*prrrtttttt*
"Attention! flight ua69 to cityville will begin boarding at gate E11 in 1 hour beginning with first class"
>A stampede of people in group #99 or whatever gets called last rushes to the gate to stand around in some haphazardly created line for an hour for a plans not even at the gate yet.
>"MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP"
I have flown probably a dozen times this year and I have noticed every time while I simply walk to my seat after the last minute and the flight attendant puts my bag away for me.
>I simply walk to my seat after the last minute
isn't there a risk of all the overhead compartments being full and they have to check your bag and potentially lose it? Or the flight being overbooked and you have to go on a different flight?
not OP but I usually check my bags.
if they are charging to check bags then I just bring my bags through security and ask the lady at the desk politely if I could please gate check my bag(s) for free to create more space, ease boarding and make life better for flight attendants. literally never been told "no" in the hundreds of times of done this. even overseas.
I'm never in that much of a hurry that the five minutes waiting at the carousel is worth the degrading humiliation of thoroughly debasing yourself to squeeze your retarded bag into a bin.
that or if I really am not brining much there are 28L bags that fit as personal items that go under the seat no issue.
It's actually smart to check your bags if you're flying in Europe. I keep all my important shit in my bookbag and check my bag. If your bag id delayed, you can buy all new shit and the airline has to replace it for free in Europe by law, even if it's only a day late. You submit a ticket to the airline with your receipts and get all new shit. The limit is 1600 euros.
>overhead compartments being full
There's usually some space available somewhere that isn't near your seat, even more if your carry-on is some kind of bag instead of a hard-shell suitcase.
Gate-checked luggage also has fewer opportunities to get lost, especially if you carry it to the plane yourself.
>flight being overbooked
If you have a seat on your boarding pass, you'll have a seat on your flight, no matter if you're the first or last to board.
If you don't have a seat on your boarding pass, you should aim to be at the gate early to inquire with the gate agent about how to proceed..
whenever that happens I just put it under my seat. anything bigger than a backpack goes in the hood anyway, I'm not an animal
enjoy your electronics being crushed by chad hardshells.
i have only ever seen 1 airport have a boarding group sign on the monitor above the gate
there are people who dont speak the language or dont hear so well that miss whatever is said on loudspeaker
but mostly it is anxiety about overhead baggage sure
>be seated in domestic first class
>some scumbag in economy plus literally gets in front of me and tries to board first
>stopped by gate agent and told to get out of the line
>look back and smirk at them
>domestic
>"first class"
>not spending as much time away from the plebs before being shuttled to the gate at the last moment
bad larp
I don't hear well at all and can very easily miss the calls, so as soon as I see people lining up, I do as well.
I line up because I always take 2-3 carryon items and need to occupy as much space as possible in the overhead bins for them. By the time I get to the gate the agents can't do a thing.
Went do you have so much shit?
I was forced to gate check my carry on when other fuckers had 2 of them. I hate airline employees.
This, I'm exactly the same, I've always got a rucksack as well as carry on luggage (big plastic duty free bag) AND a cabin suitcase barely within size limitations.
I understand the OP's point completely and I also wait until the last minute if I'm flying literally anywhere except a return flight from Japan. If you get on that plane last in my situation, you are fucked. All overhead compartments are jammed full and you piss off flight attendants who require all luggage to be under seats during takeoff and you're going to piss off whoever you're sat next to for the whole flight, with all your shit on your lap and under your feet. It is pure hell if you're an economy fag. Board ASAP and instead of being the one cussing at the fact there's no room in the overhead compartments; you get to sit there smugly while any late-boarding passengers within a metre radius of you are the ones cussing that the overhead cabins are full (they don't even know you're the bastard that did it until you remove all your luggage at the end of the flight with a shit eating grin).
If they forcibly remove your stuff you can get them removed from the flight, providing they witnessed you cramming two overhead cabins full of shit, start to raise their voice and refuse to back down when the airline crew usher him to shut up and be seated
>t. Firsthand witnessed the removal situation on a Finn Air flight from Japan, I am that guy who brings back 5 suitcases of shit every time I fly from Japan
>I've always got a rucksack as well as carry on luggage
I tend to go for carry on myself, in case someone tries to plant drugs on me in the airport
>flying from US
Jesus dude I feel bad for you
The one that really gets me is how when the plane comes to a stop, all these cattlebrains immediately leap up and grab their shit and try to get ahead. There's still anywhere from 10 to 20+ minutes of things to happen before the crew will open the doors, so now all these dumb retards are standing packed like sardines, sweating, each one glaring at the person in front of them as if it's their fault. Meanwhile I'm sitting comfy in my seat, and all I do is reach up to grab my bag and sit back down and wait until everyone is off.
There's statistically at least a handful of people posting here who do this shit and I just want you to know, from the bottom of my heart: you are rly fucking stupid.
witnessing this and seeing brown people try to push their way to the front never seemed to be a thing 5 years ago. Makes me hate mystery meat mutts more
For me it just works to pretend to be a gate lice actually:
>be me
>last boarding group because cheaped out on flight
>get cucked and lose out on overhead waiting in line properly
>one day on a diff flight see the massive line and announcement to check bags
>nope, fuck that, i've got a long haul and do not want to wait for baggage to come out after that shit
>have ticket on phone
>as soon as they call the group after first class, cut the line since most of the lice are in second to last to board and lining up and go to scan phone
>scan phone on my own, do not let gate attendants see the ticket
>it scans as the machine gives zero fucks for boarding groups, just ensures you're actually on the flight
>pretending to be gate lice thats properly boarding literally lets you be one of the first in the plane, guaranteeing overhead space, without having to actually pay a dime to get in early
Its great bros