Originally Posted by
bankops
I had the gate agent pull out a measuring tape on me in SVO earlier this year. I was in transit and in J but she absolutely wanted to check it.
This is a new phenomenon based on orders from Moscow.
They have even started weighing and measuring at the departure gate also, at JFK T1.
Based on my experience, business class pax and those with Gold platinum cards ( from Aeroflot Bonus) have been excluded from this humiliation. I usually tend to board late, you can spare yourself the exercise by going to the gate 15 minutes before they close