How many spaces for carry on bags are there on most Southwest flights? I'm B55 and trying to decide if I bring a carry on if I'll be asked to gate check it.

I'd say C boarding is almost assured check bags. So you are close

I've had a boarding position similar to that lately and have not had any issues having space for my carry on. But if you are worried, pay the $20 to upgrade to an A position.

It all depends on how many people are continuing through from the previous flight

If it is the first flight of the morning with no thru passengers you will be fine.

I don't expect any. The flight goes from IAH to MCI to start the day and then MCI to CUN. It's also a 737 8 Max. I think I'll be ok.

I think you will be fine.

We just flew back and forth to Hawaii with one stop and plane change each way. We were late B/Early C on all but 1 leg and had no problem finding carry on space.

Made it w no issues except the awful smelling person next to me and a developmentally challenged woman that decided to watch her iPhone on full blast sound the entire flight. Now I remember why I never fly SWA. It's like a metro bus in the sky. The flight was 11,000 miles round trip so hard to complain but ufff. Seriously considering cashing in my remaining miles for cash back on food purchases after this ordeal.

We all did and the care taker had little no interest. It was the old "we're sorry" then back to full blast in less than 5 minutes.

I've never had that experience on United.

Flying United on the flight back and yes I'm 1k. Took the SWA flight because it was 1/3 the miles (3800 one way) I have several hundred thousand SWA miles that I had not used in years. I think it's been since Hurricane Harvey that I flew them. Maybe once during COVID. Now I remember why I never use them. If I can get 1c per mile, I'm going to cash them in and use those funds on the kids.

With that said, my last United flight was diverted mid air because of an unruly passenger that was arrested and banned from flying United forever. However, we were all comped our ticket for that flight and given a $200 travel voucher plus 10,000 miles for the issue. Overall, I'd of taken her crazy antics and the diverted flight along w the compensation to the experience on SWA. Their WiFi didn't work for the entire flight either which was super annoying.

I am in the same boat. We have over 200k miles on SW and we hardly ever fly them anymore because they have become completely unreliable to get us where we are going on time. They have stranded us 3 out of our last 4 trips, causing significant extra costs that they will not reimburse us for beyond a minimal voucher for more money to spend on flights with them.

What we have started doing is giving away the SW points to our nephews to let them fly places they want to go. I mostly fly United now and while their extra fees for everything annoy me, their overall service, reliability, and customer service experience is just better, which is not something I would have said pre-Covid.

100% agree.

Bayou City said:

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We all did and the care taker had little no interest. It was the old "we're sorry" then back to full blast in less than 5 minutes.

I've never had that experience on United.

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That stinks. I'm really surprised the FAs didn't enforce the rule. My experience is they have been much more strict with passengers as of late.

With that said, I've encountered rude passengers and lazy/apathetic FAs on every airline I've ever flown.

Fake but hilarious…