<p>I stand corrected. I didn’t think Southwest had the crazy fare structures that would lead you to do that sort of booking. It IS true, however, that if it is the same plane that they WILL count the through passengers and hold things up if someone is missing. if you are changing planes, that won’t happen, though. I fly Southwest a lot, and have been “counted”. I have also been busted way before 9/11 using a hidden city ticket on American, so I wouldn’t be so quick to accuse some of us of “fearmongering”.</p>