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Can your family give you a hug just as you enter the gate to board your plane? Because that's how it was before 9/11 in the States.

by raydev 8y ago

vanadium 8y ago
I remember those days very, very well.
stephenr 8y ago
Domestically? Last time I flew in Australia domestic flights allowed non-passengers up to the waiting area, yes.
- ceejayoz 8y ago
  Flew domestically in Australia two days ago, and yep - no boarding passes needed for security. Liquids fine, no taking off shoes, no queue (and not even space for one to form). Like a whole different world.
gaius 8y ago
In 1999 I had bags in the hold but had to respond to a page, by the time I had resolved the incident I had missed the flight. I was super-stressed but the check-in girl just laughed and said, get the next one, it’s fine. And it was. Can you imagine that now?
- sunshinerag 8y ago
  whats a page? why are you responding to a page in a book?
- jalk 8y ago
  Yes that is very common, unless you buy the cheapest tickets available. I'm sure people in 1999 would be shocked to learn that a ticket from Berlin to London is available for around 50 USD if you don't have luggage and expect to actually board the planes you have booked.
  - saiya-jin 8y ago
    Yeah, you get quantity, and lose quality. I've been overbooked few times (so sorry, please fly tomorrow unless we overbook you again, we don't care what this causes for your plans/further travel, and here go through crazy online forms and month-long process just to get those 250 euro you are entitled to by EU law). Or cancelling flights for 'bad weather' reason, when all other flights departed just fine from the airport - in this case, airline doesn't have to compensate anything (freakin' Easyjet - I realized I am not rich enough and don't have enough extra vacation to use such a crappy random-quality services).
- thecopy 8y ago
  Sure, happened to me last year in Europe.
  - gaius 8y ago
    They flew bags in the hold for a passenger who had checked in but not boarded?
    - pjmlp 8y ago
      Yep, it happened to me during a Lufthansa strike a couple of years ago. They distributed us and our luggage across a couple of planes flying out to Vienna. My luggage arrived on an earlier flight and had to hear from the Austrian police, while I explained that it was Lufthansa's own doing.
      - madcaptenor 8y ago
        Sometimes this happens even without a strike. Once I flew San Francisco - Houston - Little Rock with about a four-hour layover in Houston. When I got to Little Rock my bag wasn't on the baggage carousel - it turned out they'd put my bag on an earlier flight. (I wasn't on that earlier flight because the long connection turned out to be a lot cheaper than a short one.)
    - astura 8y ago
      Yes?? This happens literally all the time. What's to be surprised about?
      - gaius 8y ago
        Any recent flight I’ve taken they delayed the plane while they offloaded the bags. I am genuinely surprised they they flew them anyway these days.
        astura 8y ago
        That doesn't make sense, how would they ever get misdirected bags to you if bags weren't ever allowed to fly without their owners being onboard? It happens all the time that bags get to a flight that the passenger misses and passengers get to a flight that bags miss. Not remotely unusual. It's happened to me recently too.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
  Yes? It's fairly common.
- JadeNB 8y ago
  > In 1999 I had bags in the hold but had to respond to a page, by the time I had resolved the incident I had missed the flight. I was super-stressed but the check-in girl just laughed and said, get the next one, it’s fine. And it was. Can you imagine that now? It actually literally happened to me in November 2001, even for an international flight: I missed my flight due to a 3-hour line at MDW, but my luggage had already boarded. I was assured by everyone concerned that it would be offloaded, but it flew ahead, and was (somewhat miraculously) still waiting for me at the luggage claim when I got there over 12 hours later.
fma 8y ago
You can request a companion pass from some airlines. I know Delta allows it...one of th budget ones do t (Spirit?) Essentially you ask their service desk for a companion pass and tbeu run your ID and print you our a ticket to go through security. I use it because I have family that do not speak English test visits me and I walk them to their gate...but if you just want a hug you can, they don't need a reason to issue one. But I understand what you are saying, and the ability to be at the gate to drop off or meet domestic passengers brought back old memories.
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
Yes, the security aspect is ridiculous (and more than likely completely unnecessary) but also bear in mind that airports are busier than ever. If everyone flying took an average of one person to the gate with them, that's twice as many people in the airport. Most I've passed through lately (Europe and Asia) have been crowded as it is.

