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Southwest Adds $10 Fee to Board Early

Airline with no assigned seats starts charging for first dibs

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 2, 2009 4:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Southwest Airlines doesn’t assign seats, but now it will start charging for the privilege of finding the best one, the Dallas Morning News reports. For an extra $10, the new “EarlyBird Check-in” allows passengers to board first, or at least right after the... Read full story »

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Southwest Adds $10 Fee to Board Early

Airline with no assigned seats starts charging for first dibs

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