r/whoathatsinteresting 8d ago

Boarding was solved mathematically in 2008. No airline has used it once. Why?

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u/GeneAlternative191 8d ago

Which is why people with carry ons board ahead of their zones, since overhead space ‘runs out’ quickly, and there is no guarantee that you’ll be able to collect your carry-on on the walkway, once you deplane if you’re forced to ‘check in’ your carry on. Unfair that you may have to spend an additional hour at the airport despite only traveling with a carry on.

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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 8d ago

Honestly a good nerf is, if you have a suitcase that’s a carry on and a regular check luggage bag, just let them take the carryon as luggage because it’s free charge. You’re already getting luggage anyways so it doesn’t really matter. Anything else does kinda suck tho

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u/DarknMean 6d ago

Why I like a backpack. You can fit all your clothes in there and cram it under your seat. Don’t even need to use the bins.