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Old Feb 21, 2016 | 10:18 am
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pruss2ny
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Originally Posted by piemel
YOU deserved that premium spot and God forbid if you have to give that up to some parent schlepping along a tyke and 2 bags. No way that YOU 1K traveller should wait a whopping extra 5 minutes to get on the plane.
This and other complaints about "lack of compassion" etc really show no respect for 60+ pages of mostly legitimate dialogue over:
- GA ability/desire to enforce rules
- true efficacy of family pre-boarding and where it should take place
- concerns and stress over boarding process
- anecdotal reports of seat poaching and limited baggage space

and while the complaint over family traveling with too unwieldy luggage and uncooperative collapsible may be condemned as unfeeling, it is a legitimate observation that people who are unfamiliar with travel and/or are trying to game the system (too much luggage/seat poaching) need more help than simply being thrown to the front of the line.
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