Head for This Row Next Time You’re Traveling With Your Family on Southwest — Here’s Why

Flying with youngsters can check the persistence of even essentially the most cool-tempered of vacationers — however for those who’re flying Southwest Airlines, merely selecting the best seat could purchase you just a few extra minutes of peace.

Because of mother and journey blogger, Katie Holden of Katie’s Travel Tricks, we’re now armed with valuable data for boarding our subsequent Southwest flight — guide row 23.

Explaining in an Instagram post shared earlier this month, Holden defined why this specific row is good for households as its near the restrooms and the primary to obtain drink service.

“In the event you do not assume this issues, you do not have children. Or possibly your children are tremendous relaxed,” she wrote within the caption.

She additionally shared, as a consequence of her personal expertise, that you might have luck in coming throughout an open center seat on a largely full flight, as a result of passengers “decide a center seat on the entrance of the aircraft as a result of they’re resigned to a center seat” or “go all the way in which within the again to hope they discover an aisle or window.”

With over 50,000 likes on her informative put up, Southwest flight attendants truly reached out to her and offered extra clarification explaining that for those who’re on a Boeing 737-800 or MAX 8 plane, you will wish to be in row 23 for fast drink service, however row 17 is the way in which to go on a Boeing 737-700 as a result of there are fewer rows.

The U.S. Division of Transportation has not too long ago referred to as on airways to stop charging families with children to sit together. Airways who don’t comply will probably be topic to “extra motion per its [the Department’s] authorities.”

Cailey Rizzo is a contributing author for Journey + Leisure, presently primarily based in Brooklyn. You will discover her on Twitter, Instagram, or at caileyrizzo.com.