Etiquette with using the priority boarding lane
Jan 5, 2015, 9:43 pm
#76
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DEN for the Express flights boarded downstairs is like that. Yeah, they have the numbered lanes upstairs... and they call boarding by number... but then you go downstairs and wait some more, and no numbered lanes there. (I suppose sometimes they actually really are ready to board downstairs, but it's happened to me less than 10% of the time.)
I think some of the smaller CA stations also don't have the separate lanes, though they'll usually call nonetheless by group--although again, I've had many call "all groups" if they're running the least bit behind.
I think some of the smaller CA stations also don't have the separate lanes, though they'll usually call nonetheless by group--although again, I've had many call "all groups" if they're running the least bit behind.
The last few 80-90 gates too are really tight. Sometimes you get G1 then everyone. With all the gates there and people coming off and late flights it gets pretty tangled.
The DEN RJ areas are bar far the worst designed areas I've come across in the system- or maybe it is that I just need to use them a lot- and boarding sequence is important, especially in bulkhead seats.
Jan 6, 2015, 7:46 am
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- This is what you voluntarily choose to do?
- This is what you see others voluntarily choosing to do (but don't necessarily agree with)?
- This is the "rule" you've see GAs enforce?
- Something else?
If the first, that's your choice, but is hardly binding
If the second, I find that incredible as I'd imagine would go to their boarding line
If the third, they've been wrong
If the last, what did you mean?
Jan 6, 2015, 3:04 pm
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I think most are polite about it.
But, it seems many European countries don't believe in proper lines.
You may be standing in the line for a period of time, but there is a good chance many others will be cutting in front of you before you get to the gate.
But, it seems many European countries don't believe in proper lines.
You may be standing in the line for a period of time, but there is a good chance many others will be cutting in front of you before you get to the gate.
Jan 7, 2015, 7:02 am
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Which European countries? Certainly not the ones I frequent (Switzerland, Germany, England). What you're saying sounds more like Middle Eastern countries
Jan 7, 2015, 9:42 am
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Jan 7, 2015, 9:56 am
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I thought that when the "Priority boarding lane" was first introduced, it was marketed as giving you the ability to board early AND the option to board at your leisure. (This might have been another airline, can't remember that far back).
Anyways, whether I'm late, or just wanted more time in the lounge, or just want to stay out of the plane longer, I always go up to the priority lane. I've never waited more than a minute before the GA calls me forward.
Anyways, whether I'm late, or just wanted more time in the lounge, or just want to stay out of the plane longer, I always go up to the priority lane. I've never waited more than a minute before the GA calls me forward.
Jan 7, 2015, 10:09 am
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HA! USA has the most polite queue there is. You named 3 Germanic countries above in which SU and DE perhaps are a little more civilized, whereas UK, sometimes but not really. The rest of Europe no one stands in a long queue like in the US. You huddle around and then just crowd the opening to board the jet. This happens 99% of the time in Europe. I actually feel like the plane is fully boarded quicker.
Jan 8, 2015, 3:16 am
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HA! USA has the most polite queue there is. You named 3 Germanic countries above in which SU and DE perhaps are a little more civilized, whereas UK, sometimes but not really. The rest of Europe no one stands in a long queue like in the US. You huddle around and then just crowd the opening to board the jet. This happens 99% of the time in Europe. I actually feel like the plane is fully boarded quicker.
I find the no clue what a line is mentality pervasive in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, the Palestinian territories, and as far as I understand, many other Middle Eastern countries.
But not in Europe, to which I can also add France, Spain, and Belgium