Originally Posted by phil2bin
Flying MSP - SEA yesterday on 161, I was in F but arrived 30 minutes early, which was apparently too late, and all rows/all seats were boarding a 757. LONG line to present boarding passes, LONG line in the jetway. I'm not an IE, so I don't know whether it's faster or not, but it was definitely slower for an F passenger who arrived a tick too late to get his privileged boarding call!
It"s all part of the process. NW will say they tried this new TEST and in didnt (quite) work. (but: it was the slow passengers, with the carry-ons) that made the (QuikBoard_TM) not work. Therefore we will have to charge $5 for the convienience of bringing your roll-along aboard, justifing their game and blaming YOU