B 22

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Well as luck or destiny would have it I had the pleasure of flying back to Dallas last night on Southwest. I don’t know why I am struggling so with the new boarding procedures but I just had to follow up. I know what you are thinking: Lonny needs to get a life; he needs to tell someone who cares, good grief can he not find a better topic? The good news is I think I know why all the fuss on my end.

First the facts:

I was shocked out of a restful slumber at 5 AM and realized I had not got my boarding pass. I threw on my cloths, rushed down stairs and got my pass, it was B 22. I must have been having a nightmare about C 31-60.

At the airport and a veteran at the new procedures, I watched as the A 1-30 elite smugly board the airplane laughing silently under their breath at the rest of us, then the A 31-60 who confidently boarded knowing the dreaded middle seat would not be their fate on this day. The call came for the B 1-30 to line up. I stepped in my spot. I had to ask, “What do you think of the new boarding procedures”? The person next to me said I love it; in fact I refused to fly Southwest until they did this. Oh my God, was she kidding? I was dying to ask others and start a fight there in the B 21-26 box but believe it or not I said, “I was just curious, thanks”.

I sat (in an isle seat) next to a young lady who was a lawyer, we talked a bit and she said “I am not sure I like the new boarding procedures, I don’t know why they just don’t assign seats”. I wanted to hug her, but once again I was restrained and said I could not agree more. She graduated from SMU, law degree from Tech, quite a talented young lady.

My deal is this, I miss the world where I had more control instead of less, maybe the deal at Southwest is better but I think I prefer when I am a B to get their earlier, get in front and at least have a bit of say so. I think I will fly next with an assigned seat and get on when I want. I really don’t want the peanuts anyway.

More to come,

Lonny