The idea sounds simple and great. Pay a small fee to automatically check in for your Southwest flight in advance, avoid the 24-hour rush, and (probably) get a better boarding number. Plus, if your ...

Southwest Airlines has been making a range of changes, with the carrier now charging for checked luggage and eliminating its famous open seating policy in favor of assigned seats. From Jan. 27, 2026, ...

— -- Families traveling with small children will no longer get to jump to the front of the boarding line at Southwest Airlines. The airline, which carries more than one in three Phoenix ...

A Southwest Airlines agent takes a boarding pass from a passengers boarding a flight. Southwest Airlines will debut its new assigned seating policy in January 2026, bringing an end to the airline's ...

UN aviation officials plan to replace boarding passes and flight check-in with a digital "journey pass" Passengers could travel using just their phone and face for verification within 2–3 years ...