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United clamping down on gate lice in ORD and FINALLY boarding window first
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:20 PM Author: turquoise legend United® will be introducing a new boarding method at select gates at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Our customers have told us they want a better experience when boarding, so we’re working to improve the process.
Here are some of the changes you may see if your gate is testing a new process:
■ No need to line up before your group is called: Simplified lanes with new signs will allow you to relax at the gate or within the airport longer.
■ More efficient boarding: Following priority boarding groups, we’ll board customers sitting in window seats first and then middle and aisle seats.
■ Less crowding: Fewer lines will create more space and easier access to the boarding door for customers exiting the plane from the previous flight and during pre-boarding.
■ Improved digital displays: Monitors around the gate will display clear and relevant information about boarding and your flight. |
Date: May 1st, 2018 3:22 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library (consultant hired by united to propose useless changes that wont improve anything) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960227) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:23 PM Author: turquoise legend sounds liek they are going with 1 priority lane and 1 general lane
i do think it will reduce cattle lineups since there raent any lanes to line up in anymore |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:24 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library people will just gate lice the general lane. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960238) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:24 PM Author: Slimy tanning salon selfie Yeah, so if you are couple traveling with your parents and have two aisles, a middle, and a window, you’ll board in three separate groups? That will surely simplify things (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960242) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: turquoise legend you can board with other people in your party, airlines genreall allwo this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960247) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: Slimy tanning salon selfie Yeah, which will kill a lot of the “advantages” of the system. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960259) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: filthy factory reset button if they're all in the same row, it shouldn't hurt anything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960264) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:31 PM Author: Slimy tanning salon selfie The biggest reason for delay is putting stuff in the overhead bin. If you have three people at row 6 stuffing their oversized bags in the bin (taking the time to take out their iPad, glasses, etc) it’s not going to save any time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960302) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: turquoise legend yeah, but the rules overall will help. of course there will be exceptions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960265) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library cr, it's all gonna be a free for all in the end (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960266) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:23 PM Author: bonkers deep national security agency faggotry How will this solve the overhead compartment smash&grab? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960232) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 6:01 PM Author: Mahogany self-absorbed spot Now there will be even more competition for the window seat since they'll board first and get priority for the overhead space. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961428) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:18 AM Author: Aqua titillating codepig multi-billionaire I'll make sure I move extra slow when window seaters want to go to the bathroom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965291) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:23 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library random boarding is just as effective as any other method:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-boarding-strategy-for-airlines-random-study-says/ |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:24 PM Author: turquoise legend why is back to front boarding slower? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960241) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Beta brass institution alpha Because all the backmos go in at once and bump into each other as they try to put their stuff away in a limited space (the back).
It's better to have a mix of people using the space all over the plane. People can pass each other in the aisle. |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: filthy factory reset button because they do it in groups -- rows 30-49, 15-30, 1-14.
If they actually did 49,48,47,46, ... it would work out better |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: turquoise legend would never work cause row 49 wouldnt have their shit together, then 48 would be wiating on them, then someone in 47 wont hear or be ready, etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960267) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:29 PM Author: filthy factory reset button they could line up like southwest does, but not allow random bus seating (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960282) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library not a mfe, but it still greats traffic jams bc it's not literally one row at a time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960260) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:30 PM Author: appetizing bronze theatre coffee pot backmos more likely to fill up enough of the bins in the front/middle of the plane and fuck things up when the frontmos try to board? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960291) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:53 PM Author: Cheese-eating elastic band the bins should be physically separate compartments for every single seat, and if your carry-on items don't fit in your own space, you get kicked off the plane (no exceptions) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960472) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:55 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library ljl this is retarded. then nobody would be able to fit anything in the overhead that's bigger than a small backpack. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960493) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:58 PM Author: floppy fishy hall boistinker Poor reading comp dummy? He didn’t say what size the bin should be. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960514) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:59 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library the bin size would obviously be the current bins divided up per person. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960527) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:03 PM Author: floppy fishy hall boistinker Even if that’s what they did it would still fit my tumi rollaboad. I could give a fuck about mesh short and flip flop wearing proles with their shitty oversized luggage and bed pillows. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960561) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:19 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library no, there's not room for every person to have a tumi rollaboard. do the math. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960729) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:18 PM Author: Cheese-eating elastic band i would suggest making some of them bigger and charging for them. make a checked bag cheaper or free, it's the overhead space that should be at a premium. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960713) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:20 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library they should just make checked bag offloading efficient like it is in third world shitholes. it's ridic how it takes so long. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960735) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:11 AM Author: razzmatazz base (((great idea))) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965245) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:16 AM Author: Chrome mind-boggling location I really like the idea of charging for carry-ons instead of charging for checked bags - getting to carry on your luggage should be a premium - it saves you time not having to go to baggage claim, it is a hassle for other passengers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965282) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:17 AM Author: filthy factory reset button (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965288) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:18 AM Author: razzmatazz base can actually see you greedily rubbing your hands together (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965294) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:58 PM Author: Concupiscible obsidian haunted graveyard !!!!!!!!!!! OH NO MY CARRYON IS SO BIG I CANNOT CARRY IT ON!!!!!!!!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960515) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:00 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library you miss the point. breaking up the bins into small individual compartments would render the entire bins useless.
