Originally Posted by
dgcpaphd
Getting access to overhead bins is a good reason to board the flight when the announcement is first made. Your profile says you are 1K. Why did you wait to be the last person boarding?
--> really had no special reason why I was late (the shuttle bus got in late I guessed. Did not expect to have a problem.
Originally Posted by
dgcpaphd
You wrote "agent" by the door. Was it not a flight attendant? If it was an agent, you should have obtained his name and reported him to United. The agent should have known that 5C on the aircraft was first class and under the seat would have accommodated your carry on. It is obvious the agent was on some kind of "power trip" to display such a rotten attitude to a customer. Had it been a flight attendant, most likely your bag would have been put on board considering you were in first class.
--> The agent by the door was not a flight attendant, definitely the 2nd agent who was helping (or checking) with the carryons by the door....
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