Yes, I'd like to pay nearly $200 for shipping of a $30 thing. Or free shipping that will arrive on the same day.
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I like boarding last. Less time I spend in that fucking tube the better.
I like being part of the last 10-15%, but not the last couple of people. The number of times I've been forced to check my backpack because "there's no more room in the overhead compartments" only to step in the plane and find plenty of room in the overhead compartments is too damn high.
That is my number one gripe, how the hell do those overhead compartments run out of space when everyone is limited to one carry on bag, aren’t the planes designed to hold the carrry on of every passenger, it’s usually some dickheads putting their personal item bags up there or the cabin crew not bothering to tell people to shift their bags sideways or actually checking if they are completely full or not
Yep, or I have seen staff heckling an old guy because the tip of his case wheels stuck outside of the sizing device, while some moron with a hockey bag sized duffel walks on and nobody days anything.
One flight was packed and so the host was asking everyone to turn their bag sideways in the overhead as we boarded, and while saying this over and over people still were laying them flat. I said "This must get old, it is like dealing with children." He said, "no it is worse, children listen, these adults don't."
I was on a flight earlier this year where the attendant had to explain repeatedly to the same group of passengers that they may not put their winter coats into the overhead bin and will have to keep it with them. This same flight they had to restart the safety demonstration because someone got up and went to the bathroom during the first playthrough of it
It is weird to me that adults can't follow expectations or even clear instructions
I often say at work, if I followed directions like the employees I support I'd be out of the job
I've been on flights where people have placed their bags in flat and sidewise then just closed the bin. Attendants then get upset when you open bins to check for space (even in cases where you saw there was space before someone closed it) because of course they are the only ones that close bins and they always check for space.
I've also been on flights where people have stood up to use the bathroom or adjust their bags while taxiing and then everyone has to wait on them wine the attendants just repeat on loop that they need to sit the fuck down.
The rules of planes just seem not to matter at all to some people and the rest of us have to suffer for it.
I do not understand the people that close the bins. There must be a hell for them against the people that stick their carry on in the first slot they see on a half-loaded plane and then waltz to the back.
I don’t understand the people who close the bins after putting their bag up. It’s frustrating as heck for the rest of us, but I don’t see how they think it benefits them in any way. Is it just annoying other passengers for the LoLs, or do they think there’s some logic?
I mean, sometimes the bin is just full after you put your bag in and it's obvious that it's full (assuming no one put their bag flat when there's room to put it on its side). Wouldn't you want the bins closed after that as a visual cue to how much space is left when you board and get close to your seat?
I'm talking like these types of full. Do you really need a flight attendant's professional determination about it?
I actually want them open as a visual clue that there's no room. Far easier a truth to assess than seeing one closed and not knowing if someone was just being a dick.
Yes. Passengers are clearly untrustworthy. I almost never see the bins packed like that and usually people close when there is still room
The thing is that many “carryon” bags will not fit like that but it shouldnt matter. Even laying down there is usually room for three bags to match the number of seats.
Ive frequently see passengers close the bin when there are bags laying down the long way, wasting excess space whne there is clearly more room
It depends, sometimes better efficiency can be achieved if bags are shifted around and letting the attendants see them in a glance can help that process faster
There is also the issue that airlines have been stuffing seats tighter and tighter. So more people without an increase in overhead compartment space.
My number one gripe is why they charge for the stuff people don’t want (under plane) but offer what people do want for free (in the bins).
I know it’s a pain in some flights to wait for the cargo unloading but the other side of getting on a plane and doing transfers with nothing but a small handbag is so nice.
One carry on, one personal item. A personal item can be a backpack. I don't remember the last time I checked a bag.
How big is your backpack where they’d make you check it?
Smaller than a roller bag. There just comes a time when boarding that airline staff just seem to say "fuck it, everything else goes on the hold."
All too often it’s an announcement like “boarding groups 7 and 8 must check their carryons”
What if you have stuff in your backpack that is not allowed in hold luggage (lithium batteries)?
You are supposed to take it out. Carry it with you or put it in the personal bag they assume you have.
The same thing they expect those who travel with roller bags that have to be checked under the same circumstances: take it out and make sure it fits under the seat in front of you.
I was more than once forced to gate check my guitar because the flight attendants didn't think any of the overhead bins were wide enough for the case. They were plenty wide.
Wouldn't a guitar take up like 3 or 4 people's worth of luggage space
Now we know why they keep running out of overhead bin space
It was a flat road case for an electric guitar, on a jumbo jet. There was plenty of space for 3 or 4 carry-ons or backpacks to sit on top of it and the bin in question was not even remotely full at take off.