better for the airlines to charge some people to use them |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:01 PM Author: bonkers deep national security agency faggotry (Spirit Airlines gunner) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960545) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:05 PM Author: floppy fishy hall boistinker Uh no it would work people who don’t violate luggage size rule fuckwit.
I’m just imagining DBG donning his Brandeis sweats to fly home for Rosh Hashanana, despondent that his LL Bean duffel won’t fit in the overhead. |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:00 PM Author: Aphrodisiac Cruel-hearted Center Or, how about to be able to board you must fit your "carry on" into the carry on checker they already have at every gate? No fit = no scan of your boarding pass, and they ding you $100 for late gate check. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960537) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:17 PM Author: Cheese-eating elastic band they should already be doing that but they don't. TTT anti-social behavior is rewarded with free gate checks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960699) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:24 PM Author: filthy factory reset button So instead of having separate lines for group 1/2/3/4/5 they will have groups 1/2 as one line and 3/4/5 as another line?
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: turquoise legend (mckinsey airline industry specialist partner getting paid $2M/year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960245) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960270) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Aquamarine locale I can't, my gate lice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960249) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:26 PM Author: boyish station cuckold Why are ppl so obsessed with flying? Is this the only thing ppl have in their boring lives? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960256) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:29 PM Author: turquoise legend snarled the xo poa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960281) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 5:40 PM Author: irradiated translucent church (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961263) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 10:14 PM Author: marvelous parlour (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963138) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 10:37 PM Author: Rose fear-inspiring weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963316) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 10:38 PM Author: henna bull headed stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963321) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:19 PM Author: violent flatulent deer antler brunch it's a complete submission of power and control - this makes people work really hard to feel like they have control in as many ways as possible around the event of flying (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963542) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:21 PM Author: boyish station cuckold The fact that flyertalk exists is mind boggling. There are some sick puppies on that website.
Also, what’s with these flyer weirdos obsession with using acronyms for everything plane/airport/airline related term? |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:24 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library (guy MAF in Y) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963576) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:26 PM Author: boyish station cuckold Is that Hebrew? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963588) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:28 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library u maf i few JFK-FRA-TLV in F on LH and access the FCT? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963599) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:32 PM Author: boyish station cuckold It’s all pops and buzzes over here, pork chop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963627) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: turquoise legend Usually, United puts its five groups of passengers in five parallel lines, and people can queue up as early as they like. Now, it will use just two lines for all five groups. Group one will go in one, group two in the other. Once they’re all safely lodged in the plane, the gate agents will have the next three groups line up, one at a time, in the second lane. Any latecomers in the already called groups can use the first lane. As before, those groups will divide passengers not by row, but by seat type: window people go first, then middle and aisle folks. And as always, everybody with any sort of priority status will go first. The goal is to keep everyone moving, letting people near the end of the line stay seated for longer, and minimize crowding around the gate that makes everything more of a pain. To summarize: It's still five groups, but instead of five lines, you get two. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960271) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:29 PM Author: motley violet lay JFC. this is literally dumb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960283) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:30 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library ljl at "safely lodged in the plane".
