Originally Posted by
floridastorm
I would bet if the airline made an announcement, before the flight, that anyone who tries to board out of their zone is booted off the flight, everyone would comply.
I was on a United flight a couple of months ago where the gate agent came on the intercom and said very firmly that anyone who tried to board outside of their assigned zone would have their bags automatically gate-checked.
I was in Zone 1 so I have no idea if folks complied but she scared the crap out of me. I checked my boarding pass ten times!