Southwest Boarding Pass

Don't get me wrong. I love Southwest Airlines. The prices are good. The service is good. The flight attendants can be downright funny at times. But, man, I can't stand their boarding procedure. Cattle calls are just not fun, even when you're flying alone. It's a pain in the neck for families, though.

Unless you're in boarding group A, then the chances are very good you may not be able to sit with your wife and children. That's not good for the family, and it's not good for the other passengers. Kids need to be tended to, but when a mother and father are not sitting with their kids, it's just not easy.

There is a solution, though. You can get your Southwest Boarding Pass processed automatically from your own computer using free software. They just charge a couple of bucks per reservation number. Now you don't have to stress about being on the web exactly 24 hours before your flight to do a web check-in. Just leave your computer on with this software running, and Bob's your uncle!