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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually there have a bunch of studies done that the best thing to do is board staggered rows at a time. Ie: you don’t want 25, 24, and 23 all boarding together. You want 25, 22, and 19 boarding, giving them all enough room to get situated. Then 24, 21, 18 and so on. I’m not sure of the exact spacing but it was something like this.

Anyway, no airline does it. And as someone who checks bags, don’t even get me started on the time wasted by carryon luggage.[/quote]

While this carry-on nonsense was started by the airlines who decided that you couldn't check bags anymore without paying a fee.[/quote]

There's also such poor reliability with cargo bag service that people are afraid to check what they need.

I've had delayed bags related to 3 European trips using global major carriers.  One of the delays meant we could not keep to our itinerary and had to base ourselves in the arrival city (Munich) instead of our first destination to ensure we got our bags.  It seemed unlikely that the airline could route the bags to where we were headed.  I also went on a Caribbean cruise where Air Jamaica and our cruise line failed to get delayed luggage to the boat during an entire week.  Tens of passengers transiting Miami to Jamaica where the cruise departed spent the entire week without their bags.  The bags did travel to some intermediate airports but never made the boat and were picked up in Miami on the way home.  We knew from the customs clearance tags.

So, regardless of luggage fee pricing, now I feel compelled to have clothing in luggage in the cabin where I can be sure I can have it with me.  I just went on a short trip to a wedding and my entire wedding guest outfit was in my personal item underseat backpack.  Including heels.[/quote]

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