Back in my hardcore flying days on AA, I thought their boarding process was far less chaotic than UA. When I was CK (7 years), I got on the plane first most of the time and was escorted to my seat on the 10 or so international RT flights I took every year. Preboards were limited to CK, handicapped, and active military. Families with kids boarded with their normal group which really sped up the entire process - something I wish UA would adopt.. Preboarding literally just took a couple minutes - one or two CK, usually no military, and handicapped which could be a lot or a little. Preboarding on UA seems to take forever due to including 1K and families, and families with young kids (some of whom are clearly older than 2). When I
I really wish UA would drop the families with small children pre-board group. As it is now, UA has at least five preboarding groups before the passengers with paid first class(domestic) or Polaris tickets. Quite the signal UA sends about how little it values front cabin customers.
Originally Posted by
jsloan
No matter what boarding order you use, if you're getting onto an A319, some of the F passengers' bags are likely to end up a couple of rows behind them. The eternal angst about whose bags those should be strikes me as amusing.
If I pay a first class fare, I should be able to store my bags in the front cabin. Simple concept.