Can your family give you a hug just as you enter the gate to board your plane? Because that's how it was before 9/11 in the States.

by raydev 8y ago

Can your family give you a hug just as you enter the gate to board your plane? Because that's how it was before 9/11 in the States.

vanadium 8y ago

I remember those days very, very well.

stephenr 8y ago

Domestically? Last time I flew in Australia domestic flights allowed non-passengers up to the waiting area, yes.

ceejayoz 8y ago
Flew domestically in Australia two days ago, and yep - no boarding passes needed for security. Liquids fine, no taking off shoes, no queue (and not even space for one to form). Like a whole different world.

gaius 8y ago

In 1999 I had bags in the hold but had to respond to a page, by the time I had resolved the incident I had missed the flight. I was super-stressed but the check-in girl just laughed and said, get the next one, it’s fine. And it was. Can you imagine that now?

sunshinerag 8y ago
whats a page? why are you responding to a page in a book?
jalk 8y ago
Yes that is very common, unless you buy the cheapest tickets available. I'm sure people in 1999 would be shocked to learn that a ticket from Berlin to London is available for around 50 USD if you don't have luggage and expect to actually board the planes you have booked.
- saiya-jin 8y ago
  Yeah, you get quantity, and lose quality. I've been overbooked few times (so sorry, please fly tomorrow unless we overbook you again, we don't care what this causes for your plans/further travel, and here go through crazy online forms and month-long process just to get those 250 euro you are entitled to by EU law). Or cancelling flights for 'bad weather' reason, when all other flights departed just fine from the airport - in this case, airline doesn't have to compensate anything (freakin' Easyjet - I realized I am not rich enough and don't have enough extra vacation to use such a crappy random-quality services).
thecopy 8y ago
Sure, happened to me last year in Europe.
- gaius 8y ago
  They flew bags in the hold for a passenger who had checked in but not boarded?
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Yep, it happened to me during a Lufthansa strike a couple of years ago. They distributed us and our luggage across a couple of planes flying out to Vienna. My luggage arrived on an earlier flight and had to hear from the Austrian police, while I explained that it was Lufthansa's own doing.
    - madcaptenor 8y ago
      Sometimes this happens even without a strike. Once I flew San Francisco - Houston - Little Rock with about a four-hour layover in Houston. When I got to Little Rock my bag wasn't on the baggage carousel - it turned out they'd put my bag on an earlier flight. (I wasn't on that earlier flight because the long connection turned out to be a lot cheaper than a short one.)
  - astura 8y ago
    Yes?? This happens literally all the time. What's to be surprised about?
    - gaius 8y ago
      Any recent flight I’ve taken they delayed the plane while they offloaded the bags. I am genuinely surprised they they flew them anyway these days.
      - astura 8y ago
        That doesn't make sense, how would they ever get misdirected bags to you if bags weren't ever allowed to fly without their owners being onboard? It happens all the time that bags get to a flight that the passenger misses and passengers get to a flight that bags miss. Not remotely unusual. It's happened to me recently too.
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
Yes? It's fairly common.
JadeNB 8y ago
> In 1999 I had bags in the hold but had to respond to a page, by the time I had resolved the incident I had missed the flight. I was super-stressed but the check-in girl just laughed and said, get the next one, it’s fine. And it was. Can you imagine that now? It actually literally happened to me in November 2001, even for an international flight: I missed my flight due to a 3-hour line at MDW, but my luggage had already boarded. I was assured by everyone concerned that it would be offloaded, but it flew ahead, and was (somewhat miraculously) still waiting for me at the luggage claim when I got there over 12 hours later.

fma 8y ago

You can request a companion pass from some airlines. I know Delta allows it...one of th budget ones do t (Spirit?) Essentially you ask their service desk for a companion pass and tbeu run your ID and print you our a ticket to go through security. I use it because I have family that do not speak English test visits me and I walk them to their gate...but if you just want a hug you can, they don't need a reason to issue one. But I understand what you are saying, and the ability to be at the gate to drop off or meet domestic passengers brought back old memories.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

Yes, the security aspect is ridiculous (and more than likely completely unnecessary) but also bear in mind that airports are busier than ever. If everyone flying took an average of one person to the gate with them, that's twice as many people in the airport. Most I've passed through lately (Europe and Asia) have been crowded as it is.