Southwest Adds Digital Upgraded Boarding Service

Southwest Airways on Monday launched the power for
prospects to digitally improve their boarding on eligible itineraries, as per a
Southwest
post on the forum FlyerTalk. Beforehand, prospects needed to buy upgraded
boarding on the counter.

Upgraded boarding, at $30 per section, per passenger, permits
prospects to safe an A1 to A15 boarding place, relying on availability, in accordance
to the service, which may give them a leg-up on snagging their most well-liked seat
or overhead bin area.

The service might be out there for buy starting 24
hours earlier than a flight’s scheduled departure and can finish half-hour earlier than that
scheduled departure, in line with Southwest. Passengers with a Enterprise Choose
ticket already obtain A1 to A15 boarding positions. The profit is for these
flying on Anytime, Wanna Get Away or the just lately added Wanna
Get Away Plus fares.

Southwest additionally just lately modified the digital check-in cutoff
time to twenty minutes from 60 minutes, in line with the corporate.