Originally Posted by
Kate2015
I have a feeling this is a double standard where people are OK with the wife leaving husband in Y, but not the other way around?
This.
This this this.
This is literally the definition of sexism.
Originally Posted by
Calliopeflyer
You don't seriously think it's no big deal to leave someone you care about standing alone in a long line so that you can breeze on through? Or, that it's OK to stand in an annoying line alone and watch someone you care about pass you by rather than keep you company in your shared line-waiting misery? Personally, I am happy to keep my friends and family company in a line up and have no desire to spend it alone (or leave them to spend it alone). If we're sharing a vacation/trip/whatever experience, that includes the transit as well as the destination. Hassle shared is hassle halved.
Depends on the circumstances.
If it's the difference between a "priority" line and a regular line (i.e. no Pre✓ for either of us, but one of us is J/F and the other is Y), then I'd wait.
But for reasons I don't really feel like getting into on FT, my experience in a regular line is VERY different from any traveling companion I've ever had. But Pre✓ works fine.
So I have left people in other lines (mind you, I just spent 210k miles on a friend for a trip so we would both be in F, so they'll never be in a regular line if they're with me) while I use Pre✓, but no one I've flown with has ever questioned my motives.
There are things that will show up on the full body scanner that do not set off the metal detector. Heck, I've had sweat on my back set off the body scanner. It is a lot more work to go through there when you have at minimum 2-3 yellow rectangles show up every single time, than when you never have any.
Or do you not think it's a big deal to leave someone you care about standing alone being groped by TSA just so you can be "kept company" for five minutes?
Originally Posted by
invisible
So if both can't enjoy upgrade/comfort, then none should? I really feel sorry for people who are in relationship with people with this twisted logic...
I have done exactly two trips with someone when we weren't in the same cabin. One was around 3 hours, the other was 8 hours with a connection to a 2 hour flight.
It's not something I'd want to do again.
If we're going on vacation together, I want to spend time together. "No, sir, even in a plastic cup, I can't give your friend in economy any champagne." is not something I ever want to be told again.