Timeline for Are there any advantages to boarding a flight near the end of the boarding process?
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| Jan 20, 2015 at 6:32 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 24, 2014 at 12:59 | answer | added | user8803 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 23, 2014 at 18:28 | comment | added | Max | I recently took an early morning flight where the first bus from the city arrived after boarding started... I was last to board because that was the earliest I could get to the airport. On the return trip, I was the last to board because I got on the wrong train. | |
| Aug 23, 2014 at 18:17 | answer | added | Prateek | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 22, 2014 at 2:50 | comment | added | reirab | Regarding the overhead bin space, I'd say at least half of the U.S. domestic flights I've been on in the last few years have run out of overhead bin space before the last few people boarded, so I'd say that's a major incentive to not be the last guy in line. Also, if you're flying on Southwest, if you're the last person on, you get the worst seat on the plane. If you're within the last roughly 1/3 of people on board, you're in a middle seat. Of course, that part doesn't apply to other airlines where seats are chosen ahead of time. | |
| Nov 15, 2013 at 21:10 | comment | added | Vitalik | i guess you are not flying economy. I'd rather stretch my legs a little longer before spending hours on a plane. | |
| Nov 15, 2013 at 9:28 | comment | added | user141 | related: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/9008/… | |
| Nov 14, 2013 at 11:06 | answer | added | Relaxed | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 10, 2013 at 13:43 | vote | accept | Andrew Ferrier | ||
| Aug 13, 2013 at 19:59 | comment | added | gerrit | @AndrewFerrier If I join when there are still 10 people in the queue, out of 100 originally, I won't miss the plane, because they won't close the boarding as long as people are queing to get on. And even if I don't, don't they still call people who have checked in but don't turn up? | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 19:07 | comment | added | Andrew Ferrier | @Gagravarr, good answer ;) | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 19:00 | comment | added | Andrew Ferrier | @gerrit what makes you think you won't miss the plane? I never queue, because I tend to be the first - or almost the first - to get on :) | |
| Aug 13, 2013 at 16:31 | answer | added | Mark Mayo | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 23:17 | comment | added | gerrit | I never understand why folk rush and stand in the queue. I have a seat reservation and it's not like I'm going to miss the plane?! | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 21:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackTravel/status/367031614725173248 | ||
| Aug 12, 2013 at 20:59 | comment | added | Gagravarr | An extra glass of bubbly in the lounge? (Assuming as a frequent flyer that you have lounge access) | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 20:37 | answer | added | Nean Der Thal | timeline score: 25 | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 20:12 | answer | added | Kate Gregory | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 20:10 | answer | added | Doc | timeline score: 23 | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 19:53 | answer | added | Bernhard | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 19:33 | history | asked | Andrew Ferrier | CC BY-SA 3.0 |