All standby passengers MUST check their larger carry on luggage?
Jan 15, 2015, 4:38 pm
#47
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GA: If you are standing by, you must check your "rollerboard"
Had it happen at DCA, agent at the door podium was processing standby and sent me to the main counter to check bag. The agent at the counter corrected the misinformed agent after I disagreed with having to check my bag. Small victory, next time I'd consider asking for a supervisor if I hadn't gotten the desired result.
Jan 15, 2015, 9:50 pm
#48
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This happened to me in November on ORD-LAS. I was required to surrender my 17-inch roller bag in exchange for my new boarding pass. I wanted the earlier flight badly enough that I put up with it. Once I boarded, there was a half-empty bin right above my seat. Baggage delivery at LAS was awful, so never again...
Jan 15, 2015, 10:06 pm
#49
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+1
We've all been bitten by the gate check bug. . All I ask is that the rules are not arbitrary, clear and consistently applied. . Without feedback, that won't happen.
How many times has one rushed to catch a connection and the F bins are full? Having watched countless Y pax put items in F overheads and then stroll back, I know that's all too often the reason they are full.
We've all been bitten by the gate check bug. . All I ask is that the rules are not arbitrary, clear and consistently applied. . Without feedback, that won't happen.
How many times has one rushed to catch a connection and the F bins are full? Having watched countless Y pax put items in F overheads and then stroll back, I know that's all too often the reason they are full.
Jan 15, 2015, 10:20 pm
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Jan 15, 2015, 10:29 pm
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Jan 16, 2015, 1:46 am
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The alternative may be to ask for one of those gate check tags where they bring it right up to your arrival jetbridge (like for strollers). But that would be a huge compromise in my eyes, and I would only offer it if, e.g., it was the last flight of the day and GA was being super militant.
Jan 16, 2015, 8:39 am
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The alternative may be to ask for one of those gate check tags where they bring it right up to your arrival jetbridge (like for strollers). But that would be a huge compromise in my eyes, and I would only offer it if, e.g., it was the last flight of the day and GA was being super militant.
Remember gate checked/jetbridge returned is screened at airport with pax, whereas checked luggage in the hold can carry forbidden cabin items.
Never shall the two mix until street side .
Jan 16, 2015, 9:04 am
#54
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Just wrong. Especially if they are clearing standby's before boarding.
Ah hello I am an elite flyer for a reason you daft GA.
If this did happen to me and was told I had to give my carry on before boarding ever started I would get GA info and start making phone calls to the EXP desk right in front of them as well as ask for a supervisor.
Ah hello I am an elite flyer for a reason you daft GA.
If this did happen to me and was told I had to give my carry on before boarding ever started I would get GA info and start making phone calls to the EXP desk right in front of them as well as ask for a supervisor.
Jan 16, 2015, 9:26 am
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Just wrong. Especially if they are clearing standby's before boarding.
Ah hello I am an elite flyer for a reason you daft GA.
If this did happen to me and was told I had to give my carry on before boarding ever started I would get GA info and start making phone calls to the EXP desk right in front of them as well as ask for a supervisor.
Ah hello I am an elite flyer for a reason you daft GA.
If this did happen to me and was told I had to give my carry on before boarding ever started I would get GA info and start making phone calls to the EXP desk right in front of them as well as ask for a supervisor.
Jan 16, 2015, 10:06 am
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Jan 16, 2015, 11:42 am
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Jan 16, 2015, 12:38 pm
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So those strollers, wheelchairs, car seats, medical devices, and carry ons that are green tagged (i think they're green) go where...?