about it. I look forward to the assigned seats.”

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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800.

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According to the current policy of open seating, Southwest – which acts on the first arrival, first served – there are no special rules against the savings of the place.

“Once on board, simply select any available seat and pledge your items in the above ground bin or below the seat in front of you,” advises the airline on their official website.

However, in July 2024, Southwest announced that he would officially deprive the rule of open seating a loyal customers experienced for years.

People have previously reported that the Avio -Company will start selling the allocated places in the second half of 2025, but passengers will not see reserved sitting in action on their flights by the beginning of 2026.

The big announcement comes after the airline has conducted an “extensive research” on customers’ needs during flying, which concluded that 80% of customers in the southwest and 86% of potential customers prefer a allocated place.

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