Originally Posted by craig44485

Agree it works, but not on the NRT MNL or MNL NRT flights, even with the signs and people it's still a zoo. There can be more pre board wheelchairs than regular passengers. You will never see so much carry on, and I've seen 1person with a BE ticket bring 8 or 9 family members or friends with them when boarding, when the 8 or 9 are sitting in Y.

Originally Posted by Ledfish

Again, as others have correctly said, the only way to solve the gate lice problem is to charge for carryons and make checking a bag free, which most of the airlines will eventually do once they figure out how to enforce that without delaying the board process.

Originally Posted by relangford

Problem is: I have been complained to when I needed the "larger" side to be told "Your seat is on the left; don't put your bag above me."

Originally Posted by craig44485

Agree it works, but not on the NRT MNL or MNL NRT flights, even with the signs and people it's still a zoo. There can be more pre board wheelchairs than regular passengers. You will never see so much carry on, and I've seen 1person with a BE ticket bring 8 or 9 family members or friends with them when boarding, when the 8 or 9 are sitting in Y.

Originally Posted by gooselee

Disagree. I, and I'd bet many other elites, would still pay for the carry-on because of the many benefits of carrying on once you arrive at your destination. Or, more likely, the fee would be waived as an elite benefit anyway and it becomes a net change of zero.

Originally Posted by mnredfox

Greatest gate lice attack today. Sfo flight to SLC. 3 pax in SP line. FA announces gate change and the three lice race in their suits to the new gate. Keep in mind arriving pax have not even deplaned yet. They hog the SP Kane so arriving pax can't use the SP lane to hk into the terminal.

Pics to come.

Originally Posted by CJKatl

The problem is F pax in bulkhead F seats who want to be sure they get overhead space, pax in the second row who want to beat the people in the bulkhead to get overhead space before the bulkhead pax, everyone else in F who doesn't want to get stuck standing while others put stuff in the overhead, people in EC who want to get overhead space before other EC passengers, DMs who didn't get UGd, PMs and GMs who think they should board before others, credit card holders who think Zone 1 boards early, FOs who think it's unfair that they board after SKY so it's their right to crowd, kettles who do not know better and kettles who know better but think if they're at the front, when Zone 3 is called, they may still get overhead space.

In other words, the problem is everyone but me.

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I've posted this before. The problem would be solved if DL installed trap doors that open with the first boarding call, depositing all the lice into a cage below. DL could then parade those in F on high litters onto the plane. The litters could return for DM, PM and GM. After that, the cage could elevate, returning the lice to the gate area. Hungry tigers could then be released in the gate area, but be kept from Jetway. The remaining passengers would be forced to quickly get onto the Jetway.

Or DL could adopt WNs boarding policy, but not their seating policy.

Originally Posted by richardinmotion

I'm not sure if this has been posted in this thread, but all over Asia, when flying Delta, there are staff that magically appear at boarding time. Each Delta staff member holds a sign above their head: 1st, Sky, Zone 1, etc. Works perfectly. I know the USA is a broke-... country and can't afford the extra people, but this solution works very well.

Originally Posted by Bear4Asian

I came back from PVG on Delta and as a DELTA GOLD, I was given a red boarding-pass size card marked "SKY PRIORITY" boarding. It worked like a charm as the gate agents could easily sort the crowd. Don't know if that was a one off, but I hope not.

Originally Posted by CMK10

I think RDU is one of the worst places for it. It doesn't help that the stanchions for Sky Priority/Economy boarding are placed really close to the desk and are often hard to see/hard to tell where they start. Plus, full 757s to ATL lead to lots of elites.

Originally Posted by gmark1

Sung to the tune of "I'm a girl watcher"