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On An Airplane Next To A Fat Guy

On my flight the other day they announced before boarding even started that if you are Zone 5 then you will not be allowed to carry on anything that doesn't fit under the seat in front of you. Don't recall hearing that before.
 
Do they still ever use two jet-bridges to board large planes using both doors? I used to see this occasionally (maybe fairly often?), but haven't seen it in years. Made things so much easier/quicker, but I imagine there's a lot more space required at the gates to make this happen.
 
tigerswood said:
Do they still ever use two jet-bridges to board large planes using both doors? I used to see this occasionally (maybe fairly often?), but haven't seen it in years. Made things so much easier/quicker, but I imagine there's a lot more space required at the gates to make this happen.
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not in the U.S. I've seen lately, and I've been on plenty of A330s, 777s and 767s. Though that might be different for A380s, which I've yet to fly.
 
American Gold status is almost worthless. You get upgraded perhaps once a year, and you’re stuck in group 3. Group 3 is still better than 5-9 though, so there’s your perk. Platinum isn’t much better. Plat Pro is the first meaningful step up
 
american almost bumped my wife, [lap] baby and I from our first flight because of a weight/balance issue, even though we checked in mid-way through the process and then changed (that is, split my wife and i into two separate rows) my purchased preferred seats on the connecting flight yesterday and tried to tell me "those were the seats I chose" when booking the flight, like i didn't have the confirmation right in front of me.

and the TSA of course pulled us out and searched our baby-bag/backpack b/c two mid-30s white people with a surly 18 mo old are planning to hijack an aged turboprop, apparently

oh, and the TSA agent made me pull my cash out of my money clip but leave the clip and cards in the little bowl. thanks, Obama
 
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People don't print out their confirmation pages and carry them with them on flights?
 
i don't know, which is why it was humorous when i put it in front of her face and watched her shrug
 
ImTheCaptain said:
american almost bumped my wife, [lap] baby and I from our first flight because of a weight/balance issue, even though we checked in mid-way through the process and then changed (that is, split my wife and i into two separate rows) my purchased preferred seats on the connecting flight yesterday and tried to tell me "those were the seats I chose" when booking the flight, like i didn't have the confirmation right in front of me.

and the TSA of course pulled us out and searched our baby-bag/backpack b/c two mid-30s white people with a surly 18 mo old are planning to hijack an aged turboprop, apparently

oh, and the TSA agent made me pull my cash out of my money clip but leave the clip and cards in the little bowl. thanks, Obama
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Those small planes suck - I move to the last row all the time in those planes, I love how instead of politely asking people, they get on the loudspeaker and say "We cannot move this plane until someone moves".

Also, non-related, I got upgraded to first class for my flight to Cincinnati next week - its a 7 AM flight, first class is worthless at 7 AM. No, I dont want that shitty egg wrap or yogurt, yes I will take a shitty cup of coffee. Basically, what I am saying, is that unlimited booze is the best perk.
 
American trying to do the whole plane a favor and tossing a lap baby from the flight, good on them.
 
bym051d said:
People don't print out their confirmation pages and carry them with them on flights?
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I haven't printed out a confirmation page (or boarding pass for that matter) in as long as I can remember.
 
DaDeacs said:
Those small planes suck - I move to the last row all the time in those planes, I love how instead of politely asking people, they get on the loudspeaker and say "We cannot move this plane until someone moves".

Also, non-related, I got upgraded to first class for my flight to Cincinnati next week - its a 7 AM flight, first class is worthless at 7 AM. No, I dont want that shitty egg wrap or yogurt, yes I will take a shitty cup of coffee. Basically, what I am saying, is that unlimited booze is the best perk.
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I don't know - simply not feeling like you're in a cattle car with the way coach seats are configured is a pretty damn nice perk of first, booze or no booze.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
american almost bumped my wife, [lap] baby and I from our first flight because of a weight/balance issue, even though we checked in mid-way through the process and then changed (that is, split my wife and i into two separate rows) my purchased preferred seats on the connecting flight yesterday and tried to tell me "those were the seats I chose" when booking the flight, like i didn't have the confirmation right in front of me.

and the TSA of course pulled us out and searched our baby-bag/backpack b/c two mid-30s white people with a surly 18 mo old are planning to hijack an aged turboprop, apparently

oh, and the TSA agent made me pull my cash out of my money clip but leave the clip and cards in the little bowl. thanks, Obama
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Good thing you've informed us all that flying with a baby is No Big Deal.
 
i generally expect the system to work as advertised but printing hard copies of travel confirmations is definitely a best practice
 
BarcaDeac said:
yeah if you really need it for whatever reason can't you just pull up the email on your phone?
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In the year of our lord, 2017, you should just have your airlines app running with your boarding pass showing. I too haven't printed any hard copies for flights in I'm guessing a decade.
 
BarcaDeac said:
yeah if you really need it for whatever reason can't you just pull up the email on your phone?
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I keep multiple copies of important things. I tend to be a planner though. Enneagram type 6.

DeacHead said:
In the year of our lord, 2017, you should just have your airlines app running with your boarding pass showing. I too haven't printed any hard copies for flights in I'm guessing a decade.
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Printed confirmation, e-mail confirmation, boarding pass in the app, boarding pass in Apple Wallet and boarding pass printed out.

Have I ever needed more than 1? Nope, but if I ever do...
 
Once I had 1% of battery in my phone going through security and was worried it wouldn't make it so I stood in line next to an outlet charging for 5 minutes. Wish I had had a printed version. Good story.
 
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