EarlyBird

I have a 4 night stay starting tomorrow at a Hampton Inn in New York, but my travel plans changed and I now need to leave a day early. I called the front desk and they told me there would be a penalty of one full night for checking out early. However, when I looked at the...

Flying BWI–LAS–HNL tomorrow at 6AM. We booked three Choice Preferred seats with EarlyBird check-in and my youngest is on a companion pass. Got our boarding numbers this morning and they’re all over the place wife A35, older son A40, me A44. Second leg is similar, A50–A55 spread....

I’m 6'3 and fly a lot for work, and on other airlines I just pay for extra legroom and I’m set. With Southwest it’s a gamble every time. Even when I buy A1–15 or Early Bird, I still end up in A50-something and nowhere near an exit row. Paid 56 bucks for that last time… total...

I’m A-List and noticed Southwest says not to add EarlyBird since it already includes “priority boarding.” Does that basically mean I’ll always board with the A group even without EB? I’ve been out of the loop since spring, so trying to figure out if it’s worth adding.

Flew home last week I had EarlyBird since work reimburses it, but my husband and daughter didn’t. We all checked in at the same time, and somehow they got B10/B11 while I got B12. I called thinking EarlyBird didn’t apply, but it had. Southwest basically sent me a canned email...