Over 65 Priority Boarding?
 

Recently in Brazil heard the boarding announcement that Brazilian law gave priority boarding to anyone over 65. (Without regard to physical disability).

Are there any other countries or airlines that have this as a law or policy?

Thank you.

i'm 75, i not only get no P boardingon us, aa, and ua. AA won't let me bring my carry on aboard. i am NOT ELITE, so by the time i get there, the overheads are full. "my meds are in there " ts baby, you are not an elite. do a gate check.

Sorry that my question has nothing to do with the main one asked, but why wouldn't they just let you put it under your seat? :confused: I thought everyone was allowed a carry on...?

I would guess that at least 50% of "carry on" items would not fit under the seat.

If your medication won't fit under the seat you might ought to be staying home...:D

I'll see your 50 and raise you another 30 http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ile_tongue.gif

cpap machine. didn't ask for sympathy. your comment is quite untidy. if it was supposed to be smart, you should watch cheers, and practice up on snappy retorts.

I have been pulled out of a boarding line because I use a cane (recent UA flight NRT>SFO). Was very surprised to have been offered to board early. I did appreciate it, but did not insist on priority boarding because of this (I'm 52, so a bit of ways to go to 65).

I do find the cane keeps people away from me (possibly knocking me over because my balance is bad as a below knee amputee with a prosthetic foot). Especially helpful when little kids try to dart about grabbing onto anything or anybody or just with getting bumped by carry-ons and clueless people that shove other people. If I see them coming I tap my cane to get their attention to stay away and it works very well for that too - I've been known to aim at their feet if they are texting or not paying attention they are about to run into me :mad:

There are canes with seats built in for those times you might need to provide your own help if you need it. Relying on the airlines to take care of us is a mistake. I believe in self help as much as possible.

Since I've never seen one, how big are they?

Here is the one I use...

http://www.cpap.com/cpap-machine/res...p-machine.html

4.4'' x 6.5'' X 5.7''

Mine fits fine in a large Tenba Messenger Bag which is well below
the maximum carry-on limits.

don't know what brand you use. does that include mask and 110/220 power cord?

mine is 4x7x10.5". which would fit underseat. however, the padded bag, with necessary parafanalia is 7x9x10.5. i don't know if that fits iunder the seat in front of you. tsa recognizes them.

while we are beating on the cpap machine, i said MEDS. there is more to live than a cpap machine. i carry more than that. i pack them separately now, but i do not see the reason i should have to unpack them so an elite can carry a weeks supply of clothing onboard, and save the price of a bag check.

i have noticed, since i wrote the right guy at AA, the GA's no longer allow two american touristers, a computer, a briefcase, and a personal item as in the past.

Most airlines will allow anyone who needs extra time to board early. There is no age limit.

Why should a physically fit 88 year old be allowed to board early? It may be the noble thing to do, but there is no room for noble gestures in today aviation industry.

Elites don't pay for a bag check.

As someone who is 65, I have never seen any privilege given just for age. I have often seen courtesy, however. Hard to imagine a 75+ denied pre-boarding.

Mine is the Resmed AutoSet II and includes the mask, hose & power cord.

The cpap, medication, laptop, camera and odds & ends all fit in my
Tenba Messenger bag that is 17.5W x 12.5H x 5.5-8.5 in.

The above is my carry-on... everything else is checked.

When purchasing the Tenba I dragged everything I wanted to fit in a
bag to a camera store with a huge selection of bags... and test fitted
the items I wanted to take into a variety of bags before settling on
the Tenba.

Mom, who is 84, always books flights with "assistance" and never
has issues when boarding a flight as the FAs are always helpful
getting her situated. She is mobile, just cannot walk the long
distances in terminals... like DTW for instance.

With all these different pre-boarders, is there still a thing such as regular boarding?

This is getting a little ridiculous.

It's hardly ridiculous when you have a need for pre-boarding and there are some folks that do. I'm guessing no one mentioned to you we are all aging at the same time and 65 will be here before you know it.

Consider yourself lucky if all your body parts are in working order, but at least have some consideration for those that don't at any age.

This isn't an entitlement - it's common sense..

There already is pre-boarding for anyone that needs extra time or help boarding. Why the need for another pre-boarding call for all those 65 and over that needs extra time or help boarding? Is that not covered in the "people needing assistance" boarding? And if you do not fall in that category, why do you need to pre-board?

The OP was not asking for an additional pre-boarding call for those 65 an older exclusively. No need for raising your blood pressure over this..A couple of minutes extra to show some respect to elderly folks is a noble attribute. The plane will land with the same amount of people as it departed with.

If it makes you feel any better, folks that need additional time to board the plane are usually the last ones off, in my experience, as they don't want to get trampled if they are flying in Y class while they are gathering their canes, CPAP machines or have mobility issues.

The OP didn't mention the method of priority board either.

It could be very simple. By law (at least the US, perhaps also in Brazil?) you have to provide your date of birth (primarily for identification purposes) when you a book a ticket. Voila, the airline can simply put anyone over a certain age into the first boarding group if they wish! No need to call anyone other than just the first boarding group.

At airlines that have a special "priorirty boarding" group before the regular groups, a person based on age could be put into that if the airline wanted (or was told to by its government, as the OP says is the case in Brazil). But again, that goes on the boarding pass, so then all that needs to be called is that special "priority boarding" group. (I know that's called Priority AAcess at AA, I don't know what it's called at other airlines but I presume something similar exists at other airlines that have status levels.)

CBear, people in first class generally don't need special assistance, so why should they be the first to board (after "pre-boarding")? The active military in uniform generally don't need special assistance, yet many USA-based airlines invite them to board early. So early boarding (aside from "pre-boarding") is a "recognition" of something or other, not a "need-based" thing. And the OP was only talking about "priority boarding", not "pre-boarding".