I'll be going back to flying Delta where I have lifetime Gold Status. I'm not going to play "center seat roulette" for what will only be a slight difference in price.
I remember these Recaro R2 seats are sculpted to give you more knee room, that probably made Southwest think that they can decrease the legroom without decreasing the knee space
Having been flying SW 2-4 times per year . Advantage. 1. Two free bags, 2. can easily change flights without any penalties. The money spent on the cancelled flight stays in your account at the full value for next purchase. 3. Get a boarding pass, then get on plane and take any seat. Much simpler way of loading plane. 4. The leg room was consistent throughout the cabin and was more than back of United Airlines planes. I am 5 foot 6 and the United regular seats were constraining for me. So advantages 3 and 4 are cancelled with new seating system and the extra leg room seats I am sure will add cost to the flight.
So, the video creator is 5’9” tall. Reducing the seat pitch by 1 inch means that half of the people on the plane will now touch the seat in front of them with their knees. Also, the current headrest configuration is too short for anybody 6’ tall or greater to use, but who sleeps…? I certainly hope SWA has accounted for “North American tall“ passengers with how high the new headrests will raise. A bulge too low on my back would make the seat unusable. It’s not likely I’m going to buy premium to get my seat pitch back. I will more likely shop all the airlines for better flight time/duration instead since now since my knees will touch on all domestic flights.
Although the seat pitch is decreasing by one inch on the -800/-8 it is actually decreasing to the current pitch of the -700. Right now the -800/-8 has a 32 inch pitch while the -700 has a 31 inch pitch. Even with the new seating configuration on the -700 the pitch will still be 31 inches. SWA has about half -800/-8s and half -700. So there is a 50% chance that the seat pitch is no different than what it would have been.
Now JetBlue can finally reclaim their title of “most legroom in coach” even with their new smaller seat pitch lol. I do appreciate the upgrades of charging ports and device holders but I’d rather see them take out 1 row of seats (which is only around 4% of the airplane’s capacity) than do this. Overall I don’t like the direction that activist investors (notably Elliot) are pushing Southwest in. What will really send me over the edge through is elimination of free checked bags (if that does happen) but that will probably stay
@@airbus7373 all of these changes were in motion far before Elliot showed up. They also said during the presentation yesterday that two free checked bags are a part of their DNA and will not go away.
I hate the lose the most comfortable seats that are currently on the Southwest 737-700s! They are the most comfortable compared to most coach seats right now in my opinion.
Except the ones who can't. ...Not to mention various other chronic issues that would be fantastic to trade with those who can show us just how easy life can be. Also ADA will still preboard no matter the seat assignment.
No crap. As a premium flyer I can’t wait to see the horrendous preboarding process go to essentially non-existent. Crazy how all these preboarders are miraculously healed in-flight and can walk off upon landing.
@qapncrunch ok good because having a disability is such an emotionally distressing thing. We need any and all the support we can get, including not being accused of faking disabilities that the geveral public can't see, judge, or diagnose. I hate to think that some are scamming the system, but that's a reality, too. That being said, their poor behavior is punishing those of us who can show our ADA authentication. The focus seems to be on the scammers and not us.
They fumbled the bag yet again. They had the opportunity to truly create a premium product, but having the premium seats scattered throughout the cabin sucks. They need Cabin separation between coach and the new premium seats.
I dont think the original comment was shade, I think they were being honest. I am a tall, thick lady and was wondering whether the seating would be comfortable for someone like me. A lot of these flight seating videos usually feature people who are small. Tall folks travel too.☺️@@jamescharros1299
I’m not a fan of how they explained picking seats, sounds like it’s 48 hours before your flight, which they pick for you???? Doesn’t seem like you’ll be able to pick. But if you want to pick you have to pay extra? But they included extra legroom in that…. My question is can I pick my row for standard legroom and not have to pay extra or am I forced to pay extra just to pick my row from normal seating. Like for years I have been picking row 23 on the 737-800 for SW, now if I go to book online I’m going to have to pay extra just to be able to pick…. Seems weird. Hopefully it’s only an up charge to pick extra room not standard room, it’s basically seems like JetBlues basic blue vs blue fare prices.
Wanna Get Away fares will be in the back and they are the ones who will be assigned seats at the last minute. They are the cheap tickets and therefore in the last 7 or 9 rows. If a family wants to sit together, they will likely be spilt up 2 and 2 back there. The aisles, windows and front seats will be premium products!
Yeah what a dumbass using phone for measurement. At least could have said what phone it is otherwise this video is completely useless. What a Waste of time
They will go to the seat they purchased like all the other airlines. You will no longer be allowed in the front rows, aisles or windows unless you pay a premium price. If you buy the cheapest tickets you will be in the last 9 rows.
From their pictures online, it looks like they have more of these additional legroom seats just behind the wing as well as up front. Since I love the window seats just behind the wings, I’d be really pissed if they made them all additional charges. If you have any idea how many rows or how far back that might go (if it’s true at all), can you share what you know?
