Queuing to board?

Shouldn’t you wait until your boarding group number has been called?

If I’m in a window seat I will join the queue and board as soon as possible. If I’m in the aisle seat I will sit and wait as long as possible. No point getting into my aisle seat then having to get up again for someone to get into the window seat. I only take under-seat luggage usually to avoid the battle for storage space. Or if I do have a cabin case, it usually happens that they ask people to volunteer to check them in for free - problem solved.

I'm a happy to wait person. I've only been on a couple of flights where some passengers with hand luggage were asked to put it in the hold because they'd run out of locker space (short flights within Europe).

I'd rather wait. No point in standing in a dark corridor or overfilled bus. It's horrible and claustrophobic. Then in the plane all the people sorting themselves, their luggage while others try squeeze past ... not for me.
I have a backpack that will fit nicely under the seat, so no issues with overhead locker space either.

If you are at the gate, the plane will not leave without you.

I didn't say individually. But every flight I have been on they have done priority and then 'Boarding rows A-E' and so on and so forth. It's never been a rugby scrum. With the exception of boarding planes with only eight seats and then it's done by weight!

I've never been in an airport where they boarded people in order of seats and rows. Calling people with priority boarding first,yes. However calling other people individually,no.

I never have a wheely case, only have the underseat hand luggage, so not panicked about running out of room. I’m firmly team sit until the last minute as I find standing in queues for long periods difficult and it doesn’t gain anything for me personally. Especially if I have an aisle seat, I will cause less disruption to the others in my row if I get on last minute. Also, if I get on last and there is still room in the overhead lockers I can dump my hand luggage there and I won’t be challenged. I always put the items I need out for the flight in a separate cloth bag so I don’t have to do any rummaging before stowing my main hand baggage.

I’m with your husband. We don’t Queue to get on the plane, we wait until there are a handful of people still to board and then get on, no point standing in a queue you won’t get there any faster.

o do like to get to the airport early to check in and go through security but I’m not queueing to get on the airplane .

@holachicatita you are missing important details.

Do you have a window seat? If yes, then get on earlier as otherwise you have to make people move.

Do you have large bags that need to go in the overhead lockers? If yes, then get on earlier as otherwise you have to faff about doing the bag shuffle.

Lots of the cheaper airlines have "priority boarding" for those with larger bags then those with just small bags that go under the seat get on last.

Personally if I just have a small bag then I prefer to board last.

This is the only reason to queue.

I pride myself on being last to board. My hand luggage always fits under the seat in front.

I will be getting first on my flights if I can in a couple of weeks. Do not want my carry on half way down the plane away from me. But I am more relaxed if no carry on.

So he lets you queue then walks past everyone else whose queued to join you?

I don’t get why people get in the queue earlier to wait longer on a plane but I don’t take loads of hand luggage.

I prefer to get on, yes re stressing over cabin baggage space otherwise

Depends if you are taking on wheelie luggage. I don’t so I stay seated until the queue is down to 1 or 2 then walk on with my handbag, I check my luggage out of preference if I need more than a large handbag (under seat size)

I like to get on board asap otherwise you can struggle to find space for cabin bag.

I would just get on when it suits me and let DH do the same. Doesn’t have to be a right and wrong to it.

Not all flights.

Completely depends on whether you have hand luggage for the overhead lockers or not. If I do, then I queue early, as otherwise they get full. If I don’t then I wait until the last of the queue is boarding and then get up.

I'm a queuer, I just want to get on, get my bags stashed away and get settled. I usually book an aisle seat so it means I do have to get up and let others in, but I would still rather just get on the plane.

It’s as broad as it’s long to me. Everyone is waiting to leave at the same time so it doesn’t really matter if you get on first and wait on the plane, wait in a queue or wait in a seat at the gate.

Yes or in a queue.

I used to send dh on with the luggage and me and DC would wait til the last possible minute.

Neither of you are wrong. There's pros and cons to both.

Budget airlines have been kino wn to double book seats, happened to my friend just last month.

That’s not on! I’m a waiter, don’t get the point of spending more time in a plane seat than necessary. But I would never expect to jump in when my travel companion had done the queueing!

They don't always do this, not on smaller flights than I've been on