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Customers whose bodies are so obese and unhealthy that they sag beyond the armrest are entitled to an extra seat, according to the carrier's inclusion policy likely designed by a portly person. Southwest is one of the few, if not the only, airlines to offer free seats to larger passengers but still refuse to offer free meals to the same victims of an adipose tissue situation.
Southwest provided its policy to Fox Business which said that passengers of size "have the option of purchasing just one seat and then discussing your seating needs with the Customer Service Agent at the departure gate [after leaving the nearby restaurant]. If it’s determined that a second (or third) seat is needed, you’ll be accommodated with a complimentary additional seat."
If a fourth seat is needed, the airline will provide these passengers with a gastroenterologist.
The flight team will then try to effort to make the seating arrangements, potentially moving other passengers around for the "unplanned accommodation" whether or not they agree to sit elsewhere and leave young children to fend for themselves.
Alternatively, customers can purchase extra seats in advance and then contact Southwest "for a refund of the cost of additional seating after travel."
The policy states, "Customers who encroach upon any part of the neighboring seat(s) may proactively purchase the needed number of seats prior to travel to ensure the additional seat(s) is available… The purchase of additional seats serves as a notification of a special seating need and allows us to adequately plan for the number of occupied seats onboard."
The flight team will then try to effort to make the seating arrangements, potentially moving other passengers around for the "unplanned accommodation" whether or not they agree to sit elsewhere and leave young children to fend for themselves.
Alternatively, customers can purchase extra seats in advance and then contact Southwest "for a refund of the cost of additional seating after travel."
The policy states, "Customers who encroach upon any part of the neighboring seat(s) may proactively purchase the needed number of seats prior to travel to ensure the additional seat(s) is available… The purchase of additional seats serves as a notification of a special seating need and allows us to adequately plan for the number of occupied seats onboard."
An unhealthy obese travel expert and TikToker, Jae'lynn Chaney, told Fox News Digital it was an important move to include people in the "super fat" category.
A self-described "Fat Solo Traveler" posted a video on TikTok that went viral, obtaining nearly 1,000,000 views since October, showing how she got a complimentary seat. We are not sure but some are guessing that it's the person pictured below.
"Super fat is how we identify," Chaney, business owner of Jae Bae Productions, said. "There's a spectrum of fatness. And as a super fat individual, you start needing different accommodations… I just felt really happy that there was something like this for people."
"I hope to see more airlines implement customer-of-size policies. The Southwest customer size policy helps many travelers offset the disproportionate costs that we incur because of needing extra room. And so, it's not just about physical accessibility. It's also about financial accessibility."
Super fat TikTokers who have recently discovered the policy have amassed hundreds of thousands of views on the platform showing themselves waddling up to Southwest Airlines employees and successfully nailing down their extra seat(s) on Southwest flights free of charge.
Some healthy average size people are trying to convince Southwest that they identify as "super fat," but so far the airline refuses to honor their feigned mental illness.
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