Did your guitar case fit inside the carry-on bag sizer? Why do you think it's ok to do this lol?
Because musical instruments are specifically allowed by federal DOT rules?
Specifically: ”A small instrument must be accepted as cabin baggage when it fits safely in an approved overhead or under-seat space and that space is available when you board. Ordinary carry-on size limits aren't a reason to reject an instrument that meets those storage conditions."
https://www.airtravelquestions.com/tsa-rules/can-you-bring-a-musical-instrument-on-a-plane
And as I said in another comment, laid flat it fit quite easily in the overhead compartment with plenty of room for additional bags. The compartment over my seat was not filled before takeoff and was fully empty when I boarded. It would have been both fine and legal for me to stow it there, but the flight attendants insisted on gate checking it regardless.
Y'know what? Fair enough. I was not aware of the specific instrument restrictions when I made the comment (I fly on an almost weekly basis but it's for technical work and I don't fly with instruments).
I will say though, regardless of the fine print restrictions, if I were required to check my carry-on bag and saw a fat-ass instrument case in an overhead storage space... I'd be heated. Lol.
Safe travels 🤙🏾
Yeah, because those are meant to hold more than a single case taking up all the space.
Plenty of bags could have fit on top of my flat, 4-inch thick electric guitar case.
That's not how overhead bins work. Are you under the impression that the luggage size restrictions are just a suggestion? They're there to get a space for everyone on the plane, and your "flat" case makes it impossible to fit the large cases of other passengers that are abiding by the restrictions.
Depends on the style of the bin. Most are designed to have the bags placed with their second-longest dimension vertical. If you swap that to horizontal (so rotate the bag 90°), you can fit maybe 3 bags per bin instead of 5, but you free up a few inches where a flat guitar case could easily fit.
I've done it more than once on transcontinental flights.
Also, not every carry-on is at the exact maximum size. Plenty of people bring second backpacks, duffel bags, etc. To pretend otherwise is just being obtuse.
As for not abiding size restrictions for carry-ons, the federal Department of Transportation specifically has a carve-out for instruments being allowed as carry-ons so long as they fit in a bin and aren't so large that they would need the passenger to purchase an additional seat, like you might need to for a double bass or tuba.
I think, perhaps, before chiding me for ignoring the rules, you should learn what the rules are.
So denying space to other passengers.
Yeah, just have the flight attendants take care of the tedious easter egg hunt to find bags that can fit in the lessened space and other bags to take those spaces. I'm sure they don't have anything better to do before take off 🙄
Yeah, the US government saying you can technically be a dick really lets you off the hook here. Congrats. /s
Uh, no? Like I said, flight attendants are very preemptive about gate checking them, to the point where even on flights where it would have had plenty of space they'll still gate check it.
I didn't say I've made flight attendants do that (I haven't, I talk to other passengers looking for places for their bags, y'know, like an adult).
Why are you so insistent on taking the most entitled possible tone from me?
You know, I genuinely hope someday you have the joys of dealing with someone just like yourself.
If I'm traveling without a carry on, yes, I wait until the whole line is clear before I board.
If I have a carry-on, I line up to board as soon as my zone is called. Too many times I boarded and found some assholes sitting all the way in the back have put their carry ons above my seats so they don't have to drag it, and I have to walk past my seat and be an asshole myself by putting my carry on above a seat that's not mine, wait until there's a break in boarding so I can make my way back to my seat, and wait for everyone to deboard before I can go back and grab my carry on.
I thought most airlines won't allow a carry-on that won't fit under your seat?
No that's the personal item a small bag that fits under the seat. A carry on is a slightly larger bag that goes in the overhead bin
Oh! I carry a giant Camelbak, so it does double duty I guess.
If you're certain it belongs to someone sitting half an airplane away, take it down and leave it in the aisle. When the attendants come by, just shrug and say it's not yours.
As much as I'd like to imagine myself doing that, you're suggesting I take a bag out and put it on the floor (not knowing which one belongs to the asshole in question) and put mine in its place, and leave it in the isle where everyone behind me witnessing me doing it will be unable to finish boarding?
I imagine I'd be kicked off the plane...
Depends on if I’m trying to use the overhead bin. If I am, I want to be in quickly so I can use the one above me. Then I want to sit down, get my Steam Deck out, and disappear until the plane lands.
Plus the chairs and leg room at the gate give a much more comfortable sitting experience than in the plane.
I'm shocked everytime I fly that people want to board. Only advantage is not getting stuck in the middle of a 3-seater.
Most airlines assign seats. There are a few exceptions
I like boarding none! I haven’t been on a plane since 1977.