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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

‘She was really rude about it’: Southwest’s new plus-size policy is already causing issues for passengers, report says

Southwest Airlines customers are pushing back in response to the airline's new policy that forces overweight customers to purchase additional seats.

Critics are calling Southwest Airlines' new "Customer of Size" policy a "fat tax." The policy requires overweight travelers to "proactively" buy an additional seat and states that it can decide "in its sole discretion" to force the issue, citing customer safety and comfort concerns as justification.

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