I think everyone who says the boarding process is faster and more orderly is boarding in the A group. I get it most of the time on work fares, but when I do wanna get away and forget about checking in early I end up in high B or low C.

Once the plane starts filling up the boarding slows down ridiculously. People are all over the place looking for somewhere to put their bag (even though checked bags are free???) sad they can't sit together with whoever because only middle seats are available or just wandering around looking for where to sit.

I fly United unless SW will save me significant flight time. I find their boarding process with groups and people heading directly towards their assigned seat to be much better. To each their own, but I really do feel like I'm getting on a bus with SW. Plus their snack mix sucks... why can't I just have plain pretzels?!