UA's Boarding Process with WILMA now - Inconsistent process / PreBoarding issues
Apr 10, 2024, 11:55 am
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Alaska often uses two doors to board at KOA - if you're seated in row X or higher, you use the rear door, X or lower, the front door. Boarding is significantly faster, even with the 20% who don't have a clue what their row is, or what a door is, or the difference between front and back.
Winter time on the mainland? No one here ever flew PeopleExpress? I have plenty of memories dragging my carryon up and down snow covered stairs outside at EWR and BUF in the middle of winter, hoping I didn't slide down a slippery airstair, or especially at EWR, lose my hearing, or get sprayed with partially combusted kerosene as the adjacent aircraft was starting up. Fun times.
Winter time on the mainland? No one here ever flew PeopleExpress? I have plenty of memories dragging my carryon up and down snow covered stairs outside at EWR and BUF in the middle of winter, hoping I didn't slide down a slippery airstair, or especially at EWR, lose my hearing, or get sprayed with partially combusted kerosene as the adjacent aircraft was starting up. Fun times.
Apr 10, 2024, 12:19 pm
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It's standard in Australia too (also at BUR), but I don't think it's a crazy decision for most US airports/carriers to choose not to have pax go outside into whatever weather might be there.
Apr 10, 2024, 12:21 pm
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Hopefully this is not a TikTok hack or a trend, but I have been spotting youngish women (in their 20's) boarding during disability pre-boarding without any outward mobility issues. No pushback from the gate agent.
Apr 10, 2024, 12:49 pm
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Apr 10, 2024, 1:10 pm
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That’s good. There shouldn’t be any pushback from the agent.
Apr 10, 2024, 1:11 pm
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Or, they could board Spirit. Making Spirit profitable would be the ultimate test of their influence.
Apr 10, 2024, 3:12 pm
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Witnessed a flight this past weekend (at BOS, I think) where the GA called up active duty military first, then pax with disabilities, then GS, then "pax with infants," then in the same breath without pause, "1Ks."
Humorously, despite plenty of room for preboarding, several pax in the Group 1 line had to excuse themselves up to the front when 1Ks were called. You'd think 1Ks would understand they're going to be called to preboard and would situate themselves accordingly.
Humorously, despite plenty of room for preboarding, several pax in the Group 1 line had to excuse themselves up to the front when 1Ks were called. You'd think 1Ks would understand they're going to be called to preboard and would situate themselves accordingly.
Apr 11, 2024, 7:08 am
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Witnessed a flight this past weekend (at BOS, I think) where the GA called up active duty military first, then pax with disabilities, then GS, then "pax with infants," then in the same breath without pause, "1Ks."
Humorously, despite plenty of room for preboarding, several pax in the Group 1 line had to excuse themselves up to the front when 1Ks were called. You'd think 1Ks would understand they're going to be called to preboard and would situate themselves accordingly.
Humorously, despite plenty of room for preboarding, several pax in the Group 1 line had to excuse themselves up to the front when 1Ks were called. You'd think 1Ks would understand they're going to be called to preboard and would situate themselves accordingly.
Apr 11, 2024, 7:17 am
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Apr 11, 2024, 11:03 am
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Witnessed a flight this past weekend (at BOS, I think) where the GA called up active duty military first, then pax with disabilities, then GS, then "pax with infants," then in the same breath without pause, "1Ks."
Humorously, despite plenty of room for preboarding, several pax in the Group 1 line had to excuse themselves up to the front when 1Ks were called. You'd think 1Ks would understand they're going to be called to preboard and would situate themselves accordingly.
Humorously, despite plenty of room for preboarding, several pax in the Group 1 line had to excuse themselves up to the front when 1Ks were called. You'd think 1Ks would understand they're going to be called to preboard and would situate themselves accordingly.
It's just not that hard.
Point of reference: 4 GS and about 15 1K BOS-DEN midweek, midday.
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Apr 11, 2024, 1:28 pm
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I must have had the same GA yesterday in BOS .One family with small kids decided they were ready to go and went before GS was called which triggered the other two or three to families to bum rush the gate. They were followed on by two 20-something glamorous young women who ended up in the F cabin and I assume just decided they were getting on early? As she was scanning them she called GS and 1K two seconds apart.
It's just not that hard.
Point of reference: 4 GS and about 15 !K BOS-DEN midweek, midday.
It's just not that hard.
Point of reference: 4 GS and about 15 !K BOS-DEN midweek, midday.
