Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Just turn up when the red FINAL CALL thing goes up, you'll be on swiftly, and at stage they will just have to find somewhere for any baggage. I appreciate it's not a good way of working as far as the ground agents are concerned. Nice is excellent, like Newcastle, in that you can sit in the lounge and watch it all play out whilst sipping coffee.
As msm2000uk says the issue with that is that your hand luggage might then be sent to the hold though (happened to me in the past). In the second case, however, the blockade was at check in, not boarding so once you’re at the airport there is no redeeming feature. Much nicer to wait in lounge with a glass of champagne than behind a ghost ‘queue to queue’ (like the term!)