The southwest changes the policy of money recovery for customers from January

SouthWest Airlines adds rules when it comes to “customers of size”.

Starting on January 27, when flights start with the seats designated in take -off, travelers, in addition to buying the size “the required number of seats required before traveling to ensure the exact adjacent seat is available.”

“I just hope that consumers will be aware of this change and I wonder whether people will give up the size in addition to flying with them at all because of not knowing whether the trip was sold or not,” said Jeff Jenkins, founder of the Blog Blog Blog Blog, said. USA today. “It is just more anxious to experience high anxiety.”

In order to advise potential customers taking into account whether they need an additional seat, Southwest recounts the Boeing 737 with 15.5 inches in narrower, to 17.8 inches in a wider. The airline says that the final seat limits are the armrest.

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“We are updating many policies while preparing for employment, employees and clients to sit on January 27, 2026. To ensure the space, we communicate with customers who previously used the additional seat policy that they have to buy in reservation,” said South West Gerains in a statement to Fox.

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Passengers who buy an additional seat may be qualified to recover money if you leave the passenger’s flight while there is at least one open seat on the plane (or with travelers traveling on tickets available for space), both buyers are the same fare and the recovery request is submitted within 90 days from the date of the flight.

The airline previously encouraged passengers in addition to buying two seats, but it had fewer amounts of amount.

index	protection	last	Changing	% Change
Loew	South West Air.	32.77	+1.70	+5.47 %

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The airline website says that customers who are traveling on a path on tracks with South West partners companies should buy an additional, non -refundable seat directly through the partner transport company.