Originally Posted by
deniah
I don't remember it being any different over a decade ago, before the nickel dining on baggage fees and ultra-economy fares.
People gravitate towards the boarding scrum. Herd mentality. Has always been that way.
True but I do believe that it has got worse. Ten years ago it was rare to have to gate check - now it's a large number of people on every flight. It's also why boarding takes so much longer now.