Originally Posted by
mikeyfly
Gate 11 LGW yesterday, gate dragon tried to force me to check bag. I was in 1A. I said I’d rather not. She said the flight was full and I had to. I again said I’d paid extra for Business for this exact reason. She reluctantly let me keep bag. Considering I had no second / personal bag I found this very annoying.
Flight was to AGP
Reminds me of an LCY->EDI flight where they were labelling bags with yellow tags to go under the seat in front. A gate agent came up, who to my annoyance had skipped past the large number of suit-wearing bankers. First I showed her my boarding pass (which she ignored) and said "no thank you". She proceeded to tell me I must take a yellow tag. Then I pointed out the boarding pass again and she said being in business made no difference. I pointed again and and she said no, being gold made no difference. I pointed again and finally it dawned on her I was in row 1 and there wasn't actually a seat in front to put the bag under.