Originally Posted by
manneca
Service depends. Drinks before take off. Sometimes. Snack basket. No one polices the overheads, so if you want overhead space, get on first. (I watched as the first class overheads filled with bags of coach passengers on Tuesday.) A couple of later boarding first class passengers had to put their bags way back in coach.
Obviously enforcement of the overheads is spotty, as I was on MSN-DTW a few weeks ago and the FA warned at least three coach passengers not to put their bags in first.
I wouldn't risk it though--board early.