Originally Posted by Frequentflyer99
Oh dear, I should have asked first ! I seem to have got myself on the flight that gets in mid-afternoon with a whole host of UA flights from East and West.
I am wondering whether I would not do better surrendering my prize of 64K, to sit downstairs and be at the door as it opens (assuming they disembark from 1L at JFK). Even more so if it is 2L.
I can't now remember what they generally do about allowing J PAX down the stairs after touch down. Presumably F pax off first and then a general melee for those upstairs and downstairs in J ?
FF99, have considered the same myself but concluded that its never worth giving up 64K.
Even if you get out at 1L, the only people in front of you will be F and the 20 or so people in the small J section. If you are quick out of your seat, you can get downstairs before the rush and wait by 2L (hedge your bets).
Either way, you will only lose about 2 mins by being where you are (I have never been stopped going downstairs after seat belts off) if 1L and first off the plane if its 2L.