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AIBU?

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Queuing to board?

159 replies

holachicatita · Today 11:19

So.. currently waiting to board my flight and me and my husband have had a disagreement. Seats are already allocated but I still like to queue and get on the flight once the gates open. He likes to sit and wait until the last minute, looking down his nose at all the silly little people queuing. AIBU to start to queue once the gates open?

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PeloMom · Today 18:54

We do that as usually travel with hand luggage only and the space in the bins above gets full quick. I don’t want to have my bags all over the place when we deplane so early boarding works best.

2026letsgo · Today 18:56

TigerRag · Today 11:24

I'd rather queue and not have to wait in the aisle for people to stop faffing about and get to their seats

Surely this is why you wait till the end of boarding though? Otherwise you are stuck in the plane aisle behind the faffers

Weeellokthen · Today 19:04

Team dh here. I can never fathom why people rush to board. You're going to be sitting down for long enough.
Weirdos 😂
Csbin crew will always find a space for your hand luggage

TigerRag · Today 19:09

2026letsgo · Today 18:56

Surely this is why you wait till the end of boarding though? Otherwise you are stuck in the plane aisle behind the faffers

I once had to get on last as I had assistance booked. (We're usually on first) And I got stuck behind a lot of faffers

Cosyblankets · Today 22:13

BIossomtoes · Today 15:18

They do. 🤷‍♀️

I've seen plenty of people charged at the gate because their bag was too big and they had not paid

Cosyblankets · Today 22:15

Thebinisrightthere · Today 18:29

How do you know he hadn't paid for the space? And surely if you had you would have had priority boarding so it's on you if you weren't quick enough

If he had paid for space then it is for a case, not a coat and not a small bag. I'm assuming this is an easyjet or ryanair and the rules are perfectly clear. They even announce it at the start of the flight that the small bag must go under the seat

Yetone · Today 23:06

Weeellokthen · Today 19:04

Team dh here. I can never fathom why people rush to board. You're going to be sitting down for long enough.
Weirdos 😂
Csbin crew will always find a space for your hand luggage

If there is not enough room they will ask you to take essentials out and then put it in the hold.i have seen this done.

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · Today 23:17

Thebinisrightthere · Today 18:29

How do you know he hadn't paid for the space? And surely if you had you would have had priority boarding so it's on you if you weren't quick enough

OMG she even posted the boarding pass! It clearly says non-priority.

Cosyblankets · Today 23:28

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · Today 23:17

OMG she even posted the boarding pass! It clearly says non-priority.

It was me who posted the boarding pass. That was just an example to make the point that the info as to whether or not you can get on with a cabin case is on the boarding pass so you can't just waltz on with whatever you like

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