Originally Posted by
lincolnjkc
This gate (D-something-I've-never-seen-at-SFO-before) didn't have the little sign -- I just headed for the group of mostly middle-aged men in sportscoats that were clearly looking for a line (or a bus) without one of their own. I was not wrong.
Those signs are insanely helpful when they do exist...at least as long as the GA doesn't start randomly moving it after the clump has formed which I've seen just a couple times.
LH personnel who work UA flights at MUC occasionally have a sign indicating where the clump should form.