Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Chicago, IL., U.S.A.
Programs: Global Entry · WN, UA, AS, DL, NH; IHG, Wyndham, Hilton, Best Value Inn, Marriott, Starwood, Ramada
Posts: 637
How swift were you?
Speaking as somebody who just got back from Portland, OR. [PDX]; I was amused that seemingly there are people out here, and at least some of them are registered here at FlyerTalk, who must live their lives on the World-Wide Web. This is incredible that they actually get out to other cities.
I shall have to admit this. Domestically, I tend to fly Southwest Airlines. (I lost all my miles at AA due to some snaggle over a flight on AA metal ticketed to Malaysia Airlines.)
It seems that these people have the overarching achievement of their lives to get A-16 on their WN flight.
But of course, only one flyer can ever actually get that. The rest of them will be stacked up behind that flyer.
So when I, who doesn't live on the W-WW, decide I should remotely check-in for my WN flight, I always wind up in the C group. [Personally, I would eliminate remote checking-in for a flight. IMO, you should be in the airport proper before trying to get a boarding document.]
Being in the C group means that, when I board the aircraft, I head for the aft of the plane (Shock- I would head for it if I had an A group card), and when I get to row 22, start looking for an overhead bin in which to store my MBNA Motorsport carry-on bag.
I wind up putting this bag in a bin two to four rows of where I wind up seated.
If I went any further back with this bag, I might find the overhead bin occupied with, ehhh, provisions for the next leg of this WN flight. Or maybe more passengers' baggage.
But what I strive to scribe here is that there is a valid, understandable reason for why there will be other flyers' baggage in 'your' overhead bin.