American Airlines Gate Agent’s New Rule: Try To Board Before Your Turn? Then Say Goodbye To Your Carry-On! - View from the Wing

American Airlines Gate Agent Warns Carry-On Bags Will Be Checked For Those Who Attempt To Board Before Group Number Called - Live and Let's Fly

Going off script, an American Airlines gate agent in Dallas warned that passengers who tried to board ahead of their boarding group would have their carry-on bag confiscated and placed in the cargo hold. Is this a valid tool of coercion to promote order while boarding a flight? American Airlines Gate Agent: Carry-On Bags Will Be Checked If You Try To Jump The Boarding Queue I’ve written before about how American Airlines has a new system that “b…

American Airlines Gate Agent’s New Rule: Try To Board Before Your Turn? Then Say Goodbye To Your Carry-On! - View from the Wing

Back in the fall I broke news that American Airlines was testing new tech to enforce boarding groups at its gates. One gate agent in Dallas, though, doesn’t think that’s enough. They threaten passengers with additional consequences for trying to board out of turn. Continue reading American Airlines Gate Agent’s New Rule: Try To Board Before Your Turn? Then Say Goodbye To Your Carry-On!...