> so airlines are incentivized to make the boarding annoying enough to make you pay for it. until you "board first" with a budget airline at an airport that ma

> so airlines are incentivized to make the boarding annoying enough to make you pay for it. until you "board first" with a budget airline at an airport that makes you stand just outside the gate in a common (loses queue) and un-airconditioned space until they're ready to actually board. Then paying for boarding first is an absolute privilege, especially when the riffraff can run to the plane first anyway.