Originally Posted by
Lewis King
haha that's quite sad really isn't it! This is exactly my thinking, much better things to be doing than sitting waiting to sit for 8 hours!
Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
I aim to be among the last to board and I find the whole angst-event overplayed. Even on longhauls I turn up about 22 minutes before departure at T5. I don't usually have a problem finding space, but I don't fret if my bag goes a few rows back. If it's the last bag into the overheads, it generally has to be the first one out so that others can get to their bags. I've told the story here before of someone queuing for well over an hour in the Priority Boarding lane at T5 for a flight to EDI which would have been in the air for less time. I've got better things to do.
Exactly the plane isnt going anywhere! I really am one of the last to board regardless of the class I fly, so much so that they sometimes call my name on the tannoy! As long as I am at the gate within 20 minutes before departure they cannot deny me boarding = )
Once, however, they called me on the tannoy before anyone else boarded on a flight to the USA, as I got singled out for 'extra security control' by the G4S agents who they subcontracted it to, so I actually ended up boarding literally first, before even the Business and Economy Premium passengers without having to queue at all, only the extra security check! Wow the 777 was nice and quiet, thank god I could watch a movie while the plane was at the gate!
If I fly CE to LHR, I don't bother with hand baggage, I just check it in since you really save no time doing so, so people can take all the overhead space they want!