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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 6:36 am
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Originally Posted by m907
On a recent United flight, the gate agents began demanding people's bags during boarding group 3 of 6. The flight wasn't even full. I'm sure all the travelers who weirdly pride themselves on never checking bags will be happy that they have to do it at the gate now.

UA/AA/DL know the count of checked bags and passenger count before boarding begins. I question if WN can provide the gate agents this information before boarding.
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