Originally Posted by
meFIRST
...I pleaded with the red coat - told him what I was doing...
Yesssss the redcoats! I flew IAH-EWR in February and barely made it to my flight after running from the E lounge to my gate in B South. All the overheads were full and I was about to gate check my carry-on. Then a redcoat popped in and both the redcoat and FA were trying to move around carry-ons to accommodate mine ^^^^^^^ (all with me comfortably seated in 5B wuuu gotta love the bulkhead :-