Originally Posted by
lazyzee
Thanks everybody - very enlightening replies.
So:
Rushing to front of queue is a no no.
Best is to approach nearest attendant.
Airlines do assist in making a tight connection.
Its airlines responsibility to get you to your destination.
Airlines do hold up planes for arriving pax.
And best of all - if flying first - can expect to be ushered through to your seat. Now, if only I can use this to convince my wife that I should be travelling F
NO, airlines generally don't hold flights for you, although they may delay the flight when doing so doesn't have negative impacts on their operations.
They also don't generally walk you to your seat in FC unless you're a special VIP or you're traveling on some foreign carrier with very high standards of service. In domestic FC, it won't happen.