Southwest Free Preferred Seat Question/Confusion

I was booking a flight for August and I have the Southwest RR Perf Biz, which says "Complimentary Preferred seat at booking" (when available) - but when i go to choose a seat, it still shows a charge for preferred seats. I assume that means they're all taken for that flight?

I tried adding the preferred seats to see it if would give me an instant discount once in the cart, and then also tried to upgrade after booking, no luck.

Posted Feb 22, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC

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