United Airlines will now board window seat passengers first

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[manu19]

How is that gonna work if you are traveling with your children or elderly? Is a 80 year old supposed to board on her own or is a 6 year old kid supposed to put up the suitcase on its own while it’s mother is still waiting outside to board for her middle seat? What if it’s one of those planes, that aren’t right by the gate and you have to take a bus? lol there are so many different scenarios, it doesn’t save shit.

[invisiblegirlx]

Priority boarding is still a thing, no? I don't think they thought this out well though in terms of the human element. People who come together are not going to want to board separately.

[archersangel]

That's something they didn't account for in the Mythbusters episode about airplane boarding. They just asked the volunteers who showed up if they liked the plan or not.

[blahblah890]

Another one...I feel like people have lost commonsense. People with minors and the elderly always board early. It literally says they will do this after initial boarding groups.

[veal]

Yes, and why are people assuming groups won’t still board together? If a window and an aisle are together, they can both board under window because it’s the same efficiency.

I think this whole thing is dumb though, it’s really back to front that should be prioritized. Make it smaller groups even.

[manu19]

There’s no Group boarding here in Europe. At least not with my experience of using Lufthansa, Eurowings, Ryanair, Vueling or even Emirates. Probably why I am so confused. It’s just first class and then Eldery / Children (ONLY with wheelchair / stroller), followed by everybody else

[benihime99]

What no?
It's every children under5 even without a stroller (Vueling, air France, luthansa, KLM, easy jet...)

[bossm]

Lufthansa also has boarding groups. Group 0 prioritized people. Group 1 business class. Group 2 Window seat.

[mangomuch]

I'm used to group boarding in Europe (but obviously on none of the airlines you mentioned). Some places even have scanners at the gates so you can't try cutting in front of the line. I mean, you can try, but it gets embarrassing when you can't get through.

[beaucadeau]

i flew ryanair yesterday and there were boarding groups

[manu19]

Yes but it’s not like in the US where it goes from like A to D. It’s basically people with money against the „peasants“ like myself lol

Maybe it’s a thing of Germany?

[beaucadeau]

i mean, i guess? they still divide you up into groups for boarding, even if they don’t call it that officially. at a certain point it’s just boarding groups by another name: priority seating with bag, or without bag.

[acidosaur]

Group boarding is definitely a thing in Europe.

[manu19]

What I meant was there is no „Group Boarding“ of A-D among Economy class itself. There IS usually the „Group“ Priority (with carry-on) and „non-priority“ (only a small bag) of course

[manu19]

That’s not a thing here unless you have a wheelchair or a stroller

[bananainpyjamas]

Pre-boarding on United is only for people with babies/toddlers.

That said I assume tickets booked together will still board together. My dad has status on United while my mom doesn't and my mom always gets bumped up to his group.