Travel preferences and habits

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It’s so they have a space for their wheeled luggage bag in the overhead space. As more seats with less leg room get crammed into the plane and emergency equipment no longer fits under the last row of those seats there isn’t enough space for everyone to toss a wheels bag up there anymore.

The most efficient way to board a plane is to have the first person on go all the way to the back row and take a window, next the middle next to him, next the aisle, etc etc till the first row is full. However seats that are more comfortable are in the front and wealthy people / business travelers who work for wealthy companies want to sit up front, they want to be in an aisle seat; and they want their bags to be able to fit in the overhead. The airlines created boarding groups in order to be able to charge people for that combination of luxuries.

Funnily enough the last people who get their bags on often have to place it rows behind where they are sitting. It’s still faster than going to baggage claim, but it’s annoying to have to wait for 10 rows behind you to get off in order to go back and grab your bag.

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That’s why I always check all my bags and never bring anything on the plane that can’t fit down by my feet. I don’t think I’ve used an overhead luggage compartment in decades.

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Like @schatenjager said, it would be more efficient to go back to front, outward to inward, but I guess the additional value of those front seats are worth more than the efficiency!
Especially when the profit margins for airlines are so razor thin that economy are basically paying for the costs of getting off the ground :stuck_out_tongue:
There are some airlines I’ve been tempted to buy into because I like the idea of being a small part of the company whose services I’m using (and, more importantly, using the dividends to offset the cost!), but can’t bring myself to look passed the narrow profit margin, and some of the less ethical ways some of them maintain it

That’s been me a few times :smile: people offering for me to leave before them and I’m going “It’s okay, you go ahead. My bag is a few rows back”

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