Originally Posted by FlyingPixie

Evening all

Long time lurker, first time poster. I am taking a trip to NY with a friend. My friend travels via the cheapest method possible. Unfortunately, I am too long in the tooth to be crammed down the back, sat cheek to jowl with my fellow passengers for eight plus hours, so we are on the same flights but separate cabins.

As this is not something I am used to doing, I have a few questions that I would appreciate some guidance on please.

Bag drop - Could my friend accompany me to the club desks and use the bag drop there? Or would this be a strict no?
Boarding - Would she be allowed to board with me during Club/Silver boarding? I assume not but would rather check here as appose to wasting the time of the ground staff whilst boarding.
Disembarking - Would it be frowned upon to ask that my friend be brought up to the front either shortly before landing or after so that we could disembark, go through immigration and baggage reclaim together? I have seen this happen before and know crew have done this in the past but not sure if it’s still a done thing or not.

Ultimately she is aware the likelihood is that I will be on and off the aircraft before her, so it’s not an issue if the answer is a resounding no to all the above. Just curious as to whether anyone has been in this position before and what their experiences were.

thanks