Southwest Airlines under fire for “fat tax”: “Do they think you are too fat at the check-in counter? Then you have to pay for a second seat”

A new measure at Southwest Airlines is not at all well received. Plus size passengers are required to purchase a second seat, but reimbursement is not always guaranteed. Moreover, no clear rules have been laid down, which means that arbitrariness seems to prevail. Disgruntled customers speak bluntly of a “fat tax”.

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