To think that it is ok to jump the queue when with an infant?

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DH, DC (3 months) and I were flying for the first time today to see family, long expected break!
We had booked priority, lounges and everything we could to relieve a bit of the stress.
Priority queue was quite long to check in luggage and we started queuing nicely.
Another mum came along and told us we could jump the queue which we did gladly as baby started stirring a little bit.
However it enraged some of the people in the queue, literally shouting that it was very out of order and that was no such thing as baby class, and what is wrong with you people etc.
Interestingly, every other step in the airport (security, customs, boarding) we were invited nicely by the staff to jump the queue.

So YANBU, of course you can jump the queue when with an infant
YABU no, you should queue like everyone else

It was check in, not boarding.

Last time I was at Primark with DD they told me I didn't have to wait and could just go to the front next time. Not sure I'd be brave enough to just do it on my own though!

If u were just checking in luggage, could one of u not have queued and the other walked around to settle baby? YABU

Same shit. It speeds things up.

OP I think most of the people on this thread haven’t travelled with a baby/toddler recently (if ever).

Don't be daft.

I cannot understand the queuing logic on flights.

To me - being first in any queue has the following potential benefits:

1. Getting whatever it is you're queuing for first. e.g. food, the toilet, a ticket
2. Getting a better place in whatever your'e queuing for e.g. a better seat, a place at the front.
3. Getting your thing done so you can go do other things.

People do realise that the flight can't leave until EVERYONE is on the flight, and you already have seats allocated to you - don't they? So the ONLY benefit to being at the front of the queue to board a flight is #3 above - getting your thing done first. Which in this case means getting on the plane, getting your stuff out of the way, getting settled in your seats first.

ANYONE who flies regularly knows that the number one delay to boarding and the most annoying thing is people who have boarded in front of you faffing with their stuff and blocking the aisle, preventing other people from getting to their seats.

A person travelling with a small child inevitably has more stuff and more faff. Would you prefer that person to get on the plane first to give them plenty of time to sort their stuff out before you need to get to your seat - or would you prefer for them to be right in front of you and block the aisle preventing you from sitting down - or worse still, would you prefer for them to get on last and delay everyone while we wait for them to deal with their stuff?

It's a no brainer to get those people on first. It benefits everyone.

People who complain are morons - ignore them.

Jumping the check in queue is pretty cheeky.

OP is talking about check in, not boarding!

Frequently: But this is check in.

You were rude, OP, and had your arse handed to you by the other customers who you forced to wait longer. I'd have been really pissed off with you too, although I wouldn't have said anything.

If an infant can't cope with the check-in queue, what's it going to be like on the flight?

How does allowing families to skip the queue speed up check in? 🤣🤣🤣

Nope.
Single mother who first flew with a 10 week old and subsequently at least 4 times a year.
Paid for Priority Boarding if available.
Can remember once, Alitalia, being called to board early.
Can also remember on numerous occasions struggling with pushchair and child and bag, being helped up and down stairs by fellow passengers (almost always Brits, almost always dads travelling with young families themselves)
OP is a CF and so was the CF who told her to do it.

@Sharming I agree that getting families boarding first is sensible but the check in queue?

and now I've read it properly and realised you were queuing for check in.

No - you should have to wait like everyone else. Skipping the queue benefits only you, and no one else. and they've all paid for priority, why should you get extra priority over them?

Is that you Holly?

@Sharming you could say people who don't read the thread or at least the OP posts are morons too. So perhaps read it next time. She didn't just push in at boarding, she pushed in at check in too.

When we travelled long haul with our children we were always put at the front of the queue by the staff along with all the other parents.

Another mum came along and told us we could jump the queue

Who made her Queen of the queue? Have a bit of respect and wait your turn.

If there is a hell, and I am bad enough to go there, it will resemble LA, and the seventh circle will be LAX.

It's my least favourite place on earth. And I've travelled in war zones.

Everyone knows all of that @Sharming. But it's not relevant at check in.

At check in or boarding?

When my daughter was a baby, we were offered to jump the queue numerous times while travelling and always did. Now my daughter is older and I don't care at all if people with babies (or worse toddlers) jump queues, they deserve it more than anyone else imho. Recently we went on an Air Canada flight and all families with children under 12 were invited to board first. Our DD is 10 so we went. The staff were super sweet but OMG the other passengers. They were OUTRAGED. We and other families got yelled at as though it was our insistence or whatever that allowed us to go first with our children of all ages. Staff told everyone to shut up.

If you want priority boarding then pay for it. Just means you'll be sat on the plane while everyone else is finishing their drinks in the airport bar. But up to you... The plane leaves at the same time for everyone.

YABU just because you can procreate doesn’t make you special