To boycott Easyjet because of its stupid "Speedy Boarders" system

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I just hate it so much. The only people who really NEED to be located together are families with small children and obviously other people with carers. Yet you can pay an extra £5-10 and that allows you to get on the plane first, in front of all of these people. Last time I checked there was no limit on how many speedy boarders there were on the flight (although they did say they were going to limit it). So in theory you could have everyone other than you and your kids able to get on the stinking plane before you leaving you scattered all over the place.

And why do the speedy boarders turn into such twats ... like the fact they've shelled out an extra fiver gives them the right to shove you and your baby out of the way because "we're speedy boarders, we get on first, in front of families and everyone" as some bitch-dog-from-hell shouted at me once in the queue.

I'm just sick of easyjet and their staff that treat you like plebs (one actually 'showed me the hand' at check in once) and the fecking speedy boarders.

OK so I know this is a dull AIBU compared to most but I just wanted to vent. I HATE THEM!!!!!

We flew Easyjet recently and thankfully there were only two speedy boarders. I was pleasantly surprised that we were then allowed on next, as I hadn't realised that would happen. If I was ever separated from my DS then I would most certainly refuse to sit down until I was allowed to sit with him.

You'd have to be a bit careful there Twinklemegan. The Captain can refuse to carry passengers (seemingly on a whim) so it's a fine line between asserting yourself and being potentially asked to disembark because you are a 'problem' (as perceived by flight crew and captain)

Well I shan't be flying often so unlikely to be a problem. But I'd rather not fly at all than be away from my child. Anyhow, I hadn't appreciated that we only got to go on first because DS is under 2. I'd think very carefully about flying Easyjet again in future in that case.

We went down with Flybe who we found excellent, even if they don't answer their phones.