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This and window, middle, aisle ordered boarding have an obvious fault: it will breakup groups. This will cause confusion and stress, especially for families.
by seles 15y ago
This and window, middle, aisle ordered boarding have an obvious fault: it will breakup groups. This will cause confusion and stress, especially for families.
- Shenglong 15y agoI'm actually thinking the entire storage system can use a redesign. It's mighty frustrating, when there's someone slow in front of you, who doesn't have the decency to move into the seats to let you pass. The isle should really not be the entry point for stored luggage - at least in terms of efficiency.
- thestoicjester 15y agoAlso, people traveling together won't be assigned to different boarding groups if their reservations are "linked" in the airline's system.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoYou're referring to the "boarding group" system American uses. The parent comment is referring to window-middle-aisle boarding used by United.
- thestoicjester 15y ago"This and..."
- CrazedGeek 15y agoEvery airline I've flown on has allowed groups to go on together, even if they're in different boarding groups. Some may make you wait until the latest boarding group in your party, but even that's a bit rare, in my experience.
- r00fus 15y agoI would assume families with young kids are still allowed priority boarding (if that hasn't been deprecated recently).