Southwest Airlines' new policy will affect plus-size travelers. Here's how

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12. As does mine.

I am planning on a flight to Hawaii sometime in January via Southwest that I could not take this past February due to my husband's illness. I have a credit of $740 to use. I know I will be paying for my checked bag, which is okay. It won't weigh more than 35 pounds at the most for a 12 day stay.

While on a flight to Jacksonville via Houston on United Airlines in April of 2024 to visit friends in SE Georgia who live an hour north, a heavyset woman sat to my right. I had a window seat and she was in the middle, and a similar sized male passenger to me was in the aisle seat. I weigh 148 at the most. She was more than double my size. She put up the arm rest to my right so she could have more room. I put it back down. She was already rubbing up against me towards the window.

I did not complain despite her unpleasant sweaty body odor. I felt for the male passenger to her right. Needless to say, it made for an uncomfortable flight to Houston from Minneapolis. My arm remained on the arm rest the whole time, much to the woman's dismay. She saw that I was a Senior Citizen and she dared not test me. The flight from Houston to Jacksonville went far better.