boarding would take 3 hours if each group had to be SEATED before the next group is called. this is pure pinhead geekery |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:59 PM Author: floppy fishy hall boistinker They mean off the jet bridge idiot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960529) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:30 PM Author: filthy factory reset button Is this really the plan? Where's my $2M ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960297) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: motley violet lay More efficient boarding: Following priority boarding groups, we’ll board customers sitting in window seats first and then middle and aisle seats. they literally already do this |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:49 PM Author: Demanding Native Masturbator most efficient boarding: able-bodied men ages 18-50 who can put a bag in the overhead bin in half a second first. women 18-35 next. older men with few bags third. old women with retarded size wheelie bags and children last. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960441) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:50 PM Author: bonkers deep national security agency faggotry anti-semitic! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960450) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:52 PM Author: Demanding Native Masturbator (old woman with oversized wheelie bag) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960468) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:53 PM Author: Aphrodisiac Cruel-hearted Center Isn't this literally just priority boarding for frequent flyers? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960475) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:03 PM Author: turquoise legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960562) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 4:04 PM Author: costumed national sneaky criminal Those who can hold their carryons 18 inches directly above their head board first. Others wait. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960564) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 3:56 PM Author: costumed national sneaky criminal Carry on space under the seats would save a ton of time. Handicap board last. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35960499) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 5:47 PM Author: electric adulterous business firm double fault Ljl nothing can be done to help proles. Most can barely read let alone understand boarding groups or baggage policies or anything else (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961321) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 5:57 PM Author: Arrogant hideous stag film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961394) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 5:49 PM Author: Nighttime sanctuary boiling water what % of the plane is in a "priority group" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961343) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 5:51 PM Author: electric adulterous business firm double fault On busy routes it can be half the plane or more ljl (most of whom are sitting in the front half of the plane) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961352) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 5:57 PM Author: Arrogant hideous stag film You want efficient boarding? Easy. Just have flights for fit, reasonably intelligent men between the ages of 18 and 60 or so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35961389) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 10:36 PM Author: Mahogany self-absorbed spot Protip: never fly United. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963306) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:16 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library low iq schtick. us pax board terribly on every airline (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963515) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:25 PM Author: Mahogany self-absorbed spot It wasn't just about boarding. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963582) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:28 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library this entire thread is about boarding, dummie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963604) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:29 PM Author: Mahogany self-absorbed spot I never worry about boarding since I always fly at a minimum Delta comfort, so I board early and always get bin space. HTH. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963613) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:30 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library stfu (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963619) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 12:37 PM Author: Mahogany self-absorbed spot DBG a few weeks earlier: "wait, I can save $36 with basic economy???" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966310) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 1:12 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library i'm an AA PLT retard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966597) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:13 AM Author: razzmatazz base (slav prole) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965255) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 12:37 PM Author: Mahogany self-absorbed spot LOL, yeah man, why can't I be awesome like you guys and worry about saving a few dollars in exchange for battling for boarding early so you can win the war for overhead bin space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966303) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:53 AM Author: floppy fishy hall boistinker Say “pax” again motherfucker. I dare you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965512) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 12:32 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library (prole Y pax) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966282) |
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Date: May 1st, 2018 11:22 PM Author: Excitant high-end psychic Aislemos FUCKED when it comes to overhead bin space. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35963560) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 5:47 AM Author: citrine heady corn cake school LMAO aisle cucks STAY taking Ls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35964517) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:06 AM Author: Glittery potus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965194) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:13 AM Author: razzmatazz base windowBULLS smirking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965257) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 10:14 AM Author: Laughsome canary stage idea he suggested windowBULLS heads flapping around through broken airplane window at cruising altitude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965267) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 11:18 AM Author: bonkers deep national security agency faggotry would be a peak experience tbf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35965728) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 12:38 PM Author: Aphrodisiac Cruel-hearted Center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966318) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 1:35 PM Author: contagious garrison The airlines seem to get more inept every year. I fly southwest 90% of the time and I was blown away recently when it flew delta (or was it United?) and had to wait as they called each of about 20 “priority” classes. “Now for our STAR DIAMOND PREFERRED passengers, etc., etc.” People were standing around saying to each other, “oh yes I am so happy that I just became DIAMOND PREFERRED.” Really just a macabre spectacle to see the people who actually get self worth from some fake prestige the GC airline gives them that allows them to board into their shitty coach seat 2 minutes before someone else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966772) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 1:51 PM Author: sienna impressive dingle berry library those 2 mins are the diff between overhead space and gate checking pwned (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3965412&forum_id=2#35966885) |