Newsweek also covered a Southwest passenger who said the new assigned seating policy made the overhead bin situation chaotic.

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Southwest was the last major U.S. airline to offer open seating. The shift to assigned seats marks a strategic pivot as the ...

Southwest Airlines ended its open-seating policy after 54 years and has started assigning seats to passengers. The airline's ...

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