Crew Bags in Overhead - Gate Lice
#47
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SEA
Programs: AS
Posts: 33
On my most recent trip from SEA-STL-SEA, I have seen that boarding starts a solid 10 minutes or more before the actual stated boarding time. Perhaps this helps with on-time arrivals. Might have happened because the flights were completely full. However, we left early on both of these legs too.
#48
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
On my most recent trip from SEA-STL-SEA, I have seen that boarding starts a solid 10 minutes or more before the actual stated boarding time. Perhaps this helps with on-time arrivals. Might have happened because the flights were completely full. However, we left early on both of these legs too.