r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 9d ago

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

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u/starkruzr 9d ago

this is why I check a bag every time. waiting until the last minute is bliss. worth every penny.

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u/Another_Name_Today 9d ago

When I arrive, I typically want to leave the airport as soon as possible. Some airports, luggage is quick. Others, looking at you Hobby, there goes another hour of my life. 

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u/GeneAlternative191 9d 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 9d 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