To think people jumping the airport security queue should pay for fast track or wait like everyone else?

Not necessarily. With easy jet I got hold luggage included but had to pay for cabin baggage - so my cabin baggage sized bag went in the hold. This was Bristol - Inverness.

If they are genuine and need to get to the plane as they are late then I do not mind. It has happened to me a couple of times, I asked the staff first and apologised. I left on time but transportation went wrong. One time a guy yelled at me for doing it and I burst in to tears as I had been through so much to get there.

Idk if ppl are lying but I do know it is certainly possible for an accident on the motorway or your hire car breaking down or something else to happen to someone.

I normal don't give a fuck as DH makes us turn up about 4 hours before we need to do might as well be in a queue as sitting on an uncomfortable chair.

Sometimes security have directed people to skip the queue. I have in the past been sent to the front, in my case I was only late because the purple parking bus broke down and it was an hour before we got to the airport.

I once turned up at the airport for an early morning flight to be told it had been cancelled and I was given a flight mid afternoon. That was no good for me as I was taking a mid afternoon ferry. I noticed that another company was doing a flight to my destination in just over 30 minutes.

I raced to their desk, they had a seat and guaranteed I'd get on it. They escorted me through security and straight into the plane.

None of this was my doing, but yes, I jumped the queue. And if accept the same help again.

@TiredTraveller so it wasn't any other excuse ? You referred in your OP to "other such weak excuses"

YABU the one single excuse is justified.

So why didn’t you pay for fast track though, if you were in a rush 😵‍💫 they are BU to jump the queue, but you can do what you suggest they do too.

I'd assume they meant gate was closing.

What were the other weak excuses you heard?

I'm not sure my plane is leaving in 10 mins is a weak excuse? What other weak excuses did they use?

I travel via Stansted alot and have never been asked by anyone if they can jump the queue and if someone did and I was in perfect time for my own flight I'd just say yes, if I was in a hurry myself I'd say join the queue 😂excuse the pun. I would imagine ppl only ask if they really are late but I'm sure you get the odd person who is taking the piss but you got piss takers everywhere not just at the airport so I wouldn't stress over it.

Leave enough time, I mean it’s just wise?
why wouldn’t you?

This.

I have queue jumped in passport control to make a transfer. Flight was very late and there was only one person working at the passport control and I was cutting ia very close. I'm not gonna miss my flight and buy a new one just to be polite and not to annoy people. I've experienced this on the other side aswell and just suck it up.

I think it's an incredibly normal thing to let people pass through and push in front if they're running late for their flight. It could be connecting, it could be whatever reason that they're running late. Most people get there with plenty of time to spare so if someone is rushing, of course they can go through first. They couldn't have preempted being late.

I'll always remember the woman at Frankfurt who elbowed and shoved her way through, loudly declaring she was going to miss her flight. Trouble was, it was gate security rather than general security so we were all on the same flight, and all she achieved was as a nice long sit on the bus that was taking us to the aircraft, watching everyone she'd elbowed past get on and join her

Seriously though, if someone is genuinely in need because (like you OP) they'd been delayed due to circumstances outside of their control of course I let them through if I'm not in a rush.

It takes a special kind of martyr to stand quietly in the queue until they've missed their flight, seething about those who are proactive enough to at least try and make theirs.

You need to speak up OP.
I've only once asked to queue jump at an airport.
My connecting flight from Manchester to Heathrow left very late as they were de icing all the windows.
I only had 20 minutes to get to the gate for my flight to Spain.
There was no way I would have flown if I'd stood politely waiting my turn.

It’s usually staff who organise for the late people to go ahead. When you were late, you should have alerted someone, op.

I don’t mind people going ahead if necessary and as Pp said, it’s essential if they’ve checked a bag or the whole flight will be delayed. OTOH, I’d ban paying for fast track security if it were up to me- it doesn’t seem to me the sort of thing people should be able to pay to do more quickly. I’d have a free fast track lane for those who need it- people with small children, elderly people, people with disabilities etc who find it harder to queue for a long time.

Yes, madness not to speak up and ask for help.

OP is annoyed at other people for being too bolshy, but she not bolshy enough.

OP, you need to develop pointy elbows (metaphorically).

I literally arrived as the gate was closing and if anyone else had cut in, I may well have missed it.

Why didn't you ask the staff of you could jump ahead as your flight was about to close, if you didn't want to ask other people to let you skip ahead? There are normally some around at various points in the queue.

I wouldn't have stayed where I was and risk missing my flight.

Doubt there was luggage, checking in luggage is often a luxury these days for short haul.

You can't always buy Fast Track tickets if you leave it too late. There are only so many they can sell for each time slot I assume. So you can't always risk leaving it to see what the queue will be like.

There are always unplanned delays that can happen which mean you are running later than expected.

In my experience, if you are getting close to your departure time the staff working in the queues will tell you to go forward and jump the queue, to ensure there isn't missed flights.

Also - if everyone paid for fast pass... it wouldn't be a quicker queue

Why didn't you ask security staff if you could go ahead as well? There's no point being bitter about other people doing it and risking missing your flight. People are late for all sorts of reasons and I wouldn't mind if you had to go ahead of me. Staff will sometimes call people forward in queues if their flight is leaving soon anyway, it's not a big deal.

Bristol does it - I’ve used fast track at Bristol when it was obvious they’d got in a bit of a mess with the queue.