Originally Posted by
dmbolp
As I'm standing in A16-20 I frequently hear "they're just boarding A now, you're in B/C" and then they move out of line. When I approach A16-20 I mention my A16ish number and sometimes the person(s) in that slot show me something higher than 20; I stand in front of them. Two flights ago there were no A1-15 pax as boarding was about to start. Two girls walked up and stood at the A10 Pillar...they certainly didn't have A10 as there were no other A1-10 pax. You've never seen anyone out of position in 100 flights?
Originally Posted by
NoStressHere
Gate Agent on flight yesterday made an announcement.
If you show up out of order, you will have to step aside and board later. No idea what really happened.
I've only seen this happen once in HOU this summer; would love to know what WN's official policy on this enforcement is, if any.
Like I mentioned earlier, I don't have an issue with families/people with small children or special assistance pax boarding together (though WN does seem to have way more preboard pax than my mainstay UA... that's a whole separate thread), or even people in the same B6-B10 boarding out of order. Rather, people jump the queue well ahead of their boarding number, and sometimes in the entirely wrong group entirely (like C group pax boarding with my B9 group for example).
I also understand these are entirely first-world problems and it's really not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things, it's more just a general frustration for those who try to check in as close to T-24 as possible and don't pay for add-ons like EB.