I Am Very, Very Special

I have now earned the privilege of sitting in my cramped airline seat longer than just about anybody else on any Southwest flight I take for the next year.


Southwest has added a promotion, in connection with its new numerical boarding procedures, that allows very frequent fliers to automatically receive early boarding numbers. The benefit is not just the ability to get on early to pick a good seat, but also the fact that the boarding position is conferred automatically, so I can check in any time I like, including just before the flight. I no longer have to watch the clock 24 hours prior to the flight, refreshing the browser every ten seconds trying to be the first to check in to ensure a good boarding number (don't laugh; I'm clearly not the only person who does this). This will be most helpful on my early Monday morning flights, which are full of business travellers who have earned the low boarding numbers themselves and shunt the rest of the lesser travellers to higher numbers.

And all the honey roasted peanuts I can eat!