Southwest Airlines offers free seats to overweight people

A new Southwest Airlines “size customer” policy offers insight into how cowardly American corporations were so easily fleeced for more than $100 million by the radical Black Lives Matter movement, lots of them. being companies you do business today

Southwest Airlines allows morbidly obese passengers to request a free seat and requires those larger-sized passengers to be accommodated by flight staff, according to the New York Post, which said that means leaving other passengers off the flight if necessary.

The policy, seen below, entitles customers whose bodies “encroach” beyond the armrest to an extra seat at no extra cost:

Customers encroaching on any portion of neighboring seats may proactively purchase the required number of seats prior to travel a Make sure extra seats are available. The armrest it is considered to be the definitive limit between seats; Narrowest and widest passenger seat widths (in inches) are available our Flying Southwest page. The purchase of additional seats serves as notification of a special seat need and allows us to properly plan the number of busy seats on board. too help We ensure that we can accommodate all customers on the flight for which they purchased a ticket and avoid asking customers to give up their seats to an unplanned one accommodation Most importantly, it ensures that all customers on board have access to safe and comfortable seats. You can contact us for a refund of the cost of the extra seats after the trip. if you prefer not to purchase an extra seat in advance, you have the option to buy just one seat and then discuss your seating needs with customer service agent a the exit door Yes is determined that a second (or third) seat is required, it will be you is accommodated with a free extra seat.

As seen above, Southwest skirts around the issue with a gentle request to “proactively purchase” the extra seat to ensure it's available, but makes it clear that morbidly obese people will have a “free” seat, which begs the question of why pay for something that will be given to you for free.

During the summer, Plus Size “Travel Influencer” Jae'lynn Chaney argued that airlines should be forced to accommodate their large size when they wanted to.

Chaney started a Change.org petition demanding a change to “discriminatory” policies that require plus-size travelers to purchase two seats, claiming they have to pay “twice for the same experience.”

“People with smaller bodies can pay a fare to get to their destination,” Chaney told CNN Travel. “We have to pay two rates, even though we are having the same experience. If anything, our experiences are a bit more difficult.”

In October, Caroline, a size 20 travel influencer, posted a video on TikTok praising Southwest's new policy.

“If you're fat, you know the anxiety of flying and this relieves it a lot,” said Caroline. “I had a very comfortable flight with the feeling that I was allowed to take up the space I needed.”

He did not mention whether the extra seat was purchased or whether another passenger was removed from the flight to accommodate her.

One social media user offered his opinion on why Southwest would go this route, suggesting that the Texas-based airline is “checking to raise the established ESG/DEI standard.”

Here's a sampling of responses to the story, as seen in X:

Can I still point and laugh?

Probably very unpopular, but I think a little fat shaming would do society some good.

Southwest is only temporarily checking to increase the established ESG/DEI standard.

— Joshua Walker (@RedsRepair95) December 15, 2023

The southwest has given way to cattle.

“Plus size customers” will now receive a free extra seat to accommodate their unhealthy choices.

Yes. Even if the airline is overbooked.

Which means someone other than a broken cookie tin will have to disembark for Southwest to serve… pic.twitter.com/ZC0D1Wc444

— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) December 15, 2023

Southwest Airlines will offer plus-size customers a hay bed and dining room https://t.co/V3Vmadpzql pic.twitter.com/2QUHAQyZ1I

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 15, 2023

I have been warning people for years that this was the direction society was going.

Weak people who would rather vindicate the victim than address their own crap enabled by a society too weak to tell people the truth for fear of hurting feelings.

— Alan Roberts (@TheMFingCOO) December 15, 2023

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