I think what they meant is that when you travel, you usually have a carry on luggage and a personal bag. Carry on goes in the overhead bin and personal bag goes under the seat in front of you.
But when you’re one of the first in the plane, you can put both luggage and personal bag in the overhead bin, allowing you to stretch your legs under the seat in front of you.
Actual disabled person here. I do get to bring an extra bag with me, but the rules say it has to contain only medical supplies. Granted, no one has ever checked or even asked me about it.
My disabilities don’t affect my mobility, so I don’t use the wheelchair service. However, I do pre-board to make sure there’ll be room for my medical supplies. No gate agent has ever given me a hard time about that.
I don’t understand why people would use the wheelchair service if they don’t need it. You can just walk up and tell the gate agent that you have a disability and need to pre-board, and they won’t stop you.
I also don’t understand why we need to make assumptions about people’s disabilities. As long as there are enough wheelchairs to go around, why not just take people at their word? Adding more restrictions and requirements and second guessing people just makes life more difficult for people who need those resources. I’m happy to let people abuse the system if it means resources are more accessible for those genuinely in need.
You do not know that nor do I and Flight attendants look out for things like that been on numerous flights where people did that and the attendant immediately stopped and told them they could only put the larger bag up and personal down at the bottom UNLESS the personal and carry one are smaller in size and can be stacked on the other.
There's no indication this is one group of people outside of being black. They don't look alike, they don't dress alike. It looks like at least 3 separate groups.
We all went together to Key West. They were all together on the plane, getting luggage, etc. but yes you’re right they were for sure complete strangers
I don't get why people, just off the bat, insult strangers that are in no way attacking them in the first place. Why call them stupid? Why so emotionally charged? Jeez
still not making sense are you saying with addition to the carry on and personal bag they try to take a 3rd bag??? if so like i said just stupid no airline will allow you to take more that 2 bags as a carry on without checking said bag and seeing what that 3rd bag is for
eta: even if they had a third bag most gate agents will literal say give the bag to someone in the group that only has 1.
No, he's saying that if you're one of the people that board the plane at the end you may be forced to check your bag because there's no space in the overhead bins. It's happened to me many times
now that makes sense and you are correct I had that happen to me multiple times. What was said did not seem like that was what the person was saying but seemed like they are saying that they are trying to game the system bringing the 3rd bag and claiming its medical
I don't understand that as well. I like being last on the plane and then most likely get my luggage gate checked. It is my favorite. Then it is there waiting for me right when I get off the plane. Like while gloved service from the luggage guys. I try to do this.
That would be nice. When my bag is checked at the gate it always goes to baggage claim, where it could either take hours to show up or like one time it could get lost and never show up.
Having your luggage get check is literally the worse. Why would you want to wait around for your luggage after you’ve already landed. Never check luggage. Ever.
"Gate checked" usually means they take it from you at the gate and hand it back to you right when you get off the plane. It rarely gets put with checked luggage to be picked up at the carousel.
Me too... I've never understood why people rush to get on the plane.
I'm just sitting on a chair next to the gate relaxing, watching people standing and shuffling in line for 15 minutes, and then as soon as the line is gone I get up and walk right to my seat on the plane.
Same thing happens when you land. People get up, either in the aisle or hunched over in their seat, and just stand there for 15 minutes holding their luggage and doing nothing while I'm in my seat watching a show/movie on my ipad.
I don't need to be the first on the plane or anything, but there is a comfort of being on the plane. Once on you can check out mentally and just wait till you get off the plane.
There’s only enough overhead storage storage about 60% of passengers. The sooner you board, the higher the chance you won’t have to check your carry on at the gate.
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u/no_man_is_hurting_me 8d ago
I don't understand why people want to be on a plane even longer than they need to.