AUSTIN, Texas--Hallelujah! Southwest Airlines is starting to roll out mobile boarding passes, and for anyone who flies as much as I have over the last few years, this is very welcome news.

Southwest's Companion Pass program allows travelers to bring a friend or loved one for free during designated periods. Pass ...

Customers can save mobile boarding passes, introduced last year on Southwest, in Passbook when checking in through the Southwest Airlines mobile app. Boarding passes emailed or sent via text ...

Southwest's plastic boarding cards are handed out at the gate and determine when a passenger can board. Veteran travelers queue up early to obtain a coveted number 1 to 30, which puts them in the ...

Southwest is phasing-in the mobile boarding pass; it's not for all destinations as yet. The airline joins an unknown number of other carriers that have added such passes, including Delta and United.

The feature will not be available on AirTran flights or international flights out of Austin. Southwest plans a full rollout to all flights throughout 2014. Click here for more information on using ...

Then, Southwest will board Group A, typically in three different sections: A1-15, A15-30, and A30-60. Following Group A, families traveling with children under the age of six can board.

The Automated Boarding Pass was designed to provide better service for our Customers.” Being plastic, Southwest`s familiar boarding cards were only available at the Departure Gate.

Southwest customers with an electronic, ticketless reservation can print their boarding pass for the first leg of travel on the day of travel. Once at the airport, those without bags to check who ...

Most tickets are now electronic, and boarding passes have moved that way, too. Travelers who don't fly Southwest, the nation's largest domestic carrier, may not even know they still exist.

One way Southwest cut costs was by issuing reusable plastic boarding passes and eliminating assigned seating. The passes were sequentially numbered and color-coded for each flight. Passengers boarded ...