{"id":442327,"date":"2026-05-31T10:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/southwest-airlines-passenger-humiliated-new-size-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:24:13","slug":"were-not-cattle-southwest-airlines-passenger-publicly-humiliated-over-new-size-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=442327","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019re Not Cattle\u201d: Southwest Airlines Passenger Publicly Humiliated Over New Size Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Southwest Airlines<\/a><\/span>Rapid Rewards<\/a><\/span> member has claimed she was humiliated after boarding and was asked if she could fit into the seat. The traveler, Linda Hyde, spoke with the Miami Herald and noted she travels multiple times a year with the airline, and that the airline representative’s question was due to a Customer of Size policy implemented earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One Southwest passenger’s humiliating experience at Miami International Airport has sparked outrage over the airline’s new Customer of Size policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,3173,336,645,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-baggage-fees","category-policy","category-southwest-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t