Southwest rolls out new conditions for plus-size passenger refunds

Southwest Airlines is adding rules when it comes to "customers of size."Starting January 27, when flights with assigned seating begin taking off, plus-size passengers "should proactively purchase the needed number of seats prior to travel to ensure the additional, adjacent seat is available," the airline says on its website."I just hope that consumers are aware of this change and I wonder if plus size people will skip out on flying with them at all because of them not knowing if the flight is sold out or not," Jeff Jenkins, founder of plus-size travel blog Chubby Diaries, told USA Today. "It's