Saw a map from southwest posted online. It essentially showed 4 seating sections. 1)First 5 rows: premium extra legroom 2)Row 6 to emergency exit: standard legroom preferred aka pay more for location 3) First 5 rows after exit row: premium extra legroom 4) remainder of plane: standard legroom
Companion pass holders can select sets next to each other “All Companion Pass® holders will have the ability to select an available seat for their Companion when they travel together.”
It was a sample plane they retrofitted for the preview. They will put the old seats back in and the plane will be put back in service. I’m sure lots of regulatory approvals they need to go through before the first plane with the new seats goes into service
@@MaxMilesPoints Thanks for the response. That makes sense as it would have been such an expense to keep it on the ground. Thanks again and keep doing what you are doing.
I flew one of their flights with new seats. The seats do have outlets, however they are thinner and less leg room made it a bit more uncomfortable than a usual flight.
They are not new seats. They added ports on some seatbacks. Some planes might still have the headrest that doesn't fold in, so the ones that do are newer, but not the newest.@loriendavancleafmarlondunb1373
Never in a trillion years would I fly SWA. No proper F/B. Just s sardine can. At least some time ago Frontier had B, but now they're a sardine can as well.
I'll be going back to flying Delta where I have lifetime Gold Status. I'm not going to play "center seat roulette" for what will only be a slight difference in price.
I remember these Recaro R2 seats are sculpted to give you more knee room, that probably made Southwest think that they can decrease the legroom without decreasing the knee space
Having been flying SW 2-4 times per year . Advantage. 1. Two free bags, 2. can easily change flights without any penalties. The money spent on the cancelled flight stays in your account at the full value for next purchase. 3. Get a boarding pass, then get on plane and take any seat. Much simpler way of loading plane. 4. The leg room was consistent throughout the cabin and was more than back of United Airlines planes. I am 5 foot 6 and the United regular seats were constraining for me.
So advantages 3 and 4 are cancelled with new seating system and the extra leg room seats I am sure will add cost to the flight.
Love it! Can’t wait!
So, the video creator is 5’9” tall. Reducing the seat pitch by 1 inch means that half of the people on the plane will now touch the seat in front of them with their knees. Also, the current headrest configuration is too short for anybody 6’ tall or greater to use, but who sleeps…? I certainly hope SWA has accounted for “North American tall“ passengers with how high the new headrests will raise. A bulge too low on my back would make the seat unusable.
It’s not likely I’m going to buy premium to get my seat pitch back. I will more likely shop all the airlines for better flight time/duration instead since now since my knees will touch on all domestic flights.
So sad that they’re decreasing the legroom for standard seats. I love southwest for their legroom so this was disappointing to hear about
Agreed, 31" still better than UA or AA but nonetheless still a downgrade :/
Although the seat pitch is decreasing by one inch on the -800/-8 it is actually decreasing to the current pitch of the -700. Right now the -800/-8 has a 32 inch pitch while the -700 has a 31 inch pitch. Even with the new seating configuration on the -700 the pitch will still be 31 inches. SWA has about half -800/-8s and half -700. So there is a 50% chance that the seat pitch is no different than what it would have been.
Now JetBlue can finally reclaim their title of “most legroom in coach” even with their new smaller seat pitch lol. I do appreciate the upgrades of charging ports and device holders but I’d rather see them take out 1 row of seats (which is only around 4% of the airplane’s capacity) than do this. Overall I don’t like the direction that activist investors (notably Elliot) are pushing Southwest in. What will really send me over the edge through is elimination of free checked bags (if that does happen) but that will probably stay
@@airbus7373 all of these changes were in motion far before Elliot showed up. They also said during the presentation yesterday that two free checked bags are a part of their DNA and will not go away.
I think it’s only an inch less, if not it’s still one of the best for standards economy besides JetBlue
I hate the lose the most comfortable seats that are currently on the Southwest 737-700s! They are the most comfortable compared to most coach seats right now in my opinion.
RIP SWA
I'm just glad there is assigned seating in the future. Folks in wheelchairs can walk again.
Except the ones who can't. ...Not to mention various other chronic issues that would be fantastic to trade with those who can show us just how easy life can be.
Also ADA will still preboard no matter the seat assignment.
No crap. As a premium flyer I can’t wait to see the horrendous preboarding process go to essentially non-existent. Crazy how all these preboarders are miraculously healed in-flight and can walk off upon landing.
@@ChiquitaL obviously not talking about those people so no need to get heated
@qapncrunch ok good because having a disability is such an emotionally distressing thing. We need any and all the support we can get, including not being accused of faking disabilities that the geveral public can't see, judge, or diagnose. I hate to think that some are scamming the system, but that's a reality, too. That being said, their poor behavior is punishing those of us who can show our ADA authentication. The focus seems to be on the scammers and not us.
@@ChiquitaL the less scammers there are the better experience it should be for everyone all around.
They fumbled the bag yet again. They had the opportunity to truly create a premium product, but having the premium seats scattered throughout the cabin sucks. They need Cabin separation between coach and the new premium seats.
