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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 7:23 am
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Originally Posted by derodnight
On the red eye from SFO to BOS and the flight is full and already running late. The gate agent added a creative twist to get people to gate check carry ons: premier boarding in addition to the customary waived fee.

I have never seen this done before and thought it was pretty clever. Though I laughed when I thought of adding even more people to the premier cattle call - wondered if this was to get the flight out on time or just policy now.

Anyone else see this in the field or other creative gate management techniques?
So did it work?

I would like to think so because:
A) Fewer kitchen sinks to deal with late in the boarding process.
B) People without kitchen sinks should be able to board more quickly.
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