I got a spot. Pure, old fashioned dumb luck. 5 hours of clicking refresh and I must have stumbled across the new screen at the instant it went live, because I was never in a waiting room.

Even though I'm excited, it doesn't change my opinion about the process. It's terrible. I'm interested to see if Delta changes their process after doing something nearly identical on their last one and seeing Southwest's process twice. Hopefully they do.

Congrats to everyone who was lucky enough to get a ticket.