How about showing someone 6’3” and 225 in one of these. That guy is pretty small.
How about you go sit on AA or UA and imagine one inch more of pitch 😂
Woah he claps 👏🏽 back. Kitty 🐱 likes to scratch. 😂
I dont think the original comment was shade, I think they were being honest. I am a tall, thick lady and was wondering whether the seating would be comfortable for someone like me. A lot of these flight seating videos usually feature people who are small. Tall folks travel too.☺️@@jamescharros1299
0:37 Dude has that backpack?
hahaha 😂 yeah
I’m not a fan of how they explained picking seats, sounds like it’s 48 hours before your flight, which they pick for you???? Doesn’t seem like you’ll be able to pick. But if you want to pick you have to pay extra? But they included extra legroom in that…. My question is can I pick my row for standard legroom and not have to pay extra or am I forced to pay extra just to pick my row from normal seating. Like for years I have been picking row 23 on the 737-800 for SW, now if I go to book online I’m going to have to pay extra just to be able to pick…. Seems weird. Hopefully it’s only an up charge to pick extra room not standard room, it’s basically seems like JetBlues basic blue vs blue fare prices.
Wanna Get Away fares will be in the back and they are the ones who will be assigned seats at the last minute. They are the cheap tickets and therefore in the last 7 or 9 rows. If a family wants to sit together, they will likely be spilt up 2 and 2 back there. The aisles, windows and front seats will be premium products!
What I think? Next time use a tape measure if you're going to demonstrate distances. Even IKEA will give you a free one you can stash in your pocket
Yeah what a dumbass using phone for measurement. At least could have said what phone it is otherwise this video is completely useless. What a Waste of time
What will pre-board people do?
They will go to the seat they purchased like all the other airlines. You will no longer be allowed in the front rows, aisles or windows unless you pay a premium price. If you buy the cheapest tickets you will be in the last 9 rows.
Interesting changes for sure, any word if they're taking away or reducing the 2 free checked bags perk? Thanks
Two free checked bags is staying for sure they aren't changing that
Is USB A and C charging standard every row? Thank you for the information.
yup! Every seat
still no standard electrical socket?
No 🫤
From their pictures online, it looks like they have more of these additional legroom seats just behind the wing as well as up front. Since I love the window seats just behind the wings, I’d be really pissed if they made them all additional charges. If you have any idea how many rows or how far back that might go (if it’s true at all), can you share what you know?
Those are exit row where there has to be more space per FAA rules
Saw a map from southwest posted online. It essentially showed 4 seating sections. 1)First 5 rows: premium extra legroom 2)Row 6 to emergency exit: standard legroom preferred aka pay more for location 3) First 5 rows after exit row: premium extra legroom 4) remainder of plane: standard legroom
@@marcusj4482Damn so to fly you have to hope the last 9 rows aren't filled unless you have to pay more??
How tall are you?
5' 9"
"surprisingly very comfortable," but for how long though lol
Is there gonna be a business/first class with a 2 2 configuration or just the 3 3 but more leg room?
Just 3-3 with extra leg room
What’s going to happen with companion pass? Any word?
Companion pass holders can select sets next to each other
“All Companion Pass® holders will have the ability to select an available seat for their Companion when they travel together.”
@@MaxMilesPoints have they mentioned what the up charge would be for extra leg room seats for companion pass?
How many total seats 💺 are on the new plane?
737-700s lose a row -- so 137 seats, MAX7s if they are ever delivered will have 2 less seats - so 148. &37-800s and MAX8s will still; seat 175
What’s so premium
Front row, aisle and windows are premium. The "Wanna Get Aways" will be in the last few rows of the plane!
Out of curiosity, if they only start in 2026, are they going to keep the plane you toured out of service until then?
It was a sample plane they retrofitted for the preview. They will put the old seats back in and the plane will be put back in service. I’m sure lots of regulatory approvals they need to go through before the first plane with the new seats goes into service
@@MaxMilesPoints Thanks for the response. That makes sense as it would have been such an expense to keep it on the ground. Thanks again and keep doing what you are doing.
@@samithagajameragedara8839 it only takes a couple of hours to take off the seats and install the old ones back on!
At this point if the plane goes down, will the uogrades save lives???
Everyone is dead RIP
I loves sitting in the premium seats. They have a nice legroom. I like it a lots.
I flew one of their flights with new seats. The seats do have outlets, however they are thinner and less leg room made it a bit more uncomfortable than a usual flight.
The new seats in the video are not currently on any planes that are operating
Yes they are.
They are not new seats. They added ports on some seatbacks. Some planes might still have the headrest that doesn't fold in, so the ones that do are newer, but not the newest.@loriendavancleafmarlondunb1373
Terrible airline. At least they now have assigned seating.
57938 Gleason Shoals
Never in a trillion years would I fly SWA. No proper F/B. Just s sardine can.
At least some time ago Frontier had B, but now they're a sardine can as well.
What is F/B?
@rosethornil apologies. F/B is saying First and